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The Town of Petrolia will get getting $10,000 in grant money for two environmental projects as part of a grant program it runs with Waste Management. The town and WM announced the winners of Green Leader Program Monday on Earth Day. WM contributes $15,000 for projects which “build sustainable communities” and “encourage community engagement. A committee of community members look

Lambton OPP laid impaired driving charges against three people after three separate incidents. Friday before 8 pm, OPP received a call of a possible impaired driver on Highway 40 in St. Clair Township. Police stopped the vehicle the caller described and laid two impaired driving charge against a 56 year-old Courtright man. A few hours later, just before 2 am

Lambton OPP are investigating a break-in at the Watford Legion. Police say when Legion members arrived at the Nauvoo Road building April 13, they called police reporting a break-in. Police have found someone kicked in a window and entered the building early that morning. He took four cash boxes with an undisclosed amount of money. Police describe the suspect as

On an April Friday night, it seems everyone in Alvinston is at the arena. But no one was there earlier than Lynn Mazurik. She wanted to make sure she had a front-row seat for the Game Four of the Western Ontario Super Hockey League final between the hometown Killer Bees and Tillsonburg. Mazurik was at the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood Community Centre four

Five days after members of the Aamjiwnaag First Nation became ill after high readings of benzene in the air, the INEOS Styrolutions plant is shutting down temporarily. The company issued a brief statement Saturday afternoon. “At INEOS Styrolution, ensuring the health and safety of our employees and community is paramount. “We are temporarily shutting down our facility located in Sarnia,

The Alvinston Killer Bees face elimination in Game 6 of the Western Ontario Super Hockey League finals. Austin Forsyth scored first and last as the Tillsonburg Thunder took Game 5 over the Alvinston Killer Bees in Tillsonburg Saturday. Forsyth scored with 12:43 left in the first period but the Killer Bees came storming back with three goals in the second.

It was all Tillsonburg in the third period to steal the Alvinston Killer Bees thunder at home. The Thunder scored three in the third to take game four of the Western Ontario Super Hockey League final 5-3 Friday night in Alvinston. The Killer Bees, playing before a packed crowd at the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood Community Centre, drew first blood in the first

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

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