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Heather Wright/The Independent Petrolia Councillor Chad Hyatt is going to try again to bring down Petrolia’s taxes – this time in 2026. At the next council meeting, he’ll ask councillors to approve a move which would shave one per cent off the three per cent tax increase slated for 2026 after the Ontario government provided extra cash for policing. Town

Developer Louis Bratanek is preparing to build the next phase of Countryview Estates in Petrolia. And a traffic study done in preparation says there should soon be left-hand turn lanes on Petrolia Line to accommodate the growing amount of traffic in the south end. Bratanek’s 27-lot, phase nine of the subdivision in Petrolia’s southwest end was the subject of a

The Ontario Super Hockey League will review a hit which sent Alvinston Killer Bees’ defenceman Jacob Chantler to hospital. Saturday night, the so-called Battle of Lambton between the Killer Bees and Petrolia Squires ended abruptly when the Killer Bees left the ice with 12:07 left in the third period on what was billed as Minor Hockey Night. Trailing the Squires

Tobias Iantorno and Lucas Rogers both scored twice to lead the Petrolia Flyers to a 5-2 home ice win over Thamesford. Cam Davidson had the other in PJHL action Thursday at the Greenwood Recreation Centre. Andrew Jaques contributed three assists and Parker Davidson had two helpers. Ethan Everaert won his fourth straight decision in the Petrolia cage and his tenth

LCCVI’s Darius Landon took three individual titles at the Lambton-Kent Swimming finals, leading his team to a second place finish overall. Landon, who has won four medals at the provincial championships in the last two years, including two gold, won the 200 meter freestyle, the 100 meter backstroke and the 100 meter individual medley races at the LK finals at

Vasey says he’ll ask council to consider ending the $10k grant Heather Wright/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming won’t be signing an agreement to help pay for the operations at Petrolia’s arena. Town councillors decided against entering a formal agreement with Petrolia at a meeting Jan. 8. Plympton-Wyoming has provided cash to help support the operation of the Greenwood Recreation Centre for years.

Heather Wright/The Independent Backyard chickens won’t be legal in Petrolia. But it remains to be seen if the homeowners already with chickens will be forced to give them up.The issue came to council in October, after a bylaw officer visited Rebecca Krall’s home. A neighbour complained about their backyard coop. She went to council and asked council to consider changing

Heather Wright/The Independent Frustrated by the regional government thrust upon them and feeling ignored by Chatham, a group in Bothwell and Zone want to return to Lambton County. A petition is circulating in the area which calls on the province to “release us from Chatham-Kent and allow us to amalgamate as a new lower-tier municipality under the County of Lambton.”

But will it bring a provincial election? Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey says 2025 will be the year Lambton’s withdrawal management centre will be completed. And he’s not ruling out the possibility of an election this year. Bailey spoke to The Independent on New Years Day on what lay ahead for his riding. One of the bright spots,

The Petrolia Flyers has reached the 20-win plateau for the first time since the franchise relocated to the hard oil town from Alvinston nearly a decade ago. The Flyers reached the milestone with a 6-5 win in overtime against the Aylmer Spitfires on Thursday night at Greenwood. Petrolia’s previous high win total was 19 registered over the course of the

Wait list for service over 52,000 people Heather Wright/The Independent One in three people with developmental disabilities in Ontario can’t get any help. Some will die before they receive services because the waiting lists for services are so long. That’s from Ontario Agencies Supporting Individuals with Special Needs, Community Living Ontario and local service providers. They’re sounding the alarm bells

St. Pat’s and LCCVI are now both 2-3 on the season after the Irish beat the Lancers, 5-2 in Petrolia Wednesday. Dante Andali and Jack Saunders each scored twice for the Irish with the other goal going to Charlie Bulza. Ryan McLachlin and Nathan Reidhead replied for the Lancers. And Nolan McNaught scored twice and Evan Van Sickle had a