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• Company at Aamjiwnaang First Nation fined for 2023 explosion that injured three workers

  09-06-2026 22:17 via theobserver.ca
  
  A company at Aamjiwnaang First Nation next to Sarnia has been fined $90,000 in connection with a 2023 workplace explosion that injured three workers.AlumaPower Corp. on Henry Drive in the Chippewa Industrial Developments Ltd. industrial park, was issued the fine in April after pleading guilty in Sarnia provincial offences court, Ontario’s Labour Ministry said in a news release.All three workers injured in the explosion Nov. 14, 2023 recovered and returned to work, the release said.AlumaPo
  
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• Lambton Agriculture Hall of Fame names 2026 inductees

  09-06-2026 20:44 via theobserver.ca
  
  The Lambton Agricultural Hall of Fame continues to grow with two individuals and a farm business added this year.Scott Helps, of Wyoming, Birnam Orchards, Watford and the late Tom Lassaline, of Alvinston, are the inductees for 2026, the hall of fame committee has announced.“We think it’s important to recognize those in our agricultural community in Lambton that have gone above and beyond,” said chairperson Blair Williamson.Since 2010, the hall of fame has been inducting indivi
  
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• Londoner accused in deadly Lambton College shooting gets $75K bail

  09-06-2026 20:37 via theobserver.ca
  
  A London man charged with murder in the deadly triple shooting at the Lambton College student pub got bail Tuesday, upsetting many in a Sarnia courtroom.Dane Nisbet, 20, of Sarnia, died in hospital shortly after the shooting about 1 a.m. April 10 on the patio of the student-run Lion’s Den pub. Two other unidentified young men, longtime friends and former junior hockey teammates of Nisbet’s, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said.Oudom (Richard) Bun, 23, was arrested the
  
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• Lambton College celebrates graduates during convocation ceremonies Tuesday at Sarnia campus

  09-06-2026 18:10 via theobserver.ca
  
  Alix Emmrich had one more exam to get through after crossing the stage Tuesday morning at Lambton College’s convocation.The Waterloo resident graduated from a two-year program at the college in Sarnia and is working for Lambton Emergency Medical Services, but still faced a six-hour provincial exam Wednesday to become certified as a paramedic.“We’re all still kind of on edge and a little bit nervous, but it will be good,” Emmrich said while waiting in a college classroom
  
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• Interim police chief plans to shepherd Sarnia's service

  09-06-2026 17:51 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia’s interim police chief wants people to be reassured as he takes the helm amid a workplace harassment investigation in the service.“This is not the time to get anxious or concerned,” said Mike Federico, who was sworn in and started Monday.“The members of the service are committed to providing the best policing they can, and I’m looking forward to that assignment because of that reason.”The former Toronto police deputy chief was appointed after Sarnia Ch
  
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