Fall colours will be a marvel for adult art retreat participants
A group of dedicated volunteers is ready to launch a brand new Adult Art Retreat concept into the Grand Bend and Lambton Shores Community.
Category: In the News
Articles clipped from local media related to Ipperwash.
Chief Unhappy With Candidates
Photo courtesy of Bayshore Broadcasting
The Chief of the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation is not impressed with any of the three major federal party leaders bidding to lead Canada after the October 19th election.
Fall tree order form available
Landowners purchasing trees through fall tree order form Agricultural producers and other rural landowners preserve topsoil, improve forest conditions by planting trees ordered through spring, autumn programs International Year of Soils great time to plant trees: Ausable Bayfield Conservation; Fall …
Hazardous Wastes Day – Aug 29
Household hazardous waste drop-off event (Postmedia Network file photo)
Household hazardous wastes accepted on Saturday A one-day drop-off event for household hazardous waste is being held in Lambton Shores Saturday, at the County of Lambton’s public works depot. “Corrosive, toxic, reactive and flammable materials will be collected at the …
Shore Clean Up
St. Clair Conservation, in partnership with the Municipality of Lambton Shores, is hosting a beach cleanup at Centre Ipperwash Beach as a part of The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. The date this year is September 19, 9-11 am, we’ll meet …
Controlling Phragmites
Phrag fighters. From left to right: Dr. Janice Gilbert, Nature Conservancy Canada and Ontario Phragmites Working Group; Kate Monk, Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority; Al Williamson, Williamson Farms; Don McCabe, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture; Ken Vegh, Municipal Drainage & Inspection Supervisor, Town of Kingsville; Mayor Bill Weber, Lambton Shores; Nette Pachlarz, Director, Lambton Shores Phragmites Community Group; Nancy Vidler, Chair, LSPCG. One stem of Phragmites can grow to more than three metres in height and send out several new runners from its stem. (photo – Bill MacDonald)
Controlling Phragmites in drains and roadside ditches The Lambton Shores Phragmites Community Group (LSPCG) has spent the past several years controlling the invasive grass Phragmites australis in the coastal wetlands and is now taking the fight upstream from Port Franks …
Presentation to Council
Keeping motorized vehicles off the shoreline permanently is a critical step toward protecting the sensitive dune environment, plants and wildlife it supports.
Mayor Optimistic
One of the problems is the narrow bridge on Hwy. 21 but Lambton Shores Mayor Bill Weber was told at the recent AMO conference that Connecting Link Funding could be available by the summer of next year.
Hazardous waste day
The popular Household Hazardous Waste Days, co-sponsored by the County of Lambton Public Works Department and Clean Harbors Canada Inc., will be changing locations in August and will offer Lambton County residents an opportunity to dispose household hazardous waste at …
Deal doesn’t address ownership issue
Beach
Advance voting on $95-million offer to Kettle & Stony Point held Tuesday The federal government may be offering the return of Camp Ipperwash, but not to its rightful heirs, says one off-reserve band member with Kettle & Stony Point. “These …