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Countdown to new permanent exhibit begins at Lambton Heritage Museum
Posted on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 02:20 PM
Grand Bend, ON – Lambton Heritage Museum is approaching the completion of a $1.2 million renovation project in the Lambton Gallery. The project included a complete redesign of more than 7,800 square feet of existing exhibit space into a permanent exhibit area coupled with a multi-use flex space. The new exhibit will be available to the public beginning Saturday, June 3, 2023.
Museum staff are busy completing finishing touches including installing text panels and placing artifacts. The new exhibit...
Lambton County recognizes Paramedic Services Week
Posted on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 01:39 PM
Petrolia, ON - The week of May 21st marks Paramedic Services Week in Canada and the County of Lambton is joining in recognizing the essential work done by paramedics every day for our community.
This year’s theme is “Diversity in Paramedicine – The Patient, The Provider, The Profession,” and is meant to provoke conversations about how diversity in our community is reflected in the broader health care system and the ways paramedics support those they serve.
Each day carries a different key message...
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This Month in Lambton - May 2023
Posted on Friday, May 19, 2023 03:00 PM
The May 2023 edition of This Month in Lambton includes the following news, service updates, programs and events:
- Integrated Homelessness Prevention Team accepts OMSSA award
- Lakeshore Road closure
- Household Hazardous Waste collection events
- Lambton County Library events
- Lambton Shores Farmers’ Market returns to Lambton Heritage Museum
- Lambton Heritage Museum hosts PA Day Event: Trash to Treasure, What Can I Do? with Lynn Tremain
- Lambton Heritage Museum Celebrates Opening of New Lambton Gallery
- Virtual...
![Doug Ball, Executive Director, OMSSA, presents the OMSSA Local Municipal Champion Award to County of Lambton staff Mike Konstantinou, Supervisor, Ontario Works, and Ian Hanney, Supervisor, Homelessness Prevention and Social Planning. Photo credit Sarah Bradley, iShootEvents.ca](https://www.lambtononline.ca/en/resourcesGeneral/news/TMIL/2023/05-May/Award-Presentation---Credit-Sarah-Bradley-iShootEvents.ca---web.jpg)
Integrated Homelessness Prevention Team accepts OMSSA award
Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 12:09 PM
Sarnia, ON – The County’s Integrated Homelessness Prevention Team accepted a Local Municipal Champion Award from the Ontario Municipal Social Services Association (OMSSA) at the 2023 Exchange Conference held in Ottawa last week.
These awards recognize exceptional work done in advancing excellence in human services integration and service system management by teams from Consolidated Municipal Service Managers and District Social Services Administration Boards across the province.
“The County of...
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Oil Museum of Canada hosts Virtual Talk with Craigleith Heritage Depot
Posted on Monday, May 15, 2023 02:08 PM
Oil Springs, ON - Oil Museum of Canada, National Historic Site, is hosting a Virtual Talk on Thursday, May 25 beginning at 7:00 p.m. The Museum will be joined by Alessia Farris, Curator of the Craigleith Heritage Depot for the Virtual Talk, Stuck in a Rock: Oil Industry in Craigleith.
During the talk, Farris will present the geological formation that allowed for the creation of shale oil, before exploring the history of Ontario’s only successfully producing shale oil manufacturing plant,...