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The reconstruction of Princess Street will take longer than planned. Joe Adams, director of operations from the Town of Petrolia, says construction workers rebuilding the street from Nelson to Petrolia Line were doing well until the wet weather rolled in during November. Tuesday’s snow also didn’t help. “It slow going,” says Adams of working through the snow “but they decided

    There have been lots of little people visiting the Lorne C. Henderson Conservation Area this fall. Outdoor Educators have been seeing a lot more school groups since the provincial government provided boards of education with about $20 million in funding specifically for outdoor education. “We’re fully booked,” says Rick Battson, communications director of the St. Clair Region Conservation

Andrew McNabb and Bruce McDonald would have been just about the same age as Hugh Murray McQueen but their lives have taken a much different course thanks to his service. McNabb and McDonald researched the life of McQueen, a Canadian soldier from Petrolia who fought during the Great War for their history class at LCCVI. They shared his story with

Warren Graham pokes his head through a stage window as the Petrolia Community Theatre prepares for tonight’s ‘Til Beth Do Us Part.   Lindsay Peterson loves to watch a play evolve. Peterson, a long-time member of Petrolia Community Theatre, plays Beth in the company’s production ‘Til Beth Do Us Part that opens tonight. It’s the third time she’ll grace the

Lambton OPP are investigating a two-car crash in Oil Springs this morning which sent two people to hospital. Oil Springs Fire Chief Ken McIntyre  say a car was waiting to turn off Oil Heritage Line onto Victoria Street when it was hit from behind. One of the cars ended in the ditch beside the road, the other was in a

Troy Adams wants to make sure no one rides a bike or a four-wheeler without a helmet. Adams, who ran across Canada last year for his foundation – Troy’s Run, has been a strong advocate for wearing a helmet to prevent brain injuries since suffering brain injury in a car accident. Adams has been speaking about brain injuries across Ontario

There was lots of sweat but not a lot of sleep as cycling enthusiast hit the stationary bikes to raise money for the Oil Heritage District Community Centre and the families of veterans. Five teams, some with up to 25 people, took spin classes for 24 hours starting Friday at 7 pm. Miranda Cole, an employee at the wellness centre,

It is not as bad as they thought. Petrolia Mayor John McCharles says an engineer has recently looked at what repairs will be needed in the Petrolia water treatment system and it is not nearly as expensive as officials had expected. In the past few years, engineers had said the water system would need about $18 million worth of repairs

The OPP and snow plow drivers were kept busy as the first snowfall blanketed Petrolia and Central Lambton Tuesday. A few centimeters fell in Petrolia and Wyoming but areas such as Watford and Alvinston had as much as 15 centimeters by early morning. OPP officers responded to a number of collisions and vehicles in the ditch as the snow, which

A recent polio outbreak in Syria shows that the world needs to be vigilant to keep the disease at by. That from Tanya Wolfe, a former District Governor of Rotary, who has been to five countries to help vaccinate children against the disease with Rotary International. Wolfe was in Petrolia recently to speak to local Rotarians about the Polio Eradication

Students Kerian Moorey and Owen Evoy of High Park Public School in Sarnia join St. Clair Region Conservation Authority Chair Steve Arnold and Union Gas representatives Chris Young and Dave Lamoureux in an experiment to see how cold the water in streams can be in the springtime. Union Gas has given the conservation authority $5,000 to continue the in-class training

John Hunter can tell you many stories about his time of service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, but there are some too painful to share. The 92-year-old resident of the Lambtonian apartment in Petrolia is one of two men featured in the Hall of Honour in the building. Hunter volunteered for the air force in