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• Sarnia Community Foundation offering more grants

  16-03-2026 21:29 via theobserver.ca
  With the value of its managed assets growing, the Sarnia Community Foundation is offering more grants. Applications are open until 4 p.m. April 13 for grants for community projects focused on addressing local food insecurity, on creating opportunities to foster science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, and for environmental projects like habitat restoration, community climate action, and green infrastructure, said executive director Mike Barron. Registered charities, qua
  
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• Information sessions offered for municipal election candidates in Lambton County

  16-03-2026 19:41 via theobserver.ca
  Information sessions are being offered March 25 in Lambton County for anyone considering running this fall for a seat on municipal council. The sessions, which are expected to last about two hours , are planned for 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Lambton County administration building on Broadway Street in Wyoming. Members of the public may also attend virtually. Registration is available by email, [email protected]. The sessions are intended to provide information on responsibilities and expectati
  
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• Police seek information to aid 52-year-old investigation into Sarnia teenager's death

  16-03-2026 19:16 via theobserver.ca
  Lambton OPP is renewing its plea for information from the public 52 years after the tragic death of Sarnia teenager Karen Caughlin. The 14-year-old’s body was found March 16, 1974, on Plowing Match Road, between Churchill Line and Lasalle Line, outside Petrolia. She was last seen alive in the early morning. “Despite the ongoing investigation and public appeals over the years, the person or persons responsible for Karen’s death have not been identified,” police said Monday
  
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• Benefit concert in Sarnia to aid Noelle's Gift and Operation Christmas Tree

  16-03-2026 17:44 via theobserver.ca
  Local charities Noelle’s Gift and Corunna’s Operation Christmas Tree will benefit from a concert April 1 at Sarnia’s Imperial Theatre. It is being organized by the Boneyard Band and includes Brenda’s Band as the opening act. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. “We’ve all been playing live for years,” said Leo Dumoulin, drummer with the six-member Boneyard Band, a classic rock outfit that covers The Eagles, Journey and others, and also writ
  
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• Transitions agreement inked for youth mental health in Lambton, CK

  16-03-2026 17:08 via theobserver.ca
  Youth mental health providers in Lambton and Chatham-Kent say they’re the first in Ontario to craft new agreements with school boards, implementing a provincial directive. The agreements, implementing Ontario’s Right Time, Right Care approach for children’s mental health, ensures that when transfers are needed, from school-based supports to community agencies, those transfers are less of a burden, said Elisa Bararuk, quality and strategy director with St. Clair Child and Youth
  
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• Transitions agreement inked for youth mental health in Lambton, Chatham-Kent

  16-03-2026 17:08 via theobserver.ca
  Youth mental health providers in Lambton and Chatham-Kent say they’re the first in Ontario to craft new agreements with school boards, implementing a provincial directive. The agreements, implementing Ontario’s Right Time, Right Care approach for children’s mental health, ensures when transfers are needed, from school-based supports to community agencies, those transfers are less of a burden, said Elisa Bararuk, quality and strategy director with St. Clair Child and Youth Servi
  
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