LAMBTON VOTES: Petrolia Candidate Surveys
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OPP presence increased for Labour Day weekend
August 28, 2025
The OPP say they’ll be out in force for the last long weekend of the summer.
As of mid-August, 214 people have died on OPP patrolled roads this year. Police say speeding, alcohol or drug impairment, driver inattention or not wearing a seatbelt account for a significant number of the deaths.
Police will be targeting drivers for those issues.
They’ll also be out on the waterways and urge people to wear a lifejacket this weekend.
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LAMBTON VOTES: Petrolia Candidate Surveys
October 21, 2026
The Independent sent a questionnaire to each candidate for Petrolia Council. Below are the unedited responses from the candidates: Work Experience: Policy Advisor, Sarnia-Lambton Chamber of Commerce; former Constituency Assistant to MPPs Bob Bailey and Billy Pang; former parliamentary intern with MPs Marilyn Gladu and Jake Stewart; former Town of Petrolia Parks & Recreation Summer Labourer; former Dietary Aide at
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Ready for construction at CEEH
October 21, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Construction at Petrolia’s Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital will begin in a couple of weeks. Wednesday, Bluewater Health officials, builders, politicians and the people who work in the rural hospital officially marked the occasion, “turning the sod” in front of the Emergency Department. In September, K&L Construction was awarded the $14 million contract to build the new ER
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Plympton-Wyoming, OPP probed ballot cast in the name of dead voter
October 21, 2026
Voter declined to vote on behalf of deceased spouse says the mayor Heather Wright/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming officials are warning voters violations of the Election Act have serious consequences after the town learned someone cast a ballot for a family member who had recently died. In an email Tuesday, obtained by The Independent, Clerk Erin Kwarciak said staff became aware of
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James Barker Band coming to Petrolia for minor hockey fundraiser
October 20, 2026
The Independent Petrolia will play host to one of Canada’s rising acts in country music. The James Barker Band is coming to the Greenwood Recreation Centre May 15 as a fundraiser for Petrolia Minor hockey. The band is know for songs such as Keep It Simple, Over All Over Again, There’s a Drink for That and New Old Trucks. The
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