# opp (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover opp. Page: Feed: --- ## [Windsor WSIB employee feels 'anger,' 'devastation' over redundancy notices](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-wsib-worker-carla-mallett-redundancy-reaction-9.7315390?cmp=rss) _2026-08-21 · CBC | Windsor News_ Tears and anger were among the reactions of Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) employees after learning on Wednesday that their positions are being made redundant. ## [Deadline to register as candidate for Ontario's municipal elections closes Friday afternoon](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-election-nomination-deadline-9.7315183?cmp=rss) _2026-08-21 · CBC | Windsor News_ A clearer picture of the choices Ontarians will face at the ballot box is set to emerge this afternoon as nominations for the fall municipal elections come to a close. ## [Canadian bans on U.S. alcohol take centre stage in tariff talks. American businesses are caught in the middle](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-us-alcohol-ban-winemakers-distillers-9.7314683?cmp=rss) _2026-08-21 · CBC | Windsor News_ Bans by Canadian provinces on U.S. alcohol has taken centre stage in trade negotiations as premiers consider whether to put bottles back on the shelves to pacify the White House. Winemakers and industry associations say it's bewildering to have their livelihoods end up as leverage in an international dispute. ## [McRoberts says there was no “pay off” for her to leave Sarnia’s mayoral race as Dennis alleges](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/21/mcroberts-says-there-was-no-pay-off-for-her-to-leave-sarnias-mayoral-race-as-dennis-alleges/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mcroberts-says-there-was-no-pay-off-for-her-to-leave-sarnias-mayoral-race-as-dennis-alleges) _2026-08-21 · The Independent · The Independent_ Municipal election campaign officially begins Friday Cathy Dobson/The Independent As Sarnia’s municipal election campaign officially kicks off Friday afternoon, the mayoral race is already mired in accusations and personal attacks. Chrissy McRoberts’ withdrawal from the mayoral race and her endorsement of candidate Carrie McEachran Aug. 20, was immediately followed by a social media post from Bill… ## [Teen arrested three times in one day in Watford](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/20/teen-arrested-three-times-in-one-day-in-watford/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teen-arrested-three-times-in-one-day-in-watford) _2026-08-20 · The Independent · The Independent_ The Independent A 17-year-old was arrested three times in one day in Watford. Lambton OPP were called to a Watford business around 6 am Aug. 16. Police arrested and charge a 17-year-old with shoplifting and mischief after the store was damaged. The teen was released with conditions to appear in court at a later day. Police were called back to… ## [Charges after an assault at a Grand Bend business](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/20/charges-after-an-assault-at-a-grand-bend-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charges-after-an-assault-at-a-grand-bend-business) _2026-08-20 · The Independent · The Independent_ The Independent Two men are facing charges after a fight in a business in Grand Bend. Lambton OPP say Aug. 16, around 11:30 am, police were called to an assault at a business on Main Street. Police say during an interaction, the customer assaulted the employee. A 23-year-old from Mississauga was charged with assault. A 62-year-old from Grand Bend was… ## ['We're very close,' LeBlanc says of tariff deal after hours-long meeting with U.S. officials](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-us-tariff-trade-negotiations-9.7314494?cmp=rss) _2026-08-20 · CBC | Windsor News_ Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc held what is believed to be his longest meeting to date with American officials in Washington as both sides push to finalize a deal that will deliver tariff relief for hard-hit Canadian industries and restore U.S. alcohol sales in province-run liquor stores. ## [City of Windsor seeks to expropriate dozens of Ambassador Bridge-owned properties in west end](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/city-windsor-sandwich-expropriation-9.7314036?cmp=rss) _2026-08-20 · CBC | Windsor News_ The municipality has begun the process of expropriating at least 45 derelict or vacant properties in the Sandwich Town area — which belong to the Canadian Transit Company (Ambassador Bridge). ## [Drew Dilkens will seek re-election as Windsor's mayor](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/drew-dilkens-windsor-reelection-9.7314286?cmp=rss) _2026-08-20 · CBC | Windsor News_ First elected Mayor of Windsor in 2014, Dilkens has announced he will pursue a fourth term. ## [LG Energy continues to pivot away from EV batteries](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/lg-energy-ev-battery-production-9.7313794?cmp=rss) _2026-08-20 · CBC | Windsor News_ Most of LG Energy's factories in North America are now making storage batteries — the result of an ongoing and deliberate shift from production of electric vehicle cells. ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/r0B27JiUGlCp) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [Agar faces a challenger in St. Clair election, McRoberts drops out of Sarnia mayor’s race](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/20/agar-faces-a-challenger-in-st-clair-election-mcroberts-drops-out-of-sarnia-mayors-race/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=agar-faces-a-challenger-in-st-clair-election-mcroberts-drops-out-of-sarnia-mayors-race) _2026-08-20 · The Independent · The Independent_ Heather Wright/The Independent The mayors races in the municipal elections are heating up with one Sarnia candidate withdrawing from the race for the top job and another person adding their name to the list to run in St. Clair Township. In St. Clair Township, there will be an election for the mayor’s chair. Incumbent Jeff Agar filed his nomination papers… ## ['Miracle and unity': Windsor community rallies behind men displaced by recovery home fire](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/hand-in-hand-support-fire-kitchen-destroyed-9.7313759?cmp=rss) _2026-08-20 · CBC | Windsor News_ A fire in Sandwich town Monday night has temporarily displaced the men living at a Windsor transitional recovery home. Their kitchen has been completely gutted but community donations are helping. ## [New Windsor Regional Hospital program helps soothe patients – especially kids](https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7313268?cmp=rss) _2026-08-20 · CBC | Windsor News_ Patients at the Windsor Regional Hospital now have a new way to relax and relieve anxiety. The Nolan’s Smile Foundation has launched what’s called a Snoezelen cart program. The carts are equipped with items like water bubble tubes, a fiber-optic light spray and other soothing sensory experiences. ## [Province-wide WSIB staffing cuts will impact 131 workers in Windsor, union says](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/wsib-review-lost-jobs-9.7312462?cmp=rss) _2026-08-19 · CBC | Windsor News_ The Ontario Compensation Employees Union says the provincial government has deemed hundreds of WSIB jobs redundant — and Windsor's WSIB workers will be among those worst-hit with job cuts. ## [‘Absolutely ridiculous’ Lambton left in the dark by York1](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/19/absolutely-ridiculous-lambton-left-in-the-dark-by-york1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=absolutely-ridiculous-lambton-left-in-the-dark-by-york1) _2026-08-19 · The Independent · The Independent_ Heather Wright/The Independent Dawn-Euphemia Mayor Al Broad says it is “absolutely ridiculous” that York1 Environmental Solutions isn’t communicating directly with Lambton County as it plans an expansion of the former Dresden dump. The township is one of the half dozen small communities in Lambton and Middlesex counties which will see garbage trucks rumbling through town as they head to York1’s… ## [Jackson off to hot start with Yankees affiliate](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/19/jackson-off-to-hot-start-with-yankees-affiliate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jackson-off-to-hot-start-with-yankees-affiliate) _2026-08-19 · The Independent · The Independent_ Barry Wright/The Independent Core Jackson is making an immediate impact with his new team. The LCCVI and John Knox Christian School grad from Wyoming was hitting .294 in five games with the Somerset Patriots after being promoted to AA baseball last week. The middle infielder had five hits, five RBI, four runs scored and four stolen bases before he was… ## [Two charged after drug raid near Plympton-Wyoming](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/19/two-charged-after-drug-raid-near-plympton-wyoming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-charged-after-drug-raid-near-plympton-wyoming) _2026-08-19 · The Independent · The Independent_ The Independent Two men, one from Sarnia the other from Scarborough, are facing drug charges after a raid on a home just outside of Plympton-Wyoming Around 10:30 pm, Aug. 10, members of the Sarnia Police emergency response team, K9 Unit and drug unit executed a search warrant at a home on Confederation Line just west of Mandaumin Road. Two men… ## [Lower tariff on steel in Canada-U.S. trade deal will include a quota system: source](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/livestory/canada-u-s-trade-deal-deadline-liquor-booze-steel-aluminum-9.7310605?cmp=rss) _2026-08-19 · CBC | Windsor News_ ## [$1.28M in contraband seized, 3 Londoners arrested after drug trafficking investigation on Walpole Island](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/walpole-island-drug-investigation-9.7312211?cmp=rss) _2026-08-19 · CBC | Windsor News_ Project Brake — an OPP investigation into drug trafficking on Walpole Island First Nation — has resulted in charges against three individuals in London, Ont., and the seizure of an estimated $1.28M in fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and more. ## [Three Londoners arrested, $1.28M in drugs, guns seized in investigation that started on Walpole Island](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/19/31898/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=31898) _2026-08-19 · The Independent · The Independent_ The Independent Three people have been arrested and almost $1.3 million in drugs, weapons and stolen vehicles have been seized in an investigation that started on Walpole Island. The OPP, Walpole Island Police and political leaders announced the arrests of three people from London, one of whom, police allege,had been bringing drugs to the community. Lambton OPP say the investigation… ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Hfw16dg4Voaa) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [Carney, Trump, top negotiators signal trade deal in the works](https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7312693?cmp=rss) _2026-08-19 · CBC | Windsor News_ As Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc met with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington on Wednesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said there has been 'significant progress' on a trade deal with the U.S., while President Donald Trump said there's 'a very good deal' on the table, with neither giving much detail on what exactly has been negotiated. ## [Sports Briefs: Corunna’s Birch wins OHL leadership award](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/19/sports-briefs-corunnas-birch-wins-ohl-leadership-award/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sports-briefs-corunnas-birch-wins-ohl-leadership-award) _2026-08-19 · The Independent · The Independent_ Barry Wright/The Independent Kitchener Rangers Chief Operating Officer Joe Birch has been awarded the David Branch Leader of the Year for the 2025-26 OHL season. “Birch has set a standard for leadership that reaches every corner of the Kitchener Rangers organization,” said OHL Commissioner Bryan Crawford in presenting Birch with the award at a recent league gathering. Birch, originally from… ## [Motorcyclist injured in St. Clair Parkway crash dies](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/18/motorcyclist-injured-in-st-clair-parkway-crash-dies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=motorcyclist-injured-in-st-clair-parkway-crash-dies) _2026-08-18 · The Independent · The Independent_ The Independent Lambton OPP say a motorcyclist who crashed on the St. Clair Parkway near Port Lambton has died. Aug. 8, around 8:30 pm, the OPP, St. Clair firefighters and paramedics were calls to the St. Clair Parkway for a serious motorcycle crash. No other vehicles were involved in the accident. A 57-year-old man was airlifted from the scene by… ## [OPP investigating $1 million copper wire theft at Hydro One yard](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/18/opp-looking-into-1-million-copper-wire-theft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opp-looking-into-1-million-copper-wire-theft) _2026-08-18 · The Independent · The Independent_ Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton OPP are looking for $1 million worth of copper wire stolen from Hydro One. Police were called to Oil Springs Line between St. Clair Parkway and Greenfield Road in St. Clair Township early Monday morning. Ontario Power Generation and Hydro One are the two companies with property along that stretch of Oil Springs Line. OPG officials… ## [First positive West Nile mosquito of the year found in Petrolia](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/18/first-positive-west-nile-mosquito-of-the-year-found-in-petrolia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-positive-west-nile-mosquito-of-the-year-found-in-petrolia) _2026-08-18 · The Independent · The Independent_ The Independent Lambton Public Health says it has discovery a mosquito with West Nile Virus in a trap in Petrolia. It’s the first infected bug public health has found this summer. Traps are set around the county to determine the presence of West Nile Virus in the area. Public health started testing for the virus in mosquitos in 2002 when… ## [Enniskillen Express win bronze at Provincials](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/18/enniskillen-express-win-bronze-at-provincials/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=enniskillen-express-win-bronze-at-provincials) _2026-08-18 · The Independent · The Independent_ The Enniskillen Express girls’ PWSA team won the under-13 Tier 2 “C” bronze medals at Provincial Grands inWindsor. The Express went 5-1 with its only loss to the eventual champions from Waterdown, near Hamilton. Enniskillen won a trio of one-sided games in round robin play to secure the number one seed for the playoffs. Theybeat Cobourg 19-1, Burlington 11-0 and… ## [Proposed Pinery management plan calls for removing about 300 campsites to protect the dunes](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/17/proposed-pinery-management-plan-calls-for-removing-about-300-campsites/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=proposed-pinery-management-plan-calls-for-removing-about-300-campsites) _2026-08-17 · The Independent · The Independent_ Heather Wright/The Independent Environmentalists are applauding a proposed management plan which will see one of three campgrounds at Pinery Provincial Park eventually close. The park which currently has 1,070 spaces, is working on a new management plan. The details of the plan are on the Environment Registry of Ontario, with public comments closing today (Aug. 17). Pinery Park is one… ## [Corunna captures Western Counties Senior ball title](https://petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/08/17/corunna-captures-western-counties-senior-ball-title/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=corunna-captures-western-counties-senior-ball-title) _2026-08-17 · The Independent · The Independent_ Barry Wright/The Independent After an opening night one-run loss to the host Wyoming Cattlebarons, the Corunna Giants rattled off three straight wins to capture the Western Counties Senior baseball championship tournament for the 2026 season. Corunna downed Port Lambton, 11-1 in the final at Canton Park on Sunday afternoon. Nolan Nicholson of the Giants was chosen as tournament MVP with…