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• Lambton's warden continuing as Western Ontario Wardens' Caucus vice-chair

  14-01-2026 21:28 via theobserver.ca
  Lambton Warden Kevin Marriott is staying on as vice-chair of the Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus. The Enniskillen Township mayor, who’s been Lambton’s warden since late 2020, also was deputy leader for the 15-county non-profit advocacy organization in 2025. Marriott said he spent much of the year as acting chair, filling in for chair Amy Martin, of Norfolk County, who was ill. “They wanted me to do it again (be chair) this year, but with a few things I’ve got going
  
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• City plans $2.2 million air-conditioning upgrade at Progressive Auto Sales Arena

  14-01-2026 19:00 via theobserver.ca
  After sellout crowds during a Sarnia Sting playoff run three years ago prompted additional temporary air conditioning units, the city plans an upgrade at Progressive Auto Sales Arena. That playoff run, that ended with a third-round Sting exit, is “kind of where this project originated from, when we realized that the units that were failing weren’t providing the adequate cooling that they needed to,” said Sarnia facility and park services manager Tom Burnard. Temporary air condi
  
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• Man jailed for role in $20K Lambton County break-in

  14-01-2026 18:11 via theobserver.ca
  A Southwestern Ontario man has been jailed two months for his part in a $20,000 Lambton County break-in involving a stolen truck. Four intruders with a sledgehammer smashed the front glass door of the Castle Building Centre on Florence Road in Dawn-Euphemia Township about 4:30 a.m. Oct. 7, 2024, and made off with several power tools, provincial police said at the time. Lambton OPP said the tools were worth $10,000 at that that time, but a Sarnia court heard recently they were worth $20,000. The
  
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• Sarnia addictions hub project moving to tender

  14-01-2026 01:14 via theobserver.ca
  In about two years, it’s estimated, Sarnia should have its long-sought addictions hub. Bluewater Health announced Tuesday it has Health Ministry approval to accept construction bids for the 24-bed project. “It’s just exciting to be here,” hospital group president and CEO Paula Reaume-Zimmer said, standing in the gutted ground floor of the 1959-built Russell Street building that’s part of Sarnia’s hospital. The building’s first three floors will house the
  
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