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The Town of Petrolia and its Volunteer Business Group are hoping to make a clean sweep after a long tough winter. Laurissa Ellsworth, director of marketing for the town, says the town and the business group have launched Operation Clean Sweep. They’re asking people to help clean up the public areas of the downtown on May 10. “The conversation started

Brooke-Alvinston is looking for a buyer for a 18-unit apartment complex. The building on Lorne Street is up for sale for the cost of unpaid taxes – $288,000. The three buildings were full of tenants less than a decade ago, but Mayor Don McGugan says when a new owner took over, the problems began. Now, there are three units occupied.

It looks like a Lucan-based developer is getting ready to begin construction in Wyoming. In 2008, the township approved a plan of subdivision on the east side of the community by developer Ken Dobbins. The plan was to build 112 single-family homes from the railroad tracks on Main to Confederation Street. The roads dead-end streets of Main, Thames, Ontario, Erie,

  An eyebrow-raising number of people took part in a “telephone town hall” held by Sarnia-Lambton’s MPP on March 31. According to a news release from Bob Bailey’s office: “More than 7,600 constituents joined in and participated during the hour long call which included call-in guests Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP, Monte McNaughton, and Huron-Bruce MPP, Lisa Thompson. The entire riding has just

Jonny Harris thinks Oil Springs could become a real tourism hotspot if they take a chapter from the past. The comedian who is the host of the CBC TV show Of All Places told a packed house at the Oil Springs Fire hall Saturday the village only has to draw from its history – especially the infamous fire on Black

Petrolia Councilors want to make sure independent bus operators are around for a long-time to come. The provincial government has been telling school boards to end the practice of hiring different bus companies to pick up students in small geographic areas. It wants regional contract, saying it will be more cost efficient. Some school boards in Eastern Ontario have already

Officials want to ramp up accessibility for local businesses. Local business and tourism officials will launch Accessibility Sarnia-Lambton May 7 with goal to make businesses accessible to everyone. “There are few things that we could do … that would hold more far-reaching promise to our most vulnerable citizens,” says Sarnia-Lambton Chamber President Rory Ring. “One in seven Ontarians now suffer

And they’re off. Premier Kathleen Wynne has called a provincial election for June 12. This after NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said she would not support the Wynne governnment’s budget earlier this morning. The budget introduced Thursday included a 10-year, $2.5 billion fund for business to create jobs, a plan for an Ontario pension plan, increases in personal income taxes for

It looks like Ontarians are heading to the polls. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath has just told members of the media in Toronto she won’t support the Wynne government’s budget which was presented yesterday. The budget included a 10-year, $2.5 billion fund for business to create jobs, a plan for an Ontario pension plan, increases in personal income taxes for people

A public outcry over the colour of a plane saved an important part of Canada’s history. The Goldenhawk which used to sit on a perch in Germain Park in Sarnia now sits in a drive shed in Central Lambton. Volunteers are refurbishing the plane, recently completing the front portion of the plane. Rick West, one of the people restoring the

A new notification system will put emergency warnings right in people’s hands. The Community Notification Network is now in place for St. Clair Township Aamjiwnaang and Sarnia. Residents who sign up on line will always get notifications either at home, by email, on a cell phone or by texts about things such as tornados and chemical emergencies where people are

Activist Esther Wrightman (right) is leaving the province after losing the fight to stop wind turbines from going up in her backyard.   Esther Wrightman feels like she is being evicted from her own home. The woman who has been at the forefront of the anti-industrial wind turbine movement in Middlesex and Lambton County is moving to New Brunswick. Wrightman,