“Good journalism holds politicians to account. It reports as events happen, including when complaints or charges are laid. And it reports the outcome of those charges, whether the person is condemned or cleared.”
An important read in this week’s @petroliaindie.bsky.social:
"At a press conference in a near-empty parking lot in Sault Ste. Marie on Tuesday, reporters said they were confined to a small, fenced area about 25 metres from where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was speaking."
Ministry says Suncor spilled up to 5,000 litres of crude oil into the St. Clair River yesterday: petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/03/28/s...
Lambton beef producers looking for new pastures
Read this via petroliaindie.bsky.social petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/03/10/l...
#NEW: Aamjiwnaang First Nation, federal government, launch groundbreaking initiative to address environmental racism. petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/03/07/a...
Progressive Conservative incumbent Bob Bailey will serve a sixth term as Sarnia-Lambton's MPP after being re-elected during the 44th Ontario general election.
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“We need more treatment, more facilities because people get addictions, they lose their jobs and they lose their homes.
“We need to have compassion for them and learn from what happened in Rainbow Park.”
Six of nine candidates made their case Tuesday for why they should be elected the next Sarnia-Lambton MPP. Noticeably absent was incumbent PC Bob Bailey. Election coverage from @petroliaindie.bsky.social and @cdobsonnewsnviews.bsky.social: petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/02/18/s... #ONpoli
Great post from broadcast journalist Seyram Abdallah, in an age where it seems anyone can claim to be a journalist or a news organization:
Screenshots of articles from across Ontario about how Ontario PC candidates are skipping debates.
There seems to be some kind of pattern emerging.
#OnPoli
POV: the girls from Mooretown take on the PWHL. #believe @pwhlsceptres.bsky.social @pwhlpa.bsky.social @pwhlfleet.bsky.social @iankennedyck.bsky.social
This is great to see and well deserved.
Well deserved!!!
"More journalists were killed in 2024 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed last year, nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israel."
Aamjiwnaang First Nation and the federal government will work together on a pilot project to address environmental racism. Important story by @emmamci.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/aamjiwnaang-...
#NEW: from
@cdobsonnewsnviews.bsky.social
- Sarnia-Lambton incumbent MPP Bob Bailey is not attending a single all-candidates meeting this campaign. petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/02/11/b...
Aamjiwnaang’s Chief files complaint against Sarnia councillor’s “untrue, reckless, offensive, disparaging and abusive” remarks
Councillor calls Chief's remarks "a threat against me doing my job."
Read this via petroliaindie.bsky.social petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/02/06/a...
The chief of Aamjiwnaang First Nation says formal complaints have been submitted to the County of Lambton and City of Sarnia's integrity commissioners following remarks made by city/county councillor Bill Dennis last November.
“It does feel like a calling…It feels divinely guided.”
I sat down with SW Ontario’s four female First Nations Chiefs to talk about their roles as leaders, mothers, and protectors of the water. Read the full story here: petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/01/29/b...
Excellent reporting.
"The data the White House has cited to say Canada is responsible for a 'massive” increase in fentanyl flowing across the northern border include a large drug bust that, according to the U.S. border agency, has no known connection to Canada." #cdnpoli
Sarnia non-profit LTC manager alarmed by cost of dementia housing project in Petrolia
Read this via petroliaindie.bsky.social petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/02/03/s...
Mayor Mike Bradley wants the county to allocate most -- if not all, provincial funding geared toward "winding down" homeless encampments to the City of Sarnia.
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Local news outlets should clearly label opinion pieces.
From @trustingnews.bsky.social:
“In our dream world, opinion content all begins with the word ‘opinion,’ a colon and then the headline, just to make it absolutely clear. It’s the only clear word to use.”
Read more: lnkd.in/gxkcrwbC
Over $70,000 has been spent so far, in relation to a workplace harassment matter at Sarnia City Hall.
More addiction recovery beds, one-stop centre for help coming to Lambton County
Read this via petroliaindie.bsky.social petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/01/27/m...
A Sarnia city councillor has been banned from city hall, except in limited circumstances, and won't be able to attend in-person meetings once they're reinstated.
Are your local news outlets clearly labeling OPINION pieces?
From @trustingnews.bsky.social founder & director Joy Mayer:
“In our dream world, opinion content all begins with the word ‘opinion,’ a colon and then the headline, just to make it absolutely clear. It’s the only clear word to use."
Great to see my local (and independent!) news source on here :)
@petroliaindie.bsky.social
