Another new owner for former Sarnia school property
Bronze for Shaw and Gryphons at nationals
March 9, 2026
The Independent
Petrolia’s Charlie Shaw won a team bronze with the University of Guelph Gryphons men’s squad and had a pair of top ten individual finishes too at the U-Sports Track and Field Championship in Winnipeg over the weekend.
The LCCVI grad was 8th in the men’s 1000-metre race in a time of 2:25.38 and was part of the Gryphons’ 4×800 metre that placed ninth.
Following the final race of the competition, the Guelph men thought they had won the overall men’s team title but the 4 x 200 metre Guelph team was disqualified for obstruction giving the team title to Western and dropping the Gryphons to third place.
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Another new owner for former Sarnia school property
September 15, 2026
Valued at $2.4 million, Devine Street school land sold for $1.5 million Cathy Dobson/The Independent A key three acres in the heart of Sarnia’s southend was auctioned off for $1.5 million on Monday, suggesting that the vacant lot may finally see some development. The former Devine St. School site at the corner of Brock and Devine streets has sat idle
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CEEH emergency department construction to begin in late October or November
September 15, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Construction on Petrolia’s new emergency department will start in late October or early November. That from Bluewater Health officials during a Petrolia Council meeting Monday. Officials revealed K&L Construction has won the $14 million contract to build the new ER and the official ground breaking will be held in late October or early November. Construction will begin
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Lambton County Plowing match draws more competitors than usual as 2027 IPM in Petrolia nears
September 14, 2026
Blake Ellis/The Independent Enniskillen Mayor Kevin Marriott may not have a municipal election contest this year, but he did face some of his political colleagues at the Lambton County Plowing Match. And Marriott, who is also Lambton’s Warden, handily handled the competition. Marriott won the annual plowing contest between politicians over St. Clair Township Mayor Jeff Agar, Plympton-Wyoming Mayor, Gary
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Oil Springs okays asset retirement study
September 14, 2026
Blake Ellis/The Independent It turns out the cost to complete asset retirement obligation estimates on its five municipally-owned buildings is much less than the Oil Springs council expected. The study will determine the cost of abatement of designated substances, such as asbestos, lead, silica and mercury, during decommissioning and demolition at the end of each building’s life. This will better
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