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A 51 year-old Sarnia man is facing charges after an ATV crash. Just before 6 am, April 10, the OPP were called to an ATV fire in a ditch on Hillcrest Road near Lakeshore. Members of the Camlachie fire department were called to the scene and put out the fire. The vehicle sustained extensive damage. A 51 year-old Brights Grove

Heather Wright/The Independent There will be fewer drives to Sarnia for blood work for Petrolia residents. Bluewater Health says the lab at Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital will reopen April 22, even though the computer problems which prompted the closure in October have not yet been resolved. The outpatient lab was closed in the wake of the Oct. 23 cyber attack

MP pushing feds for funding for waste water treatment expansion to keep the township in the mix Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia-Lambton MP Marilyn Gladu says St. Clair Township is in the running for an electric vehicle battery plant. She says in order to “stay in the game” for the $3 billion investment, the township needs federal and provincial help to

Heather Wright/The Independent The Bergsmas dream is finally reality. The Dawn-Euphemia family is accepting bookings in May for Three Oaks Cabin – a respite centre designed for farmers and first responders. Diane and her husband, Al, and their family have been working on the project since the death by suicide of their son, Dalles. The young farmer and volunteer firefighter

The Independent Cameron Street in Corunna will be getting a bike path after all. Two weeks ago, St. Clair Township councillors questioned the need for dedicated bike paths and set the project aside. Monday, Councillor Pat Brown renewed his objection to the idea saying the street wasn’t wide enough. However staff said there was room for a 1.5 meter bike

Petrolia Mayor Brad Loosley wants to go for a walk with you. The mayor is hosting “Walk with the Mayor” every Thursday night at 6 pm starting May 23 until June 27. If running is more your style, the CAO is hosting a running group at the same time. Rick Charlebois says it is part of the town’s effort to

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative The Wanstead Co-op officially turns 100 April 7. It was on this date in 1924, the Wanstead Farmers’ Co-operative Company was established. But a group of farmers in the community had been working together to keep costs down long before that. The process to form the cooperative began on Jan. 24, 1924 when a meeting was

Brennan Feasey’s overtime goal lifted the Alvinston Killer Bees to a 3-2 win in the first game of the Western Ontario Super Hockey League final against the Thunder in Tillsonburg. TMitch Fitzmorris drew first blood for Tillsonburg at 5:28 in the first. Justin Abraham then lifted the Thunder to a 2-0 lead late in the second. But with just one

Southwestern Ontario hospitals have finally been able to pinpoint whose information was stolen Oct. 23 Bluewater Health CEO Paula Reaume Zimmer says about 82,000 patients had confidential health information stolen in the October cyber attack which crippled hospital systems. On Oct. 23, hospitals across southwestern Ontario who receive IT services from Transform Shared Services were the subject of a cyber

And they’re off. The provincial government says voters in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex will choose a new Member of Provincial Parliament May 2. The seat became vacant when long-serving Conservative MPP and Cabinet Minister Monte McNaughton stepped down in September to take a job with Woodbine Entertainment. Four of the five parties have chosen their candidates for the byelection. Chatham-Kent Councillor Steve Pinsonneault

A deal to re-use the now vacant Scotia Bank building in downtown Petrolia is close. When the bank announced it was closing the 112 year-old branch in November, Mayor Brad Loosley expressed interest in having the building turned over to the municipality. Loosley tells The Independent negotiations have been ongoing and an announcement could be coming this spring. “It’s been

The Alvinston Killer Bees broke the home game curse, beating Stratford 5-2 to head to the WOSHL final. Brennan Feasey scored first for the Killer Bees at 3:06 off the stick of Jacob Chantler and James McEwan. Graham Broulotte of the Irish tied it up with a minute left in the first. McEwan scored twice in the second for the