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• Sarnia man gets 2 1/2 years for sexually assaulting intoxicated teen

  27-01-2026 23:26 via theobserver.ca
  A Sarnia man has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for sexually assaulting an intoxicated teenaged girl. Cody Digiuseppe, 25, met up with two females, one who he knew was 20. He didn’t know the other, but was told she was also 20, court heard in an agreed statement of facts. She was actually only a teenager. The females were both intoxicated and didn’t appear to be able to stand properly, court heard. Digiuseppe thought the one he hadn’t met before was pretty intoxicated,
  
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• Lambton College Level 2 germ lab getting $1.8M upgrade

  27-01-2026 22:49 via theobserver.ca
  A Lambton College laboratory for studying moderate-level pathogens and micro-organisms is getting a nearly $1.8-million upgrade. The Sarnia school recently announced joint funding, from the Ontario Research Fund and Canada Foundation for Innovation, for Lambton’s Biosafety Level 2 laboratory. The money will go toward equipping the two-year-old research facility with state-of-the-art safety, analysis and microbial identification tools, said Stephen Reaume, the college’s applied resear
  
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• Equipment upgrade in the works for Lambton College lab studying infectious bacteria

  27-01-2026 22:49 via theobserver.ca
  A Lambton College laboratory for studying moderate-level pathogens and microorganisms is getting a nearly $1.8-million upgrade. The Sarnia school recently announced joint funding, from the Ontario Research Fund and Canada Foundation for Innovation, for Lambton’s Biosafety Level 2 laboratory. The money goes towards equipping the two-year-old research facility with state of the art safety, analysis, and microbial identification tools, said college applied research and innovation director Ste
  
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• Transitional HART Hub beds open in former Sarnia school

  27-01-2026 21:07 via theobserver.ca
  Two of the three pillars for Sarnia-Lambton’s HART Hub are now standing. About 100 people gathered at the former Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School (SCITS) property Monday to celebrate the opening of 30 transitional beds for people recovering from addictions. “I’m confident that we’re going to be a shining star to the Ministry of Health and an example of what communities can do as we come together,” said Bluewater Health president and chief executive P
  
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• Man with knife made sexual demands, one charged: Sarnia police

  27-01-2026 16:29 via theobserver.ca
  One person faces charges after a man with a knife made sexual demands of a woman, Sarnia police say. Officers were called to a home in the 200-block of London Road about 8:15 p.m. Sunday amid reports a female resident had been threatened with a knife. “Officers learned that a male who had been visiting the residence had behaved erratically throughout the day and made unwanted sexual advances toward occupants of the home,” police said in a release Tuesday. “During the incident,
  
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• Man faces sex assault with weapon, forcible confinement counts: Sarnia police

  27-01-2026 16:29 via theobserver.ca
  One person faces charges after a man with a knife made sexual demands of a woman, Sarnia police say. Officers were called to a home in the 200-block of London Road about 8:15 p.m. Sunday amid reports a female resident had been threatened with a knife. “Officers learned that a male who had been visiting the residence had behaved erratically throughout the day and made unwanted sexual advances toward occupants of the home,” police said in a release Tuesday. “During the incident,
  
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• Knife-wielding Sarnia man charged with sexual assault with a weapon

  27-01-2026 16:29 via theobserver.ca
  A 24-year-old man has been arrested and charged with sexual assault with a weapon and forcible confinement following an incident with a knife, Sarnia police say. Officers were called to a home in the 200 block of London Road around 8:15 p.m. Sunday amid reports a female living there had been threatened with a knife. “Officers learned that a male who had been visiting the residence had behaved erratically throughout the day and made unwanted sexual advances toward occupants of the home,&rdq
  
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