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The Corunna Community Policing Committee, the Optimist Club of Moore, and the St. Clair Township Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are teaming up to host the Ninth annual drive thru in support of “Operation Christmas Tree”. The event will take place on Saturday, December 14  from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. with Santa being there to greet the children.  Non-perishable food items,

Petrolia residents have come to the aid of a young Petrolia family whose family was devastated by fire. On the weekend, the Blevins were out running errands and had stopped to watch the Santa Claus parade when Brian received a call from the OPP saying his house was on fire. Blevins, his wife Andrea and their four children all under

A young Petrolia family “in a haze” working to find a home in time for Christmas. The Blevins are staying with friends in Sarnia after their Eureka Street home was extensively damaged  by fire. And an effort is already underway to help them have a merrier Christmas. Just before the town’s Christmas parade was to begin, fire trucks raced from

  Connie Vandenhoven knew it was too good to be true. The Petrolia senior was recently surprised to see a letter from Spain in her mail. A lawyer from Zaragoza wanted to help her claim lost millions from a distant relative. The man, “a business magnate” named Tomasz Vandenhoven had died during a short vacation in Myanmar during Cyclone Nargis.

A young Petrolia family is staying with friends in Sarnia after their Eureka Street home was extensively damaged  by fire. And an effort is already underway to help them have a merrier Christmas. Just before the town’s Christmas parade was to begin, fire trucks raced from the marshalling area to 296 Eureka Street. Fire Chief Lawrence Swift says the Blevins

Elleke Belet’s dream is to one day work with the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders. The LCCVI student will get a start on her humanitarian travel this year after winning a contest which will send her to Nicaragua for 12 days. The Grade 12 student applied for the Blyth Academy’s Global High School Scholarship and is one of eight students

Sonja Hotke is competing with the best in the world in a sport you may not know exists. The Camlachie native is part of Canada’s Women’s Floor Ball team heading to the Czech Republic for the World Championship. The Canadian women won the right to represent North America in the 16-country tournament by beating the US for the first time

Wyoming is back on the map. Sarnia-Lambton MP Pat Davidson and VIA Rail have announced that come Dec. 9 there will be some major changes to passenger rail service including the reinstatement of the Wyoming stop on the way to Toronto. Community leaders have been complaining for years about VIA’s service in the area. Last year, the passenger rail service

For Irvine Syer, every Christmas concert could use just one more practice. Syer should know – he’s been one of the driving forces behind 30 years of Christmas celebrations at the Shiloh United Church. Syer and Shiloh Inwood Choir start practicing at the church on Shiloh Line in October. You’ll find them there every Wednesday night for about two-hours learning

He may have seen dozens of horrific accidents and fire scenes over 40 years but Jim Hayter says one incident is burned into his memory, young men scattered on the ground after being electrocuted. Hayter, the former chief of the Alvinston Volunteer Fire Department and current firefighter, was honoured Saturday for four decades of service including the tragic incident Aug.

Wyoming is celebrating Christmas tonight with Christmas in the Village starting tonight. At 6:00 p.m. Santa officially brings Christmas to Plympton-Wyoming & arrives at Broadway Street to light the Christmas Tree. Please join Santa & the Fire Fighters at the Fire Hall after the tree lighting to enjoy hot chocolate and horse drawn wagon rides! Christmas trees will be sold

The Christmas for Everyone Luncheon was again a success. Tuesday’s lunch at the Petrolia Legion brought in $2,250 of donations for the Christmas toy and food hamper program. Here Mary Edgar waits for a friend of the Petrolia Rotary to serve up her soup.   Sandra Hartman is beginning to get nervous. The manager of the Petrolia Food Bank has