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A school bus driver touches the brakes as she hits a bump on the soon to be reconstructed Princess St.   A major road project on Princess Street will start this week likely causing some headaches for homeowners in the area. Joe Adams, director of operations for Petrolia, says Princess between Nelson and Dufferin Streets will be torn up for

Andreas Rutkauskas loves looking at ruins. So the Montreal artist spent two years discovering the “industrial ruins” of the oil industry in Sarnia-Lambton and Pennsylvania to create his exhibit “Petrolia” which is now on display at the Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery in Sarnia. In 2011, Rutkauskas asked residents of Lambton to go for walks and take pictures of

  Paramedics work on one of three people injured after a police chase north of Petrolia on Camlachie Road.   The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating after three people were taken to hospital after a car crashed on Camlachie Road north west of Petrolia while being chased by the OPP. Around 5pm Saturday witnesses say the tan four-door  car

There are all kinds of things to do at the Plympton-Wyoming Fair, including wrestling.   Lesley Brumwell admits she’s not a farm girl but the president of the Plympton & Wyoming Agricultural Society says she loves the fall fair. “It brings the town together,” says Brumwell of the annual event, which begins Friday night. “Everybody gets to socialize…when you go

Public works crews are making good progress clearing up debris from Wednesday’s storm. Joe Adams, director of operations for the Town of Petrolia, says they spent most of Thursday removing tree branches which fell during the wicked storm. About a half dozen trees toppled, including one onto a house on Princess Street, during the storm which knocked out power to

“It is absolutely ridiculous the number of trucks which go through Petrolia that don’t have to.” Mayor John McCharles, like many other town councilors, is sick of transports using Petrolia Line as thoroughfare. In July, Dave Menzies, Petrolia’s director of community services, worked with the OPP to stop transports on the outskirts of town. They were to try to determine

There will be no classes for about 100 primary school students in Petrolia again Friday after a severe storm caused water damage in an elementary school which is under renovation. Lambton-Kent District School Board Director of Education, Jim Costello, says 100 mile per hour winds ripped some temporary roofing off of Queen Elizabeth Public School Wednesday night. The storm, which

There is a big hole around the Petrolia Council table. Councilor Helen Havlik has been absent from two council meetings since Aug. 14 after having a stroke. Mayor John McCharles says Councilor Tim Brown called Havlik to see if she needed a ride to that night’s council meeting. There was no answer. McCharles and town staff have been trying to

Oil Springs leaders want OPP to deal with drug problem The assault of an elderly woman in her Oil Springs home has sparked renewed concerns about drugs in that small town. On Sept. 1, police say the home of an 88-year old woman was broken into early in the morning. Forensic identification officers were on the scene most of the

There were a number of close calls but no known injuries after a wicked storm ripped through Petrolia Wednesday night. Around 7:20 pm, a rainstorm with high winds blew into the area toppling trees and knocking out power. Residents in Petrolia, Watford, Alvinston and Oil Springs were without power for about three hours. Petrolia Enniskillen Fire Department Chief Lawrence Swift

The president of the Lambton Federation of Agriculture says farmers shouldn’t require a permit to take care of their woodlots. Ron MacDougall recently told Lambton County Councilors the LFA has some concerns about the controversial changes to the woodlot bylaw. County staff presented changes to local farmers last year causing an uproar. The county’s only remaining sawmill said at the

Lambton County may join a Charter of Rights challenge against wind turbines. And if it doesn’t, Plympton-Wyoming could take on the legal bill itself to try to stop the flood of projects in the area. A group called SWEAR is trying convince municipal and regional governments to join a court battle started by a Goderich couple. They want to use