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• Well-used baseball park in Plympton-Wyoming now equipped with accessible washrooms

  11-06-2026 22:01 via theobserver.ca
  
  New fully accessible washrooms opened this spring next to the ball diamond in Wyoming’s Canton Park, thanks to a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.Mayor Gary Atkinson and Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey spoke during a gathering Thursday at the park to celebrate a $150,000 grant from the lottery-funded provincial foundation for the $274,000 project by Plympton-Wyoming.“Every time you buy a lottery ticket or participate in games of chance, you’re contributing to grants li
  
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• Sarnia's mayor calls for more scrutiny of police admin, board

  11-06-2026 21:38 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley remembers chairing Sarnia’s police board when a workplace investigation was underway about six years ago.“It does impact morale,” among service personnel “and I’m talking big time,” Bradley said.That investigation was probing workplace discrimination, harassment, assault and racism complaints, and the service’s chief at the time said the investigation only found pervasive gossip.An Ontario Ministry of Labour report from April 2
  
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• Sarnia Kinsmen Ribest returning to Centennial Park June 19 to 21

  11-06-2026 17:43 via theobserver.ca
  
  The Sarnia Kinsmen Ribfest and its co-chairperson Jack Struck are still going strong.Preparations are set to begin Monday in Centennial Park for this year’s festival of smoked meat, music and fun running Friday, June 19 through Sunday, June 21.“I think we’re going to be busy because we’re the only game in town this year,” now that some summer music festivals aren’t taking place, said Struck.Last year, more than 15,000 people attended Ribfest, he said.“W
  
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