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• Winter storm closes Highway 402

  07-02-2026 16:15 via theobserver.ca
  All of Highway 402 was closed Saturday morning, after a winter storm walloped the region. OPP Const. Ed Sanchuk, in an 8:30 a.m. social media post urged people to stay off the roads, and said OPP have received more than 300 calls since 6 p.m. Friday. “All east and westbound lanes from Sarnia to the 401, and from the 401 split to the 402, it’s closed,” Sanchuk said in a video. “You cannot use the 402.” To motorists stranded, “rest assured we do have resources c
  
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• 'Total whiteout': Roads closed, drivers stranded in Lambton County

  07-02-2026 16:15 via theobserver.ca
  A winter wallop that closed roads and left many stranded in Sarnia-Lambton was drawing comparisons Saturday to 2010’s “Snowmageddon.” “We are no stranger to these weather events,” said Warwick Township Mayor Todd Case, at the east Lambton municipality’s Watford arena that was turned into a warming centre for stranded motorists. “In 2010, we all had Snowmageddon that we all refer to it as,” Case said. The three-day December blizzard and highway clos
  
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• Roads closed, drivers stranded in Lambton County during storm

  07-02-2026 16:15 via theobserver.ca
  A winter storm caused treacherous driving conditions in Lambton County, resulting in the closing of roads and highways and the rescue by police of people in stranded vehicles. A “significant weather event” has been declared for Lambton County because of the hazardous conditions that led to widespread road closings and “numberous vehicles” becoming stranded, Lambton OPP said in a media release at 12:25 p.m. Saturday. Police are urging residents to avoid non-essential trave
  
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