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Cathy Dobson/The Independent Jen Cooper has finally found a profession that fits her skill set and her personality. “It just feels right,” says Cooper who is among a group of eight local women who will soon be the first graduates of a new women’s automotive training program in Sarnia. After years of working part-time and searching for a career she

Barry Wright/The Independent A new but familiar face will be behind the bench when the Petrolia Squires open their inaugural season in the Ontario Elite Hockey League next month. A former assistant coach with the Flyers a decade ago, Brad Riley is familiar with many players now wearing Squires’ colours. “Though he officially stepped away from coaching just two months

Barry Wright/The Independent The Sting came up empty in its two exhibition games in Midland.   Sarnia fell to 0-3-1 in the preseason bowing 7-2 and 5-3 to North Bay and Barrie respectively. Eamon Edgar, who has family connections to Petrolia, scored one of the goals for the Colts in the second victory. Sarnia closes out its exhibition schedule against

Heather Wright/The Independent Petrolia Councillor Liz Welsh wants the town to start planning for a new fire hall. She’ll ask council to support her suggestion at the Sept. 22 council meeting. The condition of the 50 year-old Centre Street hall has been a point of contention for a couple of years now.  The department needs a decontamination room since provincial

Barry Wright/The Independent The Sarnia Legionnaires lift the curtain on a new Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League season this week. They host the Strathroy Rockets on Thursday at Pat Stapleton Arena. Game time is 7:10. Captain Will Hull of Oil Springs leads the Rockets.  The veteran rearguard is entering his fifth season with Strathroy. Under the guidance of new head

Barry Wright/The Independent The Dupuis brothers have been named to the leadership group for the Mooretown Flags.  Jace will wear the C while Dylan, along with Ryan Vidler and Owen MacDonald will each be an assistant captain. Jace and Dylan Dupuis combined to score 51 goals and put up 108 points for the Flags last season, Vidler begins his fourth

Sarnia donates $50,000 to Branch 216’s accessibility project Heather Wright/The Independent Robert White says the money couldn’t have come at a better time. The Petrolia Legion has received a big boost to its accessibility project. The Sarnia Legion has donated $50,000 to Branch 263 upgrades to their Petrolia building Monday night. It was part of a $506,000 give away by

Heather Wright/The Independent Bluewater Health has received over $2.2 million to upgrade the sprinkler system at Petrolia’s Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital. Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey announced the $2,227,311 Thursday. The money is part of the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund given out yearly. “Every year, the hospital applies for Infrastructure Renewal funding, which is really funding to help support kind of

The Petrolia Flyers scored three times with the man advantage and never trailed in a 7-6 win in preseason action on Friday in Dresden. Cooper Arts led the Flyers with a hat trick and an assist. Ty Moffatt, Logan O’Leary-Dilosa, Isaac Truman and Casey Guerrette also scored for Petrolia which had period leads of 3-1 and 7-4 en route to

Families were having lots of fun at the Petrolia Fall Fair. Here’s a few scenes from the weekend event.

Heather Wright/The Independent Community groups may be able to use the old Scotia Bank building in Petrolia by the beginning of October. The town purchased the building last year after the company decided to close the branch. Council approved a plan to rent out the front of the building for retail space and use the back as a community room.

The first of the fall fairs begins today. The Petrolia Fair opens today at 4 pm with children’s games and inflatables for fun. For the adults the tractor pull is on tap starting at 7 pm. There is not a midway at this year’s Petrolia Fair. Saturday morning the parade winds its way down Petrolia Line starting at 11 am.