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The main street of Forest is full of colour. Students from the area were invited by the Lambton Film and Food Festival to create chalk art drawings on the street in front of the Kineto Theatre where the festival is taking place this weekend. Here’s a few scenes from the day.

Heather Wright/The Independent St. Clair Township seems to be getting a break on some of its construction projects. At Tuesday’s meeting, councillors accepted bids for three projects which all came in under budget. Combined, the road and bridge work will cost about $1.3 million less than anticipated. Henry Heyink Construction Ltd. won the contract to reconstruct Cameron Street over five

Blake Ellis/The Independent Oil City’s Gorman Park will be getting much more use this summer. Enniskillen Township council at its May 21 meeting, approved a soccer skills development program for youth for the soccer fields. Tirth Barot of Petrolia had asked to use one soccer pitch at Gorman Park in July and August from Monday to Thursday from 5:30 to

Heather Wright/The Independent Petrolia’s planner is worried there will not be enough parking at a proposed housing development on Wingfield Street. May 13, the town held a public meeting on the proposal for 411 Wingfield Street, which used to house the office of one of the town’s longest serving physicians, Dr. Frank Riedl. After Riedl’s passing, the building went up

Heather Wright/The Independent So far, 2024 has been a very good year for builders, at least compared to last year. In a report to Lambton County council, Chief Building Official Corrine Nauta said the value of construction in Lambton County in the first quarter of the year nudged toward $42.5 million. That’s about a 35 per cent increase over last

Canadian favourite April Wine will hit the Hard Oil Music Festival stage Friday night. The Halifax band is the latest act revealed for the Aug 15 to 18 musical celebration in Petrolia. April Wine formed in 1969. It’s second album, On Record (1972), reached the top 40 in Canada and yielded two hit singles: a cover of Elton John’s “Bad

INEOS Styrolutions has appeal the Ministry of Environment’s orders which shut the Sarnia plant down calling it “crippling.” And it wants the Ontario Land Tribunal to put the order on hold – effectively allowing INEOS to begin production again – while the legal arguments are heard. May 1 – 15 days after high levels of benzene in the air sickened

A complaint to Lambton OPP’s Crime Unit led to the seizure of about $3 million of stolen cars north of Belleville. According to the OPP, Lambton officers received a complaint late last year from a Lambton car owner about his stolen vehicle. The local officers began investigating with the OPP Fleet, Supply and Weapons Services Bureau, and Central Hastings OPP

Heather Wright/The Independent Don’t expect to see swim passes at the Petrolia Y anytime soon. The Y’s General Manager Wade Babula and Joe Cebulski, the former Petrolia Y manager who now works with YMCA of Southwestern Ontario spoke with Petrolia Council Monday on the heels of a suggestion by Councillor Chad Hyatt. Hyatt wondered if the facility, which has run

Heather Wright/The Independent “I maintain, and I will always maintain, I did not murder my wife.” That from Donald Campbell as he answered questions from members Parole Board of Canada. He was asking for three, 72-hour Unescorted Temporary Absences from his life in prison. The Wyoming man was convicted of first degree murder in January 1998 in the death of

Incident raises concerns for York1 proposal: Jakubec Heather Wright/The Independent © The former owner of the Dresden dump has been fined over $65,000 for leachate caused by dumping waste from a cannabis greenhouse at the site before it was sold to York1 Environmental Services. And one environmental activist is sounding the alarm bells about what this could mean for the

Two people are facing weapons charges after an incident on Walpole Island. Around 9 pm Monday, Lambton OPP and the Walpole Island Police Service were called to Tecumseh Road on the island. Officers set up a containment of the area with OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit, Emergency Response Teams and the Canine Unit. Two people were eventually arrested at the