BASF employees learn the ropes at Petrolia’s Community Refrigerator
Tractors invade Petrolia
June 15, 2016
If you saw a tractor or two – or 26 – in Petrolia today, your eyes weren’t deceiving you. It’s Tractor Day at LCCVI and 26 students convinced their parents to let them take the family farm vehicle to school for the day. It’s the most tractors that have been involved in what is becoming a yearly event at the high school. At lunch, the students revved up the engines and headed downtown for something to eat, turning heads as they went.
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BASF employees learn the ropes at Petrolia’s Community Refrigerator
September 22, 2026
Company was in town to deliver $25K award from Growing Homes contest Heather Wright/The Independent The Petrolia Community Refrigerator had some new volunteers Monday. Max Vandenborre of BASF Agriculture Solutions helped Harvey Leckie pack hamburger for the freezer in the basement of St. Paul’s United Church, carefully putting small portions of the meet in plastic bags. Vandenborre was one of
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‘Once a Wrangler, always a Wrangler’
September 22, 2026
Core Jackson honoured by Wyoming Minor Baseball Barry Wright/The Independent Core Jackson says his first season of professional baseball was the stuff of dreams. The Wyoming native was drafted by the New York Yankees in 2025 and appeared in 100 games this season spilt between a pair of New York Yankee affiliates; the Hudson Valley Renegades and Somerset, New Jersey
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High expectations as Lancers kick-off the 2026 football season
September 22, 2026
Ryan Aarts/The Independent Five years after the LCCVI football program was rebooted, the Lancers are no longer just trying to compete, they’re operating with high expectations. That’s according to LCCVI Football Coach Brett Waring as the team heads into its first game of the 2026 season Thursday. Waring says he and Assistant Coach Matt Godfrey “had a good base” to
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Parts of Petrolia Line, Rokeby to be turned to gravel
September 21, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent There will be more gravel roads in Brooke-Alvinston before winter or at least patches of gravel. Brooke-Alvinston councillors have agreed to tear up the asphalt in sections of two roads which have been damaged and repaired countless times. Public Works Supervisor Jamie Butler recommended tearing up about 700 meters of asphalt on Petrolia Line east of Nauvoo
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