Jan 30, 2025 · The Independent The province is providing two more years of funding for the Access to Care Clinic in Wyoming. In a hastily organized news conference, officials said the centre would receive $910,000 annually for the next two years.

14 hours ago · The Independent. A plea to reconsider a $12 million, 12 bed dementia care unit at Lambton Meadowview in Petrolia has been ignored. Heather Martin, CEO at Vision Nursing Home for the past 37 years, urged the politicians to reconsider building Ontario’s first Small House Project for dementia patients in a letter to Lambton County Councillors Wednesday.

Heather Wright/The Independent With a provincial election looming, Lambton-Kent District School Board are getting anxious. The $40 million Forest JK to 12 school project which will create spaces for over 1,160 students has been in the planning for years.

John Chartrand was chosen the first star in Mooretown’s 2-1 win over Essex on Saturday at the Moore Sports Complex. He likely could have given the second and third star too as he made a career high 65 saves in the victory. His previous high …

The Independent The Alvinston Optimist have been raising money to improve the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood Community Centre for years. But Thursday, the group came to council with a $5,000 donation to help cover the yearly operating deficit at the facility. Optimist member Hannah Symington told council ...

Jan 2, 2025 · Enniskillen’s Claire Jardine has been a teamster for 80 years Kathy Ehman/The Independent As Canada emerged from the trials of World War ll, Claire Jardine was just beginning a 79-year career as a teamster.

Owners of LA Roadhouse raising money for owners of The Bothwell Diner which was destroyed by fire Friday Heather Wright/The Independent Shaun McGill and his wife, Deborah Allison, wanted the owners of The Bothwell Diner to know what they mean to the community.

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Jan 8, 2025 · That from the chair of the Petrolia 150 Committee as the town wrapped up the official celebrations of Petrolia’s sesquicentennial New Years’ Day. “One year ago today, we kicked off a year for the record books,” Mayor Brad Loosley told the people gathered in the morning sunshine, describing ...

Feb 8, 2024 · Petrolia may soften the blow of development charges. In December, council received a report from BM Ross which said the town should begin to charge fees of nearly $14,000 for each single family home built as a way to pay for the services and capital items which will be needed when the population of the town increases.