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• Judge worried for Sarnia man’s future as he’s jailed for weapons

  22-01-2026 23:24 via theobserver.ca
  A Sarnia judge told Dreyten Lawrence he’s a young man with a future, but he needs to get some help. “Otherwise, I fear for your future,” Justice Krista Lynn Leszczynski said as she sentenced him to three months in jail. “The behaviour that I’ve heard about today is most troubling and concerning.” Sarnia police issued two news releases about incidents involving Lawrence last year. The first took place outside a Devine Street apartment building on Jan. 31, 2025
  
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• Drug charges dropped linked to 2021 Sarnia bust worth $15K

  22-01-2026 18:52 via theobserver.ca
  A London woman who pleaded guilty last fall to trafficking fentanyl in Sarnia nearly five years ago was scheduled to be sentenced this week. Instead, her guilty plea was struck and all the drug charges Lynette Brennan, 39, was facing linked to the May 2021 traffic stop outside the Indian Road South Circle K were dropped. The unusual request was made by federal prosecutor Brian Higgins, who told the judge what’s happened since she was caught by Sarnia police with what they said at the time
  
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• New cold weather alert issued for Sarnia area

  22-01-2026 18:33 via theobserver.ca
  Another cold weather alert has been issued for the Sarnia area as frigid overnight temperatures are forecast to continue into the weekend. The alert, issued Thursday by Karalyn Dueck, Lambton County’s medical officer of health, will be in effect until Sunday, Lambton Public Health said in a news release. It follows an earlier alert issued Monday and ending Wednesday, also based on the forecast by Environment Canada’s weather office. On Thursday, the forecast was calling for overnight
  
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• Sarnia research park seeks extra funding while rebuilding tenancy

  22-01-2026 18:18 via theobserver.ca
  The Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park is asking Lambton County for $845,000 to $1.3 million in additional funding in 2026 as it works to rebuild a tenant roster that plunged in the wake of the pandemic. The additional money, on top of about $650,000 in annual base county funding, is part of refinancing proposals for the office buildings, labs and land that makes up the research park owned by the county through a community development corporation. Tenancy at the research park, which sat above
  
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• Pedestrian struck by vehicle dies: Walpole Island police

  22-01-2026 17:47 via theobserver.ca
  A Walpole Island resident is dead after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle Tuesday, First Nation police say. Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to the collision on Tecumseh Road about 10 p.m., a Walpole Island police release said. A Walpole resident, 29, was taken to hospital, where they were pronounced dead, police said. Walpole Island police, assisted by an OPP traffic incident team, are investigating. They ask witnesses or anyone with dashcam video from the area to call them at 1-888
  
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