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Four more months of of cial plan review
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to be tweaked that would make this plan ac- ceptable to a lot more people.
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“We’re still working with the old (of cial) plan. We’re not under any pressure to pass this. The world is not going to end if we don’t pass this until fall.”
Enniskillen’s mayor is hopeful county politicians can ease concerns about the draft Of cial Plan given a little more time.
County planning of cials and politicians have been working on the road map for development in Lambton County for more than ve years. In 2016, a group formed called Concerned Landowners’ Legal Defence Fund. It’s spokesperson, former Lambton Shores Deputy Mayor Elizabeth Davis-Dagg raised over 30 concerns about the document saying individual property rights will be damaged if the draft is ap- proved. She and the group are particularly concerned about the county naming natural heritage areas, which the group believes will mean they will no longer be able to farm in certain areas.
Council agreed, saying the document should return to the committee to come
up with a strategy to meet with concerned landowners and explain the plan more fully and suggest any changes.
The Concerned Landowners’ Legal De- fence Fund has threatened legal action if the draft is approved and that’s something Kevin Marriott would like to avoid. He
was on a committee looking at some of the group’s concerns. “I think we’re 80 per cent there,” he recently told Lambton County councillors during a meeting where they were expected to pass the document.
But St. Clair Township Mayor Steve Arnold says most of the concern is sur- rounding the provincial natural heritage guidelines. “If this body thinks we’re going to change the ministry’s designation on property - we’re not,” he said.
But Marriott wanted to delay the decision. “We have to clear the air for those people,” he says. “There are misconceptions we have to clear up. There are also things which need
The group will also study a local Property Rights Council, suggested by Davis-Dagg. She says citizens who didn’t agree with the county’s decisions on their land could go to the council for appeal.
Petrolia homeowner surprises armed robbers
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dence and were last seen on foot, traveling west on Petrolia Line,” says OPP Const. Travis Parsons in a news release.
Lambton OPP say thieves – one with a weapon – ransacked and stole from a Pet- rolia home as the residents were inside.
News of the crime rst hit social media late Tuesday. A Facebook post said the victims were an elderly woman and her daughter, who were confronted by robbers with a knife.
A news release issued late June 8 says on June 6 around 3 am, the OPP responded to a home invasion on Petrolia Line.
The victim told police she heard a noise inside the home and went to investigate.
The Canine Unit as well as the Emergency Response Team were called and after what police say was an extensive search, no one was found.
“The homeowner was confronted by two unknown suspects wearing black sweaters with hoods. One of the two suspects bran- dished a weapon and began to ransack the home. Both suspects ed shortly thereafter with a quantity of property from the resi-
The OPP Crime Unit and the Forensic Identi cation Services Unit went to the scene to investigate. Police are asking any- one with information to call police.
Plympton Wyoming ready to celebrate
President & CEO Mike Lapaine and Board Chair Wayne Pea
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area,” says Carolyn Tripp. “If we held our celebration
President & CEO Mike Lapaine and Board Chair
Plympton-Wyoming will get Canada’s 150th birthday party started early.
on Canada Day we would have had a lot of people who would not come,” she added. “There are so many events happening that day, we didn’t want to be in com- petition for them. We don’t want people getting pulled in all different directions.”
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The municipality is host- ing a free Canada Day celebration for families June 24. At the same time, coun- cil will of cially open the splash pad at McKay Park. It has been in operation since last summer. However the people who donated to make the project possible have not been of cially thanked.
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Tripp says this is the rst time Plympton-Wyoming is hosting a Canada Day event and she’s received a lot of positive comments even before the event begins.
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“I would rather have a good, functional of- cial plan than a plan that is passed quick- ly,” agreed Sarnia City/County Councillor Andy Bruziewicz. “It needs community consensus. If it takes another four months, I can live with that.”
Dawn-Euphemia Mayor Al Broad sees the four-months as an “opportunity for all of county council to review the plan and make sure it is what we want.”
Councillors asked staff to report on the idea and how it might work.
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