Truck volume, road construction, routinely clogging Highway 402
One arrested after stabbing at Walpole Island intersection
July 31, 2025
A Walpole Island man is facing seven charges after a mid-afternoon stabbing at an intersection in the community.
Tuesday, around 2:20 pm, Walpole Island Police and Lambton OPP officers were called to the intersection of Old Ferry Road and Union Hall Road. On person had been stabbed but sustained non life-threatening injuries.
Police arrested a man at a nearby home.
Jared Williams, 30, has been charged is facing charges of assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm as well as mischief – destroying property – break and enter and bail violations..
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Truck volume, road construction, routinely clogging Highway 402
August 1, 2025
Cathy Dobson/The Independent Community leaders are pushing for a solution to hours-long backups on Highway 402 this summer as some say congestion approaching the Blue Water Bridge has never been worse. “A lot of drivers are coming in really grumpy after sitting there for a couple of hours,” said Gerry Lee, operations manager at the Blue Water Bridge Duty Free
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One guilty plea in the Grogan classic car case
August 1, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent One of the four people charged in the case which rocked the classic car community has plead guilty to a single charge of uttering a forged document. And the three others facing charges after 200 classic cars were stolen and sold to unwitting car enthusiasts will be on trial sooner than normal. In late 2023, Larry Grogan
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Watermain work starts in three weeks
July 31, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Work on a watermain expansion down Petrolia Line is likely to start the third week of August. That’s according to Alex Morfin, the manager of the project from BM Ross and Associates. The Town of Petrolia held a public meeting Monday to outline the project. Only four residents came to town hall for the event. Town council
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OPP looking for man after car wash change machine cracked open
July 31, 2025
Lambton OPP are looking for a man they believe broke into a change machine at a Petrolia car wash. OPP say on July 24, around 3 pm, a man with a small build, dark brown and white goatee and carrying a backpack, damaged the change machine at Aqua Shine and then took money from the machine. He left the scene
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