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The chief of staff at Bluewater Health hopes to be back to regular operating room and diagnostic test standards by mid-July. Dr. Michael Haddad made the comments in a video released by the hospital today. Haddad says because there are no COVID-19 patients in the hospital, officials are able to “continue to ramp up clinical services.” “We’re hoping to be

A Thamesville man has been charged with impaired driving after a stop in St. Clair Township. Saturday, OPP were on Kimball Road and stopped a car for another alleged offence. Police believed the driver had been drinking. The person was arrested and taken to the OPP detachment in Petrolia for testing. Daniel Kubig, 44, has been charged with impaired driving

Alex KurialLocal Journalism Initiative An Alvinston man will be spending 20 days in jail after pleading guilty letting a man into visit him. Brendan Recker, 32, had plead guilty at the end of May to nine different charges taking place over the last four years. This included a high-speed police chase through Petrolia and a break-in at a Dawn-Euphemia farm

Another employee of Bluewater Health has tested positive for COVID-19. The hospital is one of two institutions under outbreak right now. Thursday, three health care workers who had been caring for residents from Vision Nursing Home with COVID-19 tested positive. Another worker has now tested positive. The health care worker were recovering at home. There is also an outbreak at

The owners of Albany Retirement Village are taking the first steps to build more seniors housing in downtown Petrolia. Doug and Helen Simpson purchased the former Oil Rig Restaurant shortly before Helen passed away. On July 7, Doug Simpson will ask Petrolia Council to rezone the property from general commercial to residential to allow for the redevelopment of the property

Plympton-Wyoming has declared the seat once occupied by Councillor Ron Schenk vacant. Schenk passed away in May after a battle with cancer. He had been a councillor in the community for 14 years. Chief Administrative Officer, Carolyn Tripp, says when a sitting councillor dies, the Municipal Act says council must declare the seat vacant in two weeks. But it doesn’t

After eight weeks of fighting COVID-19, Vision Nursing Home can officially say it is virus free. Lambton Public Health’s website shows the nursing home is finally out of outbreak. The virus took a terrible toll on the Sarnia home. Ten residents died. Twenty-six residents became ill. Twenty-nine staff members also contracted COVID-19. In what has been an unusual move in

The Fitzgerald Rig at Petrolia Discovery is on the verge of returning to service. Volunteers spent 16 months working at the site, in the last few months paying special attention to the 118-year-old machinery used to propel oil drilling throughout the site. “Back in February 2019 we had an issue with the main bearing of the wheel, so it needed

Jillian de Boer isn’t likely to remember her graduation from St. Patrick’s High School. The Wyoming teen and her fellow graduates made the best of a bad situation with COVID-19 restrictions and had a drive-up graduation Saturday.Students were assigned a time to be at the school, they came out of their car as their family watched, sanitized their hands, walked

It’s not surprising that this June 18 is memorable for Bob and Betty Cole. The Petrolia couple is celebrating 65 years of marriage. Betty remembers their big day like it was yesterday. They married on her 18th birthday.“It was a disaster. It was 95 degrees in the shade,” she says as she sits next to Bob at their kitchen table

Four LCCVI graduates have been named this year’s Nicol Scholars Mercedes Greer, Matt Mueller, Madelaine Nemcek and Caitlin Wilson were announced as the winners this afternoon. The Nicol Scholarship is awarded to the top academic students who participate in community and school life. It is awarded by a panel of judges which includes local ministers, politicians and school representatives. The

Father’s in Lambton County’s nursing homes may be getting visitors on their special day.Jane Joris, the head of long term care for Lambton, says the three county homes are working hard to make sure families have a chance to visit seniors in homes under the Ford government’s new guidelines. Visits started today.Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday family and friends will