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A giant greenhouse project in Dawn-Euphemia has taken another step forward. Greenhill Produce from Chatham-Kent bought 100 acres at the corner of Oil Heritage Road and Edys Mill Line in 2016. It plans to build an $80 to $100 million operation to meet the growing demand for either peppers, tomatoes or cucumbers. Owner Justin Geertsma recently went to Dawn-Euphemia council

The future of Petrolia’s Charlotte Eleanor Engelhart Hospital is secure. Mike Lapaine, the president and chief operating officer of Bluewater Health, announced Wednesday morning the province has given $7.5 million for planning and the redevelopment of the rural hospital. Bluewater Health wants to reconfigure the inside of CEEH to allow for a better environment for working. That will include redesigning

Firefighters from across Canada are expected in Alvinston Wednesday for the funeral of Jim Hayter. The 44 year firefighter and former chief of the Alvinston fire department died in a car accident March 16. Monday, firefighters from across the region and from as far away as Toronto came to pay their respects at the funeral home. They formed an honour

  Lambton OPP arrested three people – one twice – after finding counterfeit money in Petrolia. On Friday, OPP stopped a car on Discovery Line for a traffic violation. Police recognized one of the people who was wanted by the OPP. The man was arrested and a search of the man and the car found $9,230 of suspected US counterfeit

  Two years of construction in Petrolia’s downtown will end this week and the town is planning a party to celebrate. The first part of the construction in 2015 stretched into late November. This year, the second phase, from Fletcher all the way to Kerby Street, started in June with the hopes the $5.3 million project could be done by

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The Independent Staff Seven Central Lambton teens are heading to a provincial lacrosse championship. Zoe Fex, Laura Cosco and Abby Gandier of Petrolia,  Kaley Clarke of Wyoming, Hayden Stephens of Watford and Jayden Stewardson and Avery Winder of Camlachie are members of the Sarnia Lady Pacers Bantam/Midget team. Coach Denise McDonald says the team is made up of teens who

Hellen Koncovy Meston remembers the stories her parents told her about when they first settled in Alvinston. She would talk with them about those days for hours speaking in Slovak. When they passed away, Meston had no one to speak to in Slovak even though the names in her community reflected the same heritage she held dear. She remembered that,

Petrolia and Central Lambton organizations are getting a big boost from the Judith and Norman Alix Foundation. Four of seven projects the foundation is investing in this spring are in the area. The biggest grant – $135,000 – will go to the Oil Heritage District Community Centre for its expansion project. Foundation Spokesman Adam Alix says the general manager of

There have also been two fires  south of Florence Officials in Dawn-Euphemia are calling on people to be vigilant and keep an eye out for strange cars after six fires in the community the last few days. The fires in Dawn-Euphemia are only part of a wider problem with three fires in Brooke-Alvinston last night and two fires south of

When the abandoned CN Rail line in Plympton-Wyoming is upgraded, some county politicians want to make sure it is accessible to everyone. Lambton applied for and received a grant from the federal government for $75,000 to turn the abandoned line from Camlachie to Mandaumin Road into a trail. The work will cost about $225,000 to complete. It is built into

A piece of Wyoming’s history is now gone, but not before residents had a chance to look back into the past. The owners of the Wyoming Grain and Feed slowly took down the mill which had been on the site since at least 1884. Amateur historian Steve Loxton says the brick part of the mill seen here was not part