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• Point Edward's share of casino revenue dropped in 2025

  20-01-2026 18:57 via theobserver.ca
  Point Edward’s revenue from hosting the Starlight Casino on its waterfront was about $250,000 less than expected in 2025. The village’s latest payment from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG) was $350,000 for the financial quarter running Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, as part of the corporation’s regular payments to host communities under a provincewide formula using a graduated scale of gaming revenue at casino sites. Since the start of the corporation’s financial year in Ap
  
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• Sarnia rejects heritage designation for former church building

  20-01-2026 03:16 via theobserver.ca
  An 1880s-built former church in Sarnia won’t be designated under Ontario’s Heritage Act. City council unanimously decided against the designation Monday, recommended by Sarnia’s heritage committee. “This is an extremely difficult position to take considering how important our history is here,” said Coun. Brian White. But the cost to fix the building, if all repairs and refurbishments adhere to the same historical style, is too much, he said. Property owner Anthony M
  
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• Sarnia council nixes heritage tag for 1880s-era former church

  20-01-2026 03:16 via theobserver.ca
  An 1880s-vintage former Sarnia church won’t be designated under Ontario’s Heritage Act. City council unanimously decided against the designation Monday, recommended by Sarnia’s heritage committee. “This is an extremely difficult position to take considering how important our history is here,” said Coun. Brian White. But the cost to fix the building, if all repairs and refurbishments adhere to the same historical style, is too much, he said. Property owner Anthony Mo
  
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• Sarnia airport operations plan up in the air

  20-01-2026 00:21 via theobserver.ca
  Sarnia city council changed its mind Monday about creating a new oversight structure for the municipal airport. Council Monday reversed a decision it made last June, when it approved creating an arm’s-length municipal service corporation (MSC) to run the money-losing city asset. What will take the MSC’s place is yet to be determined. Citing sticker shock – a municipal services corporation is expected to cost $2.1 million to run between mid-2027 and the end of 2029, not includin
  
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