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Thursday, July 27, 2017 The Independent
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Jamie Jackson touches the gas of the snow plow simulator and the screen in front of him starts to move. It appears it is a li le slicker than the veteran Lambton County operator calculated. Jackson doesn’t hit any cars or polls or the deer jumping out in front of him but when he’s done he breathes a sigh of relief. Jackson admits the simula- tor is more di cult than he thought adding normally there isn’t that much tra c on his designated route at three in the morning. Jackson was just one of 27 Lambton County public works employees tes ng their skills at the annual skills event. Workers manoeu- vered snowplows around a course
in the Petrolia works yard gaining points for backing into di cult spots, driving through narrow passageways and stopping in a designated spot which was just a few inches wide. Paul Dalton of Dawn-Euphemia says the event is sanc oned by the Associa on of Ontario Road Superintendents and the top two nishers from Lambton - Sco Leitch of Brooke-Alvinston and Al Whitson of Dawn-Euphemia will compete in the provincial compe on this fall.
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There will be security along the river during the peak of the shing season.
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If you were planning to go shing along the St. Clair at the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, you’ll have to nd another spot.
In a news release issued Friday afternoon, of cials said there have been issues with littering, vehicles driving up and down the river bank causing damage to the landscape and overcrowding on the dock.
The chief and council of Aamjiwnaang have ordered no trespassing signs be placed along the river edge, under the Indian Act to stop non-Aamjiwnaang residents from using the area.
“The turning point for me was when a band member advised that he had taken his son to sh but because it was so crowded his child did not want to stay,” says Chief Joanne Rogers in the news release.
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It has also asked the Ministry of Natural Resources to patrol the area.
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Charge laid after car pedestrian accident on Petrolia Line
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A 72 year-old man was treated for minor injuries after a car pedestrian accident in Petrolia.
Line.
Police say the SUV hit the man and the driver jumped out
Lambton OPP say the incident happened around 4:30 pm in the afternoon at the intersection of Petrolia Line and Maude Street.
to provide immediate medical help. The man was taken to hospital for the injuries which police say were minor.
Police say the pedestrian was crossing Maude Street going east when an SUV tried to make a left turn from Petrolia
The 72-year-old posted his thanks for the passersby on social media, including to the driver whom he says took him to the hospital.
A 46-year old Petrolia woman has been charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian.
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