Tara Jeffrey
@tarajeffrey.bsky.social
Award winning journalist in Sarnia, ON.
Advocating for media literacy and quality local journalism.
Currently freelancing.
Email: tarajeffrey84@gmail.com
Advocating for media literacy and quality local journalism.
Currently freelancing.
Email: tarajeffrey84@gmail.com
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Tara Jeffrey
@tarajeffrey.bsky.social
· Nov 26
A great resource for identifying credible journalism, and the red flags that signal a source should be avoided: (@newslitproject.bsky.social)
“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:
An important read in this week’s @petroliaindie.bsky.social:
April 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“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:
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."
April 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"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...
March 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Ministry says Suncor spilled up to 5,000 litres of crude oil into the St. Clair River yesterday: petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/03/28/s...
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Lambton beef producers looking for new pastures
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March 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Lambton beef producers looking for new pastures
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#NEW: Aamjiwnaang First Nation, federal government, launch groundbreaking initiative to address environmental racism. petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/03/07/a...
March 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
#NEW: Aamjiwnaang First Nation, federal government, launch groundbreaking initiative to address environmental racism. petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/03/07/a...
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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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Bailey re-elected in Sarnia-Lambton
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.
sarnianewstoday.ca
February 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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.”
“We need to have compassion for them and learn from what happened in Rainbow Park.”
RECLAIMING RAINBOW PARK
“Homelessness in Rainbow Park became an addiction issue and that’s where we’ve got to find solutions.
"We need to have compassion for them and learn from what happened in Rainbow Park.”
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“Homelessness in Rainbow Park became an addiction issue and that’s where we’ve got to find solutions.
"We need to have compassion for them and learn from what happened in Rainbow Park.”
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February 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“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.”
“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
February 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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:
February 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Great post from broadcast journalist Seyram Abdallah, in an age where it seems anyone can claim to be a journalist or a news organization:
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February 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
POV: the girls from Mooretown take on the PWHL. #believe @pwhlsceptres.bsky.social @pwhlpa.bsky.social @pwhlfleet.bsky.social @iankennedyck.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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.
The Independent nominated for nine provincial awards
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The Independent of Petrolia and Central Lambton (@petroliaindie.bsky.social)
The source for news from Lambton County, Ontario
petroliaindie.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is great to see and well deserved.
Well deserved!!!
The Independent nominated for nine provincial awards
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The Independent of Petrolia and Central Lambton (@petroliaindie.bsky.social)
The source for news from Lambton County, Ontario
petroliaindie.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Well deserved!!!
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"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."
2024 is deadliest year for journalists in CPJ history; almost 70% killed by Israel - Committee to Protect Journalists
Introduction 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 medi...
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February 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"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-...
In Chemical Valley, Aamjiwnaang First Nation and Canada tackle environmental racism | The Narwhal
Aamjiwnaang First Nation, has fought for decades to stop pollution from Sarnia’s Chemical Valley. Now it’s carving a path forward with Canada
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February 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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...
@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...
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February 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
#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...
@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...
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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."
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Councillor calls Chief's remarks "a threat against me doing my job."
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February 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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."
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Councillor calls Chief's remarks "a threat against me doing my job."
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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.
Aamjiwnaang chief files formal complaints over remarks made by Bill Dennis
In an 11 page letter to Lambton County Warden Kevin Marriott and Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley, Janelle Nahmabin said she wanted to express her "deep concern and disappointment.
sarnianewstoday.ca
February 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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...
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...
February 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“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...
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...
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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
"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
February 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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
"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
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Sarnia non-profit LTC manager alarmed by cost of dementia housing project in Petrolia
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February 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Sarnia non-profit LTC manager alarmed by cost of dementia housing project in Petrolia
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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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Sarnia's mayor wants to be reimbursed for costs incurred at Rainbow Park
Mayor Mike Bradley wants the county to allocate most -- if not all -- provincial funding recently received, to the City of Sarnia.
sarnianewstoday.ca
February 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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.”
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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
January 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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
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
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Over $70,000 has been spent so far, in relation to a workplace harassment matter at Sarnia City Hall.
Over $70K spent on workplace harassment matter at Sarnia City Hall
The results of an independent investigation were released following a special meeting of Sarnia council on Monday.
sarnianewstoday.ca
January 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Over $70,000 has been spent so far, in relation to a workplace harassment matter at Sarnia City Hall.
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More addiction recovery beds, one-stop centre for help coming to Lambton County
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January 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
More addiction recovery beds, one-stop centre for help coming to Lambton County
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