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Heather Wright/The Independent There will be a new child care centre in the Petrolia by 2026. Lambton County councillors have given the green light to design a $5.9 million, 5,385 square foot building to house a 49-space child care centre on the grounds of Lambton Meadowview Villa. The county would look for a non-profit child care operator to provide the

The LCCVI Junior Girls Basketball team is heading to the Lambton-Kent finals. The team defeated John McGregor 29-16 in the semi-final match up Tuesday in Petrolia. The Lancers will play in the final Thursday at a location which is yet to be determined.

Firefighters pour water on what is left of an equipment shed on Shiloh Line Tuesday afternoon. Strong south winds fanned the flames, destroying this shed and another barn beside it within minutes. Firefighters from Oil Springs/South Enniskillen and Petrolial/North Enniskillen worked together, drawing water from a nearby fire hydrant to fight the blaze. And they kept an eye on a

McKinnon, Peters, better SWOSSA results LCCVI’s James Grantbettered his 6K Cross Country time from the SWOSSA meet in Sarnia and cracked the top 20 at OFSAA.Monday, Grant, seen here at the SWOSSA event in Canatara Park Oct. 24, placed 19th at the provincial championships in Ottawa, just 14/100ths of a second in front of SWOSSA’s first place finisher Brendan Currie

Catherine Lesley, Petrolia Mayor Brad Loosley and Joe Card were among the volunteers at Hillsdale Cemetery in Petrolia Friday morning erecting over 400 crosses in memory of the veterans buried there. The Margaret Stokes IODE spearheads the project with members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 26 helping out. This year, volunteers also planted 3,500 daffodil bulbs near the memorial

Former Flyer Maddox Nazwaski made 30 saves to backstop the North Middlesex Stars to a 3-1 win in Petrolia Thursday. The St. Thomas native is now 4-1 on the season for the Parkhill-based Stars with a 2.46 goals against average and a .937 save percentage. Ethan Everaert made 24 stops for Petrolia. It was his first loss in more than

Heather Wright/The Independent You’ll soon be getting your new garbage and recycling wheelie bins. Town of Petrolia Operations Director, Mike Thompson, said Monday Waste Management will begin using the automatic collection system, which requires the specialized wheelie carts, Dec. 4. “This will entail the delivery of 64 gallon carts to all town residential properties, theweek of Nov. 18-29,” said Thompson

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Rebecca Blunt was suspicious of an online photo depicting a shark swimming through the streets after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida. The Lambton County library technician said the quality of the photo was poor.  “I felt like I’d seen it before,” she said. And she was right.  The viral photo viewed by millions of people last month

The LCCVI Lancer football team delivered a big win in the Red and White Revival Game. The stands were packed for the 32-1 win over the Wallaceburg Tartans Oct. 23. Dominic Cook had two rushing touchdowns for the Lancers, Hunter Duncan ran one over the goal line and kicked three extra points. Issac Maw added a rushing touchdown and Luke

LCCVI’s James Grant placed second in the SWOSSA Senior Boys 6K, just six seconds behind first place finisher Brendan Currie of Villanova Secondary School in Windsor. Hundreds of students from across southwestern Ontario descended on Canatara Park in Sarnia for the event. Grant finished the race in 20:49, just a second behind his time at the LKSSAA event last week,

Elementary school students from across Lambton have flooded Bridgeview Park in Petrolia for the annual Central Lambton Optimist Cross Country meet. Hundreds of students are running the course in near perfect weather which has drawn a large number of parents to come by to watch.

Heather Wright/The Independent The growth of girls hockey has prompted a movement for another ice pad in Petrolia. Kelly Bailey and Lisa Vanderwal, who call themselves dedicated hockey moms, have started a petition on Change.org to prove the community wants a second ice pad. Bailey, who is a member of the girls hockey organization Lambton Attack, says the hockey club