Greenhill Gardens closed; upkeep of six-acre garden ‘challenging’
Eighty-two people died from COVID-19 in Lambton in 2022
January 4, 2023
Three Petrolia nursing/retirement homes in outbreak now
2022 has been the deadliest year of the pandemic in Lambton County.
Statistics from Lambton Public Health show there have been 166 deaths in Lambton since the pandemic began; 26 in 2020, 58 in 2021 and 82 in 2022.
Across Canada, over 49,200 people have died from the virus since the pandemic began; 15,741 were in Ontario.
The number of people in Lambton who have tested positive for the virus since 2020 was 14,374 at year’s end. 8,417 of those cases were in 2022. And that record breaking number was after the provincial government stopped reporting all cases of the virus and only publicly reported cases in institutions such as hospitals, group homes, long term care and retirement homes.
Right now in Lambton, there are COVID-19 outbreaks in all three of Petrolia’s long term care and retirement homes according to Lambton Public Health. At Albany Retirement Village, eight residents have tested positive according to data released Wednesday. Twenty people at Fiddick’s Retirement Home are COVID-19 positive and 10 people at Lambton Meadowview have tested positive for the virus. The county long term care home first reported an outbreak Dec. 17.
Lambton Public Health reports staff members at all three homes have also tested positive, however officials don’t report the actual number of staff ill until more than five have tested positive.
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Greenhill Gardens closed; upkeep of six-acre garden ‘challenging’
June 16, 2025
The Independent Greenhill Gardens – a once privately-owned oasis in Wilkesport – is closed to the public. That from the St. Clair Region Conservation Foundation which took over the grounds in 2024. The gardens were cultivated by Joy Robson for years and her husband, Bill, allowed people to come and walk through the gardens for free. After the death of
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Thedford EMS changes years away
June 15, 2025
The Independent Thedford residents won’t be losing their ambulance station for some time. That from Lambton County officials. Last month, Lambton Shores councillors voiced concern about a county plan which would close the Thedford station and have Forest paramedics to cover their calls. Lambton EMS also plans to move the Grand Bend station near Pinery Park hoping to provide better
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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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