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The Independent Word today Imperial Oil is going to cut 20 per cent of its workforce by 2027. The company issued a news release Tuesday morning saying it plans to save $150 million by “centralizing additional corporate and technical activities in global business and technology centres.” John Whelan, Imperial’s Chairman, President and CEO says in a news release aimed at

The Independent Gateway Casino will be taking the slots out of Hiawatha Horse Park after seven years. And the mayor of Sarnia is looking for answers, saying people will lose their jobs because of the move. In 1999, as casinos were drawing people away from the harness tracks, the province allowed the horse-racing industry to operate slots at their horse

In 1938, four-year-old Cody Claus was sent 139 kms from his home to go to Mount Elgin Residential School. He never went home again. Heather Wright/The Independent Cody Claus was just four when he left his home in Oshwekan to become pupil Number 791 at the Mount Elgin Residential School. He never returned home. The little boy’s tragic death is

The Independent Minimum wage is going up in Ontario Wednesday. The hourly rate is going up 40 cents to $17.60 per hour. The provincial government says over 800,000 workers will get the raise which will add about $800 to the yearly full-time pay cheque. About 36 per cent of workers at or below the wage of $17.60 per hour are

The Independent Brooke-Alvinston will hire a contractor to help manage the $2 million renovation of the arena at the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood Community Centre. The ice making equipment and floor of the Alvinston arena needs $2 million in repairs. The municipality was awarded up to $1 million from the province to pay for half of the project from the Ontario government’s. The

Community helps family of Thedford ‘s James Aaron Brown who died in farming accident The Independent The family of the young man who died in a farming accident say he loved farming and was “truly an angel on earth.” Sept. 20 Middlesex OPP, Lambton paramedics and local firefighters were called to a farm on Parkhill Drive in North Middlesex, northwest

Heather Wright/The Independent It will likely be November before the federal government decides whether the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada should review York1 Environmental’s plans for the Dresden dump. The agency is now reviewing the project and the objections filed by the Canadian Environmental Law Association for its clients, the Dresden CARED group to determine if a full review should

The move comes after feds give corporation OK to end door-to-door delivery and ending moratorium on closing rural post offices The Independent There are no picket lines up at Petrolia’s Canada Post office, but the doors are locked and the workers there, like those across the country, are on strike. The federal government gave Canada Post permission to convert four

Heather Wright/The Independent Robert Bradshaw is a wanted man, again. The man at the center of a massive classic car theft case did not appear in court as ordered Sept. 18. Robert Bradshaw and five others face charges after 160 classic cars were never delivered to a Watford dealer. Larry Grogan reported them missing to Lambton OPP in 2023. According

Heather Wright/The Independent When Linda Smith was a teacher at Lambton Centennial and Wyoming Public School, she gave the best she could to students with learning challenges. Now that she’s retired, she’s giving them her best again. The retired Petrolia teacher has set up a student scholarship program for young women at LCCVI.  “I wanted to make sure that girls,

Heather Wright/The Independent The historic jerker lines at the Oil Museum of Canada in Oil Springs have a distinctly new look. Construction crews have been replacing the posts and wooden rods which, with the help of a powerhouse, pull oil from the grounds of the site. Megan Sinclair, the museum’s curator, says there have been a couple of updates at

CUP-W workers are back on strike The Independent The federal government is directing Canada Post to end door-to-door mail delivery and start restructuring the postal service, including closing rural post offices. The move has sparked local concern and it appears a strike at Canada Post – which has been hold for some time – will be back on Friday as