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Police allege Scarborough man was using Petrolia AirBnB to make fentanyl The Independent Sarnia Police seized over $200,000 in drugs after stopping a suspect in Petrolia. Thursday, the Sarnia Police Major Case Action Team with the Emergency Response Team and the Canine unit stopped vehicle in Petrolia. During the arrest, the drive was combative, so police used a taser to

The Independent Brooke-Alvinston is getting a big financial boost from the province to help fix the local arena. The municipality has been staring down a $1.2 million bill to repair the ice making equipment in the arena floor. It applied to the Ontario community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund earlier this year. Earlier this month, Brooke-Alvinston was given the news

A Brooke-Alvinston resident is facing an assault charge after a fight in Alvinston. Around 7:20 pm, June 24, OPP were called to River Street over a fight between two people. No one was injured. A 57 year-old has been charged with assault. He’ll appear in court Aug. 18.

The Independent Myles Vanni, the head of the Inn of the Good Shepherd Food Bank, has announced his retirement. Vanni was appointed the executive director of the food bank in 2005. “Over the past twenty years, as poverty levels increased and the need for service grew in Sarniaand Lambton County, Myles responded with innovative leadership, introducing important newservices including: construction of

The Independent One of Lambton County’s favourite sons brought the Memorial Cup to Alvinston Thursday. Mark Hunter, general manager of the Memorial Cup Champion London Knights and Oil Springs area stopped with the iconic trophy at the Inwood Variety Store to visit super fans Fred and Donna Oriet and then at Armor’s Ale House in Alvinston. Fans had a chance

Heather Wright/The Independent Environmental groups are targeting Lambton residents on social media, in a push to discourage Ontario from using natural gas to create electricity. There are two projects in the works for St. Clair Township which need municipal approval to move ahead in the bidding process. Both Environmental Defence Canada and the Ontario Clean Air Alliance have launched social

Heather Wright/The Independent The Town of Petrolia will spend over $300,000 for engineering services to rebuild about a half a kilometer of streets. Mike Thompson, director of operations, says the town needs to plan to rebuild three smaller streets, King, Hickory and School, in the oldest part of the community. “For several years King Street has been on staff’s radar

Twenty Canadians died every day from opioid overdoses in 2024. That from data released today from the federal government. From January to December 2024, there were 7,146 opioid-related deaths, 5,514 hospitalizations, 36,266 Emergency Medical Services responses, and 24,587 emergency department visits. That’s down about 17 per cent from 2023 but is “still very high compared to previous years” said public

A Plympton-Wyoming volunteer is one of 22 honoured by the province with an Ontario Senior Achievement Award. Susan Wright, who last year was Plympton-Wyoming’s Senior of the Year, was among seniors from around the province at Queen’s Park to receive the honour from the Lieutenant Governer, Edith Dumont. Wright, a retired public servant, volunteers weekly as a fitness instructor for

You may soon be getting a knock on your door to check if you have a smoke or CO2 detector. Petrolia/North Enniskillen Fire Chief Rick Cousins says the department is going door-to-door over the summer to complete the annual campaign to ensure homeowners have the proper, functioning equipment in place. Cousins says the fire department representatives will all have identification

Bothwell is losing another retail store. The Beer Store has announced the location there and nine others will be closing Aug. 24. “Closing a retail store is never an easy decision – our stores and employees contribute to communities in many ways and provide easy access to empty returns throughout Ontario,” said Ozzie Ahmed, Vice President Retail of The Beer

The Independent The soon-to-be built Forest school has a new name. The Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 school will be called the Blue Coast District School. In 2023, the Lambton-Kent District School Board announced the yet-to-be built school would be named Lambton Shores Community School. That raised concerns with the Indigenous trustee on the board. Trustee Roberta Northmore’s concern was