All News

Petrolia taxpayers are out nearly $5,300 because an email from a potential bidder for a three-ton compact excavator was overlooked. In February, council approved the purchase of a brand new Kubota compact excavator at a cost of $49,735 from Southpoint Equipment in Reece’s Corners.But it came to light at Monday’s council meeting that another bid from a local company was

The Essex 73’s scored twice in the opening three minutes and 15 seconds on home ice Tuesday and went on to beat the Mooretown Flags 9-1, eliminating the Flags from the playoffs. Essex wins the best-of-seven divisional semifinals, four games to one. Last Thursday, Nolan Farr scored both Flag goals in a 3-2 overtime setback to the 73’s and ex-Petrolia

While most the average Ontarian received wage increase of about 2.8 per cent, some Lambton administrators got double digit pay increases according to the 2022 edition of the Sunshine List. Since 1996, the provincial government requires all government agencies to release the salaries of publicly paid staff who make more than $100,000. This year in Lambton County, the biggest increases

Lambton’s three COVID-19 vaccine clinics are closing. Lambton Public Health says there has been a “significant decrease in demand” for COVID-19 shots recently so it is closing the dedicated clinics in Point Edward, Forest and Wyoming Thursday. You can still books some appointments at the clinics now. If you need a COVID-19 vaccine in the future, you can schedule an

Calvi Leon/Local Journalism Initiative Southwestern Ontario farmers got a glimpse of three leading-edge robotic devices aimed at solving challenges facing the agriculture industry. An emerging agriculture robotics company, Haggerty AgRobotics, teamed up with agri-investment agency RH Accelerator and The Grove, an agri-food hub at Western Fair District Friday, to showcase three new robots designed to combat the industry’s ongoing labour

Calvi Leon/Local Journalism Initiative She’s never flown before, let alone met a pope. For Marlene Cloud, 80, two big life events are converging in a bittersweet moment as the Southwestern Ontario woman prepares to join an Indigenous delegation to Rome to meet Pope Francis today and ask him to apologize for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school

A large crowd of nearly 600 fans at the Moore Sports Complex went home disappointed as the visiting Essex 73’s blanked Mooretown, 4-0 Saturday. The 73’s take a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven Stobbs Division semifinal. Former Petrolia goaltender Jakob Knowles blocked 30 shots for the shutout the Essex. Nathan King made 40 saves a losing cause for the Flags.

The Petrolia Flyers are now 1-1 in PJHL tier two round robin playoff play following a 3-1 win over the Blades in Blenheim Sunday night. Clay Dolbear’s power play goal early in the third period broke a 1-1 tie and stood up as the game-winner. After a scoreless first period, the Blades struck first in the opening minute of the

The East Lambton U11 team is heading to the Ontario Minor Hockey League Championship. The Eagles beat the South Huron Sabres in three straight playoff games including a 3-2 victory last night in Alvinston. The team heads to Barrie for the championship series in April.

Blake EllisLocal Journalism Initiative A Watford French teacher has been placed on probation after being found with an open can of beer in his car.Michael Dunning, who teaches in Strathroy, failed to stop at a stop sign and was driving erratically throughout Watford, in the evening of April 23.Police stopped him at a dead end on St. Clair Street. He

It was a happy Friday for members of the East Lambton Community Complex fundraising team as Lambton Mutual pitched in $200,000 to the $2 million drive for the new community centre. With the gift, Lambton Mutual will have naming rights on the Community Hall/Gymnasium for the coming 20 years. The gift means in the last week, over $250,000 has been

Petrolia-based OWS Rail Car is expanding. The company which provides rail car repairs and maintenance is upgrading its Clifford St. location in Sarnia. In a news release, Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey says the company has received $360,000 from the province’s Regional Development program to help with a $2.4 million project. It will help the company expand into new services including