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Health Centre now collecting info on who became sick after Tuesday’s release The administration offices for the Aamjiwnaag First Nation are closed for a third day and residents are being reminded to keep windows closed and avoid the baseball diamond and playground areas after high levels of benzene made residents and band employees ill. Tuesday, workers began feeling nauseous and

Families looking to figure out if a cough is serious or to stitch up a cut will have more options soon. The Plympton-Wyoming Health and Wellness Centre will soon be open more often, thanks to funding from the provincial government. Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey announced $910,000 in one-time funding for access to care centres in Lambton, including at the clinic

John Williams has been told his artwork gives comfort to members of his community using Bluewater Health. The Aamjiwnaang First Nation artist was in Petrolia Friday unveiling Children of the Thunderbird, the second part of an installation commissioned by Bluewater Health as part of its commitment to Truth and Reconciliation. Patients arriving at the ER at Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital

Province “made clear our government’s expectation that they quickly identify and reduce these emissions” There is word today that INEOS Styrolutions has been ordered in the past to deal with its high benzene emissions. Tuesday, the employees of Aamjiwnaag First Nation, which is directly across the street from the plant, were becoming nauseous and had headaches. Community activist Ada Lockridge

Tyler Collins, Ryan Shaw and Elijah Robinson of LCCVI have all qualified for the SWOSSA badminton championship next Tuesday at St. Francois-Xavier in Sarnia. Collins qualified in the boys’ singles competition with a sixth place finish while Shaw and Robinson finished sixth in the boys’ doubles bracket at the LKSSAA tournament this week.  The top six in each event advance

Petrolia’s Roen Douglas is now a member of Sting Nation.   The speedy centreman was selected by the Sarnia Sting in the third round, 43rd overall, in the league’s under-18 draft on Wednesday.   The 16-year-old has had a banner season finishing second in the Alliance League playoffs with the Lambton Jr. Sting and also winning a silver medal with

Aamjiwnaang residents treated at the hospital after being exposed to high benzene levels Bob Rogers started to feel sick to his stomach around 11 am Tuesday. The 67 year-old Aamjiwnaang public works employee had been out Monday and Tuesday on the riding lawn mower cutting grass on the band’s property across the road from INEOS Styrolution on Tashmoo Ave. He

The leadership of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation says the federal, provincial and municipal governments to immediately shutdown the INEOS after what one resident called an “environmental assault.” That after the band sent its employees home with headaches, nausea and dizziness Tuesday. They checked environmental monitors and found the levels of benzene was extremely high. “The cause of these symptoms is

For the first time ever, two LCCVI students are heading to the Skills Ontario provincial competition. Tye Burr, a Grade 12 student won first place in the welding competition. Carson Cummings, also in Grade 12, placed third. At the regional competition at Fanshawe College in London, Burr and Cummings receive a blueprint with drawings and welding symbols. They are to

Heather Wright/The Independent Cash-strapped Mooretown Minor Hockey is asking St. Clair Township council to help keep hockey affordable for kids. The request came Monday, just a week after the group told parents registration fees would need to climb 25 per cent to help cover rising costs. “It’s about $1,000 per family to play hockey right now,” Marty Passmore, interim president

Heather Wright/The Independent Don’t be surprised if you get a parking ticket on your car over the next little while. The Town of Petrolia has begun proactive bylaw enforcement and this month, they’ll be on the lookout for derelict cars or people parking in the wrong spot. For years in Petrolia, bylaws were normally enforced when the town would receive

A 50 year-old Petrolia man is facing a dangerous driving charge after a hit and run at Bridgeview Park in Petrolia. Lambton OPP say around 7:30 pm Saturday, police were called to the park for a collision. One of the drivers had fled after striking a pickup truck. The people in the truck were not injured. Sunday, a man turned