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• Gallery in the Grove kicks off 2026 exhibition season Saturday

  03-02-2026 21:30 via theobserver.ca
  Gallery in the Grove launches its 2026 exhibition season Saturday with Oh, My Canada, featuring 43 works by Southwestern Ontario artists. The opening reception at the gallery, upstairs at the library in Bright’s Grove, runs 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. “We were brainstorming ideas and honestly there might have been a little bit of political influence,” said Kirsten Kilner-Holmes with the volunteer-run gallery. “We knew we wanted something Canadiana,” and representing the idea
  
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• Sarnia, Point Edward name new police board chairs

  03-02-2026 20:59 via theobserver.ca
  Kelly Ash says she’s humbled and excited to be the next Sarnia police board chairperson. Outgoing board chair Paul Wiersma “is leaving very large shoes to fill,” she said. “I’m excited though because we’re in an exciting time with the changes that are happening with the force and bringing it up to standards.” Wiersma nominated Ash to take over in January, as his time on the board is coming to a close. “She’s been a tremendous support to me an
  
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• Sarnia-Lambton cereal donation challenge expanding

  03-02-2026 20:14 via theobserver.ca
  With cereal in high demand at its food bank, and lagging donations, the Inn of the Good Shepherd is trying to spur more interest in its annual Dom-INN-Os drive. For the first time, the annual contest that involves elementary schools gathering cereal boxes, creating dominoes-like courses and watching them fall is expanding, said the charity’s Adrienne McPhee. “We’re opening it up to anybody,” said the program manager with the organization that runs homeless shelters, vario
  
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• Sarnia charity hopes cereal donation records fall like dominoes

  03-02-2026 20:14 via theobserver.ca
  With cereal in high demand at its food bank, and donations lagging, the Inn of the Good Shepherd is trying to boost interest in its annual Dom-INN-Os drive. For the first time, the annual contest that sees elementary schools gather cereal boxes, set them up like dominoes in elaborate courses and watch them fall, is expanding, said the Inn’s Adrienne McPhee. “We’re opening it up to anybody,” said the program manager with the organization that runs homeless shelters, assist
  
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• Music never stops for Sarnia's Mike Stevens

  03-02-2026 19:42 via theobserver.ca
  Mike Stevens says he’s lucky. The celebrated harmonica player and composer from Sarnia who founded ArtsCan Circle, which organizes visits by musicians and artists to remote Indigenous communities, was named in 2025 to the Order of Canada. Tuesday, he told his story to members of the Kiwanis Club of Sarnia-Lambton Golden K, including growing up on Blackwell Road, son of a Prestolite worker and a seamstress, unaware there was something that made him different. “Every report card said,
  
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• Youth sexually assaulted on bus, man charged: Sarnia police

  03-02-2026 17:32 via theobserver.ca
  A man is charged after a female youth reported a sexual assault on a Sarnia bus, city police say. The youth on a city bus near Confederation Street about 1:10 p.m. Saturday when a man boarded, sat beside her and made “unwanted advances,” police said. “The suspect allegedly touched the victim and kissed her on the neck despite being told to stop,” then got off the bus at another stop, a police release said. A suspect was identified and arrested that afternoon. A Sarni
  
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