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Cathy Dobson/For The Independent Volunteers with Caregivers of Petrolia Ferals are being deployed this week to distribute nearly three tonnes of donated pet food across the region. For Petrolia’s Julie Medeiros, the largest donation of food in the group’s history is a godsend and she’s happy to share it. It’s enough to feed a huge population of feral cats daily

The Independent presents a six-part series by Reporter Cathy Dobson and Photographer Glenn Ogilvie focused on the alarming number of rural Lambton residents who increasingly cannot afford to feed themselves and their families.  Over the last nine months, we investigated how food insecurity is impacting our community and talked to the people who regularly access more than a dozen area

The Independent presents a six-part series by Reporter Cathy Dobson and Photographer Glenn Ogilvie focused on the alarming number of rural Lambton residents who increasingly cannot afford to feed themselves and their families.  Over the last nine months, we investigated how food insecurity is impacting our community and talked to the people who regularly access more than a dozen area

The Independent presents a six-part series by Reporter Cathy Dobson and Photographer Glenn Ogilvie focused on the alarming number of rural Lambton residents who increasingly cannot afford to feed themselves and their families.  Over the last nine months, we investigated how food insecurity is impacting our community and talked to the people who regularly access more than a dozen area

The repair of Victoria Hall was budgeted for $20,000. Instead, the town spent over $116,000 to repair the wooden cupola on the north roof of Victoria Hall. A report from David Menzies, director of parks, recreation and facilities for the town, said staff noticed the need to repair the wooden parts but, because of the height of the roof, were

A Corunna man has been fined $13,000 and banned from hunting after killing a moose without a tag. Ministry of Natural Resources officials say Christopher Brown was found guilty of killing a bull moose without a licence in a Sioux Lookout court June 29. Court heard Brown shot a bull moose without a tag while hunting in the Ignance area

US Customs agents inspecting transports heading into the US discovered over 100 pounds of ecstasy at the Bluewater Bridge. A US Customs and Border Protection news release says officers in Port Huron were inspecting inbound commercial cargo shipments when 113 pounds of vacuum-sealed packages were found among a shipment of legitimate goods July 25. Testing found it was MDMA also

Calls for a contract to trim trees in Plympton-Wyoming to be given a second look were turned away. Town council was to approve a tender to cut 46 trees in the municipality. The lowest bid came from Ontario Tree Service in Forest at $30,000. The second lowest bid came from Wyoming Tree Service – a local company owned by former

Changes are in the works as the new Petrolia council begins its term – including removing one of the opportunity for public comment at regular council meetings.Nov. 21, the new council got together to learn about all the facets of local government. Each department head spoke about the issues in their department. The fire chief and the Inspector of Lambton

Just 24 per cent of councillors in Central Lambton are women Blake Elllis/Local Journalism Initiative While over half of the people in Canada are women, less than 24 per cent of the seats around the council table are being occupied by women.The under representation of women comes into sharp focus as the municipal councils in The Independent’s coverage area took

Across Central Lambton, communities stopped to remember those who served Canada during wartime. In Petrolia; dozens of wreaths were laid at the foot of the Petrolia Cenotaph Sunday in Victoria Park as part of Remembrance Week. Politicians, family of veterans and those who died and local businesses paid tribute to those who served in the ceremony which lasted more than

BLAKE ELLIS/LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE PHOTOS The Brigden Fair once again was a Lambton County Thanksgiving weekend tradition having been on hiatus since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 44,700 people came through the Brigden fairgrounds from Friday until Monday. The large crowds took in the midway,which led to many smiles, as well as a parade that wound through