Ontario ombudsman Andre Marin

The Ombudsman is the investigator for closed meeting complaints for local municipalities of Bluewater, Lambton Shores and South Huron. In the last year OMLET opened two cases in Bluewater where they recommended best practices for one and one meeting in Lambton Shores, the case was opened with no action taken.

Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation Chief Tom Bressette February 4, 2015 (BlackburnNews.com photo by Jake Jeffrey)

Chief Tom Bressette told county councillors Wednesday they want to build a three-storey hotel and conference centre across from Indian Hills Golf Course on Lakeshore Rd.

“We're talking with hotel chains that are interested in moving their chains to First Nations communities,” he said following Wednesday's meeting.

The Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation are proposing a three-storey hotel and conference centre along Lakeshore Road, its chief Tom Bressette told Lambton County council Wednesday.

It was all hands on deck at the City of Sarnia Monday as crews worked to clear the heavy snowfall. Cory King, with the city's forestry department, was pitching in blowing snow off sidewalks along Wellington Street. (PAUL MORDEN, The Observer)

A flurry of closings followed the winter storm that buried Sarnia-Lambton late Sunday and early Monday in snow.

Geoff Coulson, with Environment Canada, said Monday that early estimates were that 20 to 30 cm of snow fell across Sarnia and the northern parts of Lambton County.