Petrolia’s recycling blues
The Independent one of the top three newspapers in Ontario
February 28, 2017
The Independent of Petrolia and Central Lambton has been named one of the top three newspapers in Ontario for 2016.
The Independent is in the running for the Ontario Community Newspaper Association Award along with the Eganville Leader and Nunavut News/North in the General Excellence category for newspapers of the same size.
While The Independent was named the best overall newspaper in Canada in 2015, this is the paper’s first nod for the same category in the provincial competition.
The winner will be announced at the association’s convention in April in Toronto.
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Petrolia’s recycling blues
November 11, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Petrolia is returning to blue box recycling and nobody is happy about it. Residents, according to Circular Materials Ontario, will soon receive two-80L blue boxes for their recyclables. The wheelie bin with the yellow top, which rolled into Petrolia backyards last November, will be taken away – recycled to be used in other communities which will receive
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PHOTO GALLERY: Remembrance Day 2025 across Lambton County
November 11, 2025
Across Lambton County this weekend, people stopped to reflect on the sacrifices made by Canadians. Photos by Blake Ellis/The Independent In Oil Springs, residents gathered at the local cenotaph Sunday, Nov. 9. Chrystal Bressette Photos In Alvinston, residents faced the cold and mounds of freshly fallen snow as they paused at the cenotaph on River Street Nov. 11. Lambton Shores
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Petrolia pauses on Nov. 11
November 11, 2025
Photos by John Wright/The Independent At the 11th Hour of the 11th month on the 11th day, people in Petrolia stopped to remember at the Cenotaph in Victoria Park.
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‘Would you want it out your back door’ ask Enniskillen residents
November 11, 2025
Residents urge council not to support battery storage project Blake Ellis/The Independent “I am very upset that this has gotten this far,” said Jean St. Pierre, a neighbour of the proposed Inwood Energy Storage project. St. Pierre, who lives on Courtright Line, appeared before Enniskillen Township council on Nov. 3 wanting to go on the record with her concerns about
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