Petrolia’s recycling blues
IESO nixes Enbridge’s plans for St. Clair power for now storage
May 16, 2023
It seems there will not be battery storage operations in Lambton County – at least not anytime soon.
Late Tuesday, the Independent Electricity System Operator released the companies which would provide battery power storage in southern Ontario. The units, made of lithium ion batteries, would hold power until it was needed in the peak usage hours.
Enbridge had bid for three storage projects in St. Clair Township, but when the IESO released the successful bidders, Enbridge Gas was not on it.
The battery storage operations caused a stir not only in St. Clair but in Enniskillen Township, where a power company decided not to invest in the rural community after facing stiff opposition.
There was one familiar name on the list of power providers. Eastern Power won the right to build a 212 MW gas plant in St. Clair Township.
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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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