Thedford EMS changes years away
Four groups get $9k in Petrolia Community Foundation grants
January 13, 2023
Four Petrolia groups are getting a helping hand from the Petrolia Community Foundation.
The executive director, Mike Barron, was at Petrolia Council Monday to give out $9,000 to four groups.
Petrolia Community Refrigerator will receive $ 3,000 to purchase equipment.
Sarnia Lambton Rebound will use $2,000 to present a family movie night in Petrolia.
Organization for Literacy Lambton will use its $2,500 to present a Train Your Brain program for Grade 3 & 4 students.
YMCA Petrolia will buy a mesh wheelchair to help people get in and out of the pool with its $1,500 grant.
The four projects were chosen from 11 applications.
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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
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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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