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Blake Ellis/The Independent The OPP won’t be setting up shop in Oil Springs. The suggestion by the Village of Oil Springs council to use the Youth Centre has been turned down by the Lambton OPP. The OPP were looking for a location for a remote workspace within either Oil Springs or the townships of Enniskillen or Dawn-Euphemia. It approached each

Blake Ellis/The Independent Oil Springs’ auditor says the village has to figure out if there is hazardous materials in the five buildings the municipality owns. The request to complete the work by the 2027 financial office was brought to council Aug. 4, but wasn’t welcomed. Mayor Ian Veen suggested deferring the request to the municipality’s next budget saying the village

Heather Wright/The Independent There were hundreds of tubes, floaties, rafts and kayaks – and at least one giant pink flamingo – as hundreds of people took part in the 50th anniversary of the Port Huron Float Down Sunday. Floaters took off from Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron under cloudy skies, despite the threat of thunderstorms and warnings from both the

Heather Wright/The Independent Renovations at the Mooretown Sports Complex pool have hit a snag. The pool closed April 1 for a major renovation of the pool deck and change rooms. St. Clair Township, which owns the complex, has been upgrading the community hub for several years and has been planning work on the pool area for about two years. The

Blake Ellis/The Independent There could be more residential development in Oil Springs. Roger Buurma of Lasalle Line in Brooke-Alvinston owns Lekker Homes, which wants to build 11 single-floor townhouses of Roady Park Rd. in the north east part of the village. The plan calls for two blocks of buildings – the first includes four one-storey townhouses located towards the rear

Heather Wright/The Independent With about eight days left before the nomination period closes for municipal elections, there are some familiar faces making their intentions known. In Petrolia current councillor Liz Welsh and former councillor Marty Souch have both filed papers to run for town council. There are now seven people running for six council seats in Petrolia. Joel Field is

The Independent The Canadian and US Coast Guard are once again warning thrill seekers the Port Huron Float Down is not safe. Sunday, hundreds of people will hop into the water at Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron and make their way down the fast-moving St. Clair River to Marysville. This is the 50th anniversary of the 12-km event. But Coast

Heather Wright/The Independent St. Clair Township is backing a proposed Liquid Air Energy Storage project which could hold up to 200 megawatts of electricity for 10 hours to support the province’s power needs. The Independent Electricity Supply Operator is looking for long-term, clean energy electricity storage projects and NRStor is working on a project which they hope to put on

Heather Wright/The Independent Warwick Township Mayor Todd Case has a hard time believing WM hasn’t increased their fees to customers in 15 years. That was the last time the township received an increase in the tipping fees it receives under the host agreement the municipality has with the company for the Twin Creeks Landfill on the outskirts of Watford. That

Heather Wright/The Independent York1 officials say a letter sent to Dresden residents outlining its latest proposal for a regenerative recycling project is only the beginning of consultation for the project. Monday, Dresden residents within 1.5 km of the site received an envelope in the mail addressed “current occupant” saying the company “is submitting” an application to change the Environmental Compliance

The Independent Long-time Oil Springs Mayor and Lambton County Warden Owen Byers has passed away. Byers, his family said in his obituary “valued community, friendship and service, leaving behind many lasting connections and memories.” Byers, who was a driver with Suncor, began his political career as a councillor in 1976. After a three-year-term, he became the community’s reeve until 1991,

The Independent Lambton Shores is asking residents to conserve water today. Officials say the water supply to the municipality has been reduce because of an emergency pipeline replacement at the Lake Huron Water Treatment Plant near Grand Bend. The plant supplies water London, Strathroy-Caradoc, Bluewater, Lambton Shores, Lucan Biddulph, Middlesex Centre, North Middlesex and South Huron. In a social media