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• Crown rests case, one charge dropped at Walpole Island murder trial

  25-02-2026 22:28 via theobserver.ca
  All the evidence is in and one of the three charges the accused was facing has been dropped as a Walpole Island first-degree murder trial being heard in Sarnia nears the finish line. “That is the evidence to be led by the Crown at this time,” prosecutor David Rows said Wednesday after its final witness, Rolf Agard, finished testifying. “We will be calling no evidence,” Jahton Blair’s lawyer, Sid Freeman, said. Blair has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, kid
  
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• Sarnia getting ready for October election

  25-02-2026 19:44 via theobserver.ca
  Municipal election preparation work is underway for Sarnia’s clerk. “We’re working towards preparing to accept nominations (starting May 1), and that also includes preparing for the election overall,” said Amy Burkhart. Exact voting locations are still being worked out for Sarnia’s hybrid internet and paper ballot approach, the same voting systems used in 2022, she said. Sarnia used telephone and internet voting only in 2018, but made changes based on committee reco
  
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• Applicants sought for phragmites management program

  25-02-2026 18:39 via theobserver.ca
  A phragmites management group in Lambton County treated about eight hectares of the invasive grass last year, and they’re looking for landowners to help them continue the fight. So says Jeff Sharp, conservation services manager with the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority. The local conservation authority, with the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority, provincial Invasive Species Centre, and contractor Invasive Phragmites Control Centre are inviting landowners with phragmites to sig
  
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• Sarnia high school teacher charged with multiple sexual offences - CTV News

  25-02-2026 00:19 via news.google.com
  Sarnia high school teacher charged with multiple sexual offences  CTV News
  
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