Energy

Ontario Energy Minister says proposed pipeline will protect Canadians, put Sarnians to work

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By Cathy Dobson, Petrolia Lambton Independent, Local Journalism Initiative

Ontario’s Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce was in Sarnia Wednesday rallying support for a new  all-Canadian pipeline from Alberta to Ontario that would remove  dependency on the U.S. for crude oil delivery. 

The 3,300-kilometre Northern Shield Energy  Corridor is proposed from Hardisty Alberta to Sarnia-Lambton’s refining  hub, and would travel through Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northern  Ontario without crossing into American territory as existing pipelines  do.

Saskatchewan has already thrown support  behind the project and Manitoba has said the province will work with  Ontario if the pipeline is connected to Churchill, Lecce said.  

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Arts

The Village Commons Music Series: Ann Vriend

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Thanks for joining us on July 10, 2026 for another week of the Village Commons Music Series, a simultaneously live and live-broadcast show, happening on Fridays from 1 – 2:30pm on the new Pavilion stage. Host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by Ann Vriend (AV) from Edmonton.

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Disaster

Compassionate Neighbourhoods and NEPP Working Side by Side

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Originally published in the Bird’s Eye

You know your girl loves a potluck, and every once in a while, this job of mine takes me somewhere delicious, sunny, and full of people I’m delighted to sit beside. Last week’s hard work landed me in a backyard on the Quadra Loop, plate in hand, surrounded by about 45 neighbours for their own Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness Program (NEPP) gathering — a tradition this particular hood holds every year, and proof, if any was needed, that reporting on Quadra sometimes means eating well in good company. The reason I’d been invited was to witness the first neighbourhood on Quadra begin
rolling out the Compassionate Neighbourhoods program alongside its existing NEPP network.

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Arts

Schoolhouse Gallery presents “The Shape of Solace”

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And the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition by three local artists: Melanie Boyle, Karen McDarmid, and Jane Newman. They have just opened a joint show called The Shape of Solace. It opened a few days ago, drawing a crowd of over 100 people, and will continue through July twenty-sixth.

A well-attended opening

Gallery hours are Fridays from six to nine PM and Saturdays and Sundays from two to six PM. The exhibition also involves some related events:  an Artists’ Talk on July 17th from seven to eight-thirty PM, a Collage Writing Workshop on July 19th from noon to two PM, and a Solace Show-and-Tell on July 24th from seven to eight-thirty PM.

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Communications

Human rights group Amnesty International calls out Meta data centre project in Sturgeon County

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By David Boles, St Albert Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

An unexpected opponent has emerged against the new AI data centre project that is planned to be built north of Edmonton.

Amnesty International Canada is opposing the project by Meta, which is anticipated to take up an area larger than Vancouver’s Stanley Park in Sturgeon County.

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