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  The gloomy, rainy weather failed to put a damper on the Hillsdale Cemetery Tour . The rich and varied history of Petrolia came alive as the Petrolia Heritage Committee, the Petrolia Community Theatre, and a group of about 100 volunteers made the lives of eight cemetery “residents” live again last Saturday. This is the third time the tour has

  Kayla Farr, 20, of Wilkesport is the new Brigden Fair Ambassador. She took the crown over a field of four competitors at the annual Brigden Fair Ambassador competition, Sunday. Born and raised in Brigden, the Farr family bought their Wilkesport farm 10 years ago and since then, Farr has developed a love for farm life. “It didn’t take me

The Independent Staff Tragically Hip fans won’t have to go too far to take in the band’s final concert. Petrolia will be hosting an outdoor screening of the CBC’s broadcast of the iconic Canadian band’s final concert in Kingston Aug. 20 at the Petrolia Farmers’ Market building. Fans across the nation clamoured for tickets after the band announced this would

Brook Brouwers and Rachel Clark can hardly believe their ears when they learn the mayor, played by  Ruby Smalls, rigged the local cookie contest in  Inspector Bumble and the Big Cookie Heist. The members of the Lambton Young Theatre Players Youth Drama Camp staged the show for family and friends on Friday afternoon. There will be one more camp in

Heather Wright The Independent Lou Anne Sybenga’s fabric and rug hooking art usually leans toward the whimsical – a friend’s home complete with sports cars and neighbourhood churches, people with wide eyes and slightly crooked smiles. “I lean toward the cartoonish,” says Sybenga as she worked with the Victoria Hall Arts Committee to hang her latest works for display throughout

  Michael Learned has asked herself more than once why she’s agreed to stand on a stage and answer questions about her work and her life. The four-time Emmy award winner who is currently at Victoria Playhouse Petrolia playing the lead in Driving Miss Daisy will take to the stage – alone – July 27 to 29 in Miss Michael

The Brooke-Alvinston Arts & Activity Group is gearing up for another Arts and Music Fest. Spokesperson Liana Russwurm recently told council they were planning an all-day event for Aug. 13 in the River Street Park. “We’re trying to make it very interesting for the kids,” she says adding the Arts and Activity group will have a booth set up to

Jeanette Douglas says you can spend the whole week in Brooke-Alvinston if you want to celebrate Canada’s 149th birthday. The Brooke-Alvinston councillor is one of the people on the community’s Canada Day Committee. She told a crowd at Sunday’s Ecumenical Service there was lots to do to celebrate the nations birthday. Sports plays a big role in the celebrations. For

You can play a little chicken this Canada Day. There are chicken barbecue’s across the region bringing neighbours together to celebrate Canada’s birthday. In Enniskillen, the chickens will be cooked by a crew at Krall Park throughout the day. The meal will be served up at the Enniskillen Township office on Rokeby Line.  For ticket information call the Township office.

  He’s toured Canada and the United States. He’s been on Letterman. But on Saturday, Fred Eaglesmith will pull up a stool in the middle of the Old Plympton Township Hall and put on a concert for about 60 people. It may seem unusual for a musician to pick such a small, out of the way venue – a hall

Cathy Dobson Special to The Independent Larry Towell was embedded with the Ukranian troops on the front lines this winter. “The Ukranian army had so little, I helped them get gasoline,” says the 62-year-old photojournalist whose home base is a 75-acre farm in Dawn-Euphemia. From the sweat shops in Bangladesh to the gang activity dogging migrants at the southern Mexican

Dave Whitlock wasn’t expecting this. The Wyoming racing legend will be inducted into the 2016 Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame joining racing greats such as Paul Tracy and Mario Andretti. Whitlock is a three-time CASCAR champion and was Rookie of the Year in 1989. He had 19 wins in his 24-year career. He was also the first to win back-to-back