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Heather Wright/The Independent Petrolia has pulled the plug on its indoor pickleball courts. The town had set up courts inside the arena in mid-May. But Julie Bullock, director of parks, recreation and facilities, says the courts have been closed and those who paid dues for the summer program have been refunded. “We’ve been having issues with the paint lines that

Heather Wright/The Independent “We need a provincial plan.” Those words are from Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey as he spoke to Lambton County councillors.The county has been struggling to deal with homelessness, particularly in Sarnia, where up to 50 people are now camping at Rainbow Park. The city has hired security and put up fencing in the area so children can

Blake Ellis/The Independent A piece of Dawn-Euphemia’s history has come home. Descendants of David Fansher were on hand June 20, as the crown deed of the homestead of the Fansher family was presented to Dawn-Euphemia Mayor Al Broad by Ontario Minister of Mines and Timmins MPP George Pirie. The crown deed has been passed down through the generations of the

Early Canada Day celebrations in both Plympton-Wyoming and Warwick are being changed because of a rainy forecast. Plympton-Wyoming’s Special Events Committee “made the difficult decision” to cancel the events scheduled for Wyoming Saturday. “All of our event activities and performances are outdoors and aren’t possible with the current forecast,” officials said online. Plympton-Wyoming had planned a parade and activities at

Lambton OPP say officers are seeing a “shocking increase” in the number of passengers not wearing seat belts. Ontario was the first province to pass seat belt laws in 1976. If you or any passenger under 16 in your car is found unbelted, you could face fines between $240 and $1,000. You could also be given two demerit points. Since

Heather Wright/The Independent If there is a new subdivision going up next door and you don’t like what is going on, you won’t be able to do much about it. That’s the jist of the changes made by the Ford Government just before adjourning the legislature June 6. The government pushed through Bill 185 just before its 19-week summer recess

The Aamjiwnaang First Nation will have have status during an hearing about INEOS Styrolutions. May 1 – 15 days after high levels of benzene in the air sickened members of the the Aamjiwnaang First Nation – the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, pulled the company’s Environmental Compliance Approval certificate shutting the plant down. The order required the removal

Four people were injured in an accident in St. Clair Township. Tuesday, around 1 pm, St. Clair firefighters, paramedics and Lambton OPP were called to a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Kimball Road and Moore Line. Four people were taken to hospital with what police termed non-life-threatening injuries. A 22 year-old from Mississauga has been charged with making

Heather Wright/The Independent Ontario’s Environment Minister got a first hand look at Watford’s Twin Creeks Landfill. WM – the owner of the landfill – organized the tour for Andrea Khanjin and the new Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Steve Pinsonneault and invited members of Warwick Township council along Tuesday.Mayor Todd Case was in one of the pickups which drove around Ontario’s largest landfill.

Wyoming’s Garrett Rutledge is bringing the Memorial Cup Home home to Wyoming. The assistant coach with the Canadian Championship winning Saginaw Spirit will be bringing the troph to the Wyoming Legion Hall July 10 from 5pm to 8pm. Rutledge grew up in Wyoming attended Wyoming Public School and played baseball there. He graduated from LCCVI and played hockey with Petrolia

Petrolia council has struck a five-person committee to figure out what to do with the recently acquired Scotiabank on Petrolia Line. The 112 year-old fixture on Petrolia Line closed March 7 amid a round of layoffs at one of Canada’s largest and most profitable banks. Local politicians were upset with the closure and met with representatives from Scotiabank via a

The power in St. Clair Township is out after a storm blew through Lambton County just before lunch hour. Hydro One says over 2,800 customers are without service around Corunna right now. Crews are working in the area and expect to have the power restored by 2:15 pm. There is also a large power outage along the Lambton County line