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There is lots of Halloween fun on tap tonight: Fiery Faces will be lighting up more than 300 carved pumpkins tonight and Saturday at the Plympton Wyoming Fairgrounds. Admission is a donation to local school snack programs. The U17 World Hockey tournament makes a stop in Petrolia with Canada Black on the ice tonight against Sweden at the Greenwood Recreation

Lambton OPP have released a surveillance photo of a suspect in a Corunna bank robbery. On Oct. 6 around 1:45 pm a man police believe was armed walked into the RBC Branch on Lyndoch Street demanding money. He fled through a parking lot to Murray Street and no one was injured in the robbery. Police released a description of the

Election victory cookie anyone – returning Petrolia Councilor Joel Field shares a cookie with Mayor John McCharles who was returned to council with 80 percent of the vote in town. Joining the pair on Petrolia Council are Tim Brown, Ross O’Hara, Liz Welsh, Mary-Pat Gleeson, and Grant Purdy. In Oil Springs, Ian Veen defeated Gord Perry for the mayors job

  One of the five people injured in an industrial explosion has died of his injuries. Saturday afternoon, police, fire and EMS were called to Veolia ES Canada Industrial on Scott Road after a powerful explosion rocked the building. A photo provided by the fire department shows the roof of the building caved in and windows were blown out by

Southside Construction had never seen so many visitors to a construction site. That from Sarah Milner, the executive director of the Central Lambton Family Health Team. The team of 25 doctors, nurses, nurse practioners and health care professionals spent about three days moving from the teams former homes in CEE Hospital and on King Street. They brought their equipment and

Lambton County has agreed to consider extending its lease at Sarnia’s Bayside Mall. Bayside has been in receivership since Dec. 2012 and was put up for sale a couple of months later. But a complicated lease that sees the City of Sarnia own the land the building stands on and the deteriorating condition of the parking garage has made it

Don McGugan has always liked to try new things on his Brooke-Alvinston farm. The mayor was among the first in the province to plant his corn 20 inches apart and also was an early devotee to the no-till method. So when the Ontario Federation of Agriculture Don McCabe was looking for a place to demonstrate cornstalk harvesting, McGugan was more

One man is in critical condition and four others were injured after an explosion and fire on Scott Road. Sarnia Police, Fire and EMS rushed to Veolia ES Canada Industrial Services on Scott road at 2:41 pm after an explosion. A photo provided by the police department shows the roof crumbling into the concrete building, windows blasted out and pickup

A Point Edward-based developer is planning a multi-million dollar plaza in Petrolia. Last week, for sales signs went up on the corner of Petrolia Line and Oil Heritage Line but before long a large sign from Curran Capital was erected. Taylor Curran says he’s been working with a national retail company who expressed an interest in Petrolia. “They asked us

The Progress Building at the Wyoming Fairgrounds will be glowing Oct. 24 with Fiery Faces. For the past eight years, Cheryl Veary has organized the event where carved pumpkins are lit up to raise money for local charities. “In the past we’ve managed to get up to 350 pumpkins carved and lit but I’d really like to hit 500 this

  The Ministry of Consumer Affairs is investigating after residents worried a pioneer cemetery on the edge of Brooke-Alvinston was bulldozed. But the owner of the field says he only removed trees and the stones from the former church graveyard were taken years ago. The farmer’s field at 8193 Petrolia Line was once home to the Victoria Methodist Episcopal Church.

We’re showing our Canadian pride at The Independent today – wouldn’t it be great if we could all pull out our flags in solidarity with those who stand up for our great country.