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Most Petrolia councillors think the town’s pool fencing bylaw is too restrictive, but they can’t agree yet on how to change it. Since 2009, the town has required all pools to have four sided fences – even if one of the sides mirrored the wall of a house. The council of the day wanted to make sure someone inside wouldn’t

  Some Dawn-Euphemia residents are concerned they can’t get to an historic cemetery south of Alvinston. The Cameron Cemetery on Cameron Road in the former Euphemia Township used to be part of the Knox Presbyterian Church. The church closed in 1999 and the building was moved to the Lambton Heritage Museum. After that happened, Councillor Bill Bilton says neighbours began

Every Friday night, the hockey faithful gather at the Greenwood to watch their beloved Squires. It’s an interesting collection of teens and seniors, children and middle-agers who all share a passion for the sport. The game is fast and physical and usually pretty exciting because this year, the home team is strong and very often treat the fans to a

EDITOR’S NOTE: This Letter was published in the July 30th edition of The Independent. We thought we’d share it here in the hopes of finding more information for Petrolia Heritage to pass along to Anne Engardio in California.   Petrolia Heritage members are helping Anne Engardio of California put together a memory book for her mother who has Alzheimer’s Disease.

The OPP is warning drivers to be attentive in winter weather after a cruiser was struck by a pickup. Tuesday morning, OPP officers were investigating an accident on Highway 40 south of Confederation in Sarnia. The cruiser was stopped and had its lights on while officers investigated. The officer was in the marked cruiser when the vehicle was hit by

A Suncor Energy representative calls Plympton-Wyoming’s noise bylaw “a novel approach” but wants much of the bylaw changed. Suncor Energy is planning a 43-industrial turbine project around Camlachie. It’s the subject of an Environmental Review Tribunal Hearing. But the town has written and passed a noise bylaw to make sure residents aren’t bothered but low-level sound – called infrasound. While

When wind developers come knocking, Dawn-Euphemia wants to be ready. It’s considering changes to its Building Fees which would set fees for industrial wind turbines. “In the bylaw we had before, wind and solar was captured in some other category,” says CAO Mike Schnare. “Wind fell between commercial industrial and the ground mounted solar really didn’t fall anywhere. “This was

A Point Edward-based developer is planning a multi-million dollar plaza in Petrolia. Last week, for sales signs went up on the corner of Petrolia Line and Oil Heritage Line but before long a large sign from Curran Capital was erected. Taylor Curran says he’s been working with a national retail company who expressed an interest in Petrolia. “They asked us

Drinking fountains are covered and bottled water is in the classroom across Petrolia and Central Lambton as a Boil Water Advisory continues. The alert was first issued in Petrolia Wednesday around noon hour and then was extended to Enniskillen, Oil Springs and Dawn-Euphemia about three hours later. Tests from water taken after a water main break on Petrolia Line early

Lambton OPP dressed with weapons drawn have descended on downtown Petrolia. The CIBC bank across the post office has been cordened off and there is a heavy police presence at Bridgeview Park. There is no official word from OPP but it appears there was a bank robbery and at least one person was on the run. The OPP Canine Unit

Lambton OPP say two people died in the massive pileup on the 402. Dozens of cars and transport trucks collided on the westbound 402 near Oil Heritage Road around 8:30am yesterday in sudden snow squalls which created whiteout conditions. The highway just reopened around 9 this morning as the OPP’s technical traffic collision investigators tried to determine exactly what happened.. At