No ATV rally for Petrolia Ag Society
Signs of COVID-19 variants found in Lambton
March 4, 2021
Eleven Lambton schools have COVID-19 cases including LCCVI
Lambton’s Medical Officer of Health isn’t surprised.
Dr. Sudit Ranade has been saying for sometime the arrival of the COVID-19 variants in Lambton was inevitable.
Today, Public Health Ontario says two of the 63 recent COVID-19 cases in Lambton are suspected to be a variant of the original virus. One more test will be required to confirm it.
That’s of some concern because the variants coming out of COVID-19 are spread easier. While people are not getting sicker, more people are becoming infected and that could mean hospitals will face more cases of COVID in the future.
Meantime, the number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 in Lambton jumped Thursday. There were 47 new cases reported.
There are now 11 schools reporting COVID-19 cases in Lambton, including LCCVI in Petrolia where one student has tested positive. Three students at North Lambton in Forest are also ill.
In Corunna, one staff member at Col. Cameron Public School tested positive as did two students at St. Joseph’s School.
There are also two students ill at Holy Rosary in Wyoming. Two classrooms have been closed there to help contain the number of cases there .
The outbreak at the Inn of the Good Shepherd Shelter has grown to five residents and three staff.
There is also a workplace outbreak with eight people COVID-19 positive.
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No ATV rally for Petrolia Ag Society
June 15, 2025
The Independent There will not be ATVs rumbling through Petrolia this summer. Kelly Humphrey of the Petrolia Enniskillen Agricultural Society came to council in mid-May asking if PEAS could host an ATV rally with Greenwood Park as a starting and finishing point and using Petrolia streets to get to the starting and finishing point. Julie Bullock, director of parks and
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Fair banner may not fly
June 14, 2025
The Independent The Moore Agricultural Society has some big plans for the 175th anniversary of the Brigden Fair. But not all of their plans may work out. The ag society has asked for and received several approvals from St. Clair Township council for special events at the landmark fair including allowing a low-level Canadian Armed Forces Flyby and helicopter landings
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Remembering Newell Hastings
June 14, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Sunday, Newell Hasting’s service to King and Country over a century ago was remembered in a peaceful church cemetery near Watford. Hasting was born in Petrolia and his family moved to Watford around the turn of the century. He signed up to serve in the miltia with Watford’s 149th Battalion before being called up for service. He
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Sidewalk projects around First Ave this summer
June 13, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Sidewalks along First Street in Petrolia will be getting an upgrade once school is out for the summer. It’s part of the latest large project to improve the town’s sidewalk system. In 2023, BM Ross and Associates completed a study on Petrolia’s sidewalk system and found it lacking. It suggested $1.5 million in sidewalk construction was needed
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