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When Tim Maitland was just 12 he was bit by the history bug. In the summer of 1972, Maitland and some of his friends were “just rummaging around” in what was a dumpsite off Tank Street. They found a few old bottles from Petrolia druggists from the early days of the oil town. As they looked, there were all kinds

Seven pizzarias will be serving up slices in Petrolia’s third annual Pizzafest. Streets Eatery & Pub, Helen’s Hideaway Restaurant & Pizzeria, Bud’s Pizza, Matteo’s Pizza, Petrolia Pizza and Subs, Johnny G’s Premium Pizza Plus and Godfather’s Pizza have all agreed to set up shop in Victoria Park June 4 between 11 am to 7 pm, selling slices for $2 each.

It will be a time to see Plympton-Wyoming’s newest park and a time to say goodbye a much-loved summer camp. Plympton-Wyoming Mayor Lonny Napper says the gates to Lamrecton Park will be opened Sunday at noon for a celebration. The town was given the waterfront park by the trustees of the camp. Lamrecton Camp opened its doors in 1926 and

Christine Peck helps Red Hat Society member Erma Wright of Oil Springs make her facinator. About 50 ladies came to the Oil Museum of Canada Saturday for an afternoon of hat making and tea Saturday. Heather Wright Photo

Frank Luhovy was a wrestler before wrestling was cool. The Alvinston man, known in the ring as Cowboy Frankie Lane, died May 24 after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Brooke-Alvinston Councillor Frank Nemcek was cousins with Luhovy and says he loved life in the ring. “He was wrestling all his life, since he was a young kid in his

When Lamrecton Park opens to Plympton-Wyoming residents there will be a lot fewer trees. The former summer camp was donated to the municipality last year and council has decided to open it to the public for day use. The camp, which includes several buildings including cabins and a meeting hall, also has a beach. The 2016 budget set aside $10,000

RPN Lori McKinlay and her colleagues in the ambulatory care unit at Charlotte Eleanor Engelhart Hospital in Petrolia don’t have to do as much running around as before. The unit is now using a new mobile storage unit, which holds everything hospital staff might need in any situation. It was purchased with the proceeds from the 2015 edition of Shoppe

  The Petrolia150 committee is looking for long-lost treasures. The group is celebrating the formation of the Village of Petrolia, the extension of the railway into Petrolia and the first oil gusher in the community which opened up the industry. The three events happened within three weeks of each other and were key to the development of Petrolia. On May

If you have a budding filmmaker in the house, this may be for them. The Lambton Film and Food Festival is looking for entries into its Lambton Youth Short Film Festival. There are five categories, comedy, drama, documentary, commercial application and animation for the three minute films. Organizers say they’ve already had a number of entries after a training session

You’ll soon be able to see what is going on in Petrolia’s Victoria Park without ever leaving your computer. Recently, the Town of Petrolia contracted Damar Security to reconfigure the security cameras in the downtown. The cameras were originally installed in about five years ago for $25,000 under a Safe Community Grant. The town can’t access the footage without the

Sonia Faruqi has spent time with farmers, but never quite like this. The author of Project Animal Farm: An Accidental Journey into the Secret World of Farming and the Truth About Our Food came to Petrolia Saturday to discuss what she found when she went to work for a dairy farmer after being laid off from her Wall Street job

Betty Searson Anderson and Joanne Dobbin were engrossed in the music. They are members of the Christ Church Handbell Choir which entertained during a Devonshire Tea and Concert celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the church. This Saturday, the Petrolia church hosts is Bell Tower Festival from 10 am to 12 pm with a concert by Master Chimer Peter Ryde will