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• Memorial splash pad unveiled in Sarnia's Kenwick Park

  18-06-2026 22:56 via theobserver.ca
  
  A splash pad at Kenwick Park will help people forge memories for generations, Sarnia’s mayor says.“That’s what’s going to happen,” said Mike Bradley.‘There will be generations to come who will make memories here, and this donation will be always in their minds.”About 100 people were on hand as Bradley and philanthropist Val Gladwish pushed a button turning on the jets and opening the new, $890,000 community attraction Thursday.The Pat and Val Gladwish F
  
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• Indigenous Outdoor Space at Lambton College officially opens

  18-06-2026 21:55 via theobserver.ca
  
  Marie Short’s thoughts were on future generations Thursday as an Indigenous Outdoor Space at Lambton College in Sarnia was officially opened.“Future children . . . will be able to go there and have a safe place,” said the college’s elder in residence. “It’s like home.”Planning for the $8 million outdoor space began 10 years ago and ground at the Sarnia campus was broken at a ceremony three years ago.Kyle White and Marcus Miskokomon, who both attended th
  
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• Humane society seeks right of first refusal for Sarnia park parcel

  18-06-2026 20:51 via theobserver.ca
  
  The Sarnia and District Humane Society wants right of first refusal if city council declares a 1.2-hectare (three-acre) parcel on the northern edge of Centennial Park surplus.In a message to supporters, shared with The Observer, society board chairperson Bob Farlow said the non-profit agency is fighting to “secure a permanent, safe, and loving future for animal welfare in our community . . . built on a foundation of absolute fiscal responsibility and emotional permanence.”He decline
  
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• Closing arguments heard in trucker's $4M cocaine smuggling trial

  18-06-2026 20:31 via theobserver.ca
  
  Closing arguments have been heard in a Toronto-area trucker’s $4-million Blue Water Bridge drug-smuggling trial.Ranjit Singh, 33, pleaded not guilty June 1 to importing cocaine and possessing cocaine for trafficking. The charges are linked to the discovery of 40 kilograms of the drug worth between $3.6 million and $4.8 million in two Home Depot boxes in a truck on the Canadian side of the bridge on April 26, 2024.Superior Court Justice Scott Pratt, who heard the evidence without a jury, s
  
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• Closing arguments heard in trucker's $4M cocaine Blue Water Bridge smuggling trial

  18-06-2026 20:31 via theobserver.ca
  
  Closing arguments have been heard in a Toronto-area trucker’s $4-million Blue Water Bridge drug-smuggling trial.Ranjit Singh, 33, pleaded not guilty June 1 to importing cocaine and possessing cocaine for trafficking. The charges are linked to the discovery of 40 kilograms of the drug worth between $3.6 million and $4.8 million in two Home Depot boxes in a truck on the Canadian side of the bridge on April 26, 2024.Superior Court Justice Scott Pratt, who heard the evidence during the three-
  
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• Coroner's office investigates human bones found at construction site

  18-06-2026 19:55 via theobserver.ca
  
  Human remains were found Wednesday at a construction site in Sarnia.A construction crew on Lakeshore Road reported finding what they believed were human bones and work stopped immediately, police said in a release.The coroner’s office was contacted and confirmed the remains as human. It is conducting an investigation with support from Sarnia police.“At this time, this investigation does not appear to be criminal in nature,” a release said. Driver charged in Highway 402 tractor
  
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• Lambton County policing grant expected to continue in 2027

  18-06-2026 16:51 via theobserver.ca
  
  A Lambton County grant to help its municipalities pay for policing may remain in place next year even though funding for it often comes up short.The annual $600,000 policing grant, shared by Lambton’s 11 municipalities based on their property assessment, was to be funded by fine revenue from the local provincial offences court Lambton has run since 1999.But that revenue, which also funds court operations, including rising security needs, has come up short in 12 of the last 18 years, a cou
  
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• Bright's Grove library branch and Gallery Lambton to close for renovations

  18-06-2026 16:28 via theobserver.ca
  
  The Bright’s Grove branch of the Lambton County Library and its upstairs neighbour, Gallery Lambton, are expected to temporarily close while their new home is constructed.Lambton County councillors, sitting as committee of the whole, backed a staff plan Wednesday that would see the library branch temporarily close during city-led construction of a nearly $5.9-million renovation and expansion of the site.While the branch is closed, staffing hours will move to the county library’s Cle
  
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• New Sarnia hospital nursery designation means less patient travel: official

  18-06-2026 16:17 via theobserver.ca
  
  An upgraded nursery designation at Sarnia’s hospital is good news for families with babies arriving and expected early.So says Thomas Lacroix, Bluewater Health’s chief of pediatrics, of the new Level 2B designation that lets Sarnia’s maternal, infant, child unit care for infants as young as 32 weeks gestation.Previously it was 34 weeks, with many families with newer arrivals, and women at risk of pre-term labour, having to travel to regional neonatal centres in London or Winds
  
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• Blue Water Bridge smuggling trial: Accused trucker finishes testifying in own defence

  18-06-2026 16:17 via theobserver.ca
  
  A Toronto-area trucker’s $4-million drug-smuggling trial is nearing its end as the accused finished testifying Wednesday.Ranjit Singh, 33, pleaded not guilty this month to importing cocaine and possessing cocaine for trafficking. Superior Court Justice Scott Pratt is hearing the case without a jury.The charges are linked to the discovery of 40 kilograms of the drug, worth between $3.6 million and $4.8 million, in two Home Depot boxes in a truck on the Canadian side of the bridge on April
  
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• Plan calls for moving overflow shelter beds to expansion at Good Shepherd's Lodge

  18-06-2026 16:11 via theobserver.ca
  
  An overflow shelter on Exmouth Street in Sarnia that has been the source of complaints from neighbours could be replaced by an addition to the permanent Good Shepherd’s Lodge on Confederation Street, under a plan by Lambton County.County councillors, sitting as committee of the whole, endorsed the proposal Wednesday that could see Lambton County grant about $989,000 from reserves to add space for another 42 beds at the Lodge, a permanent shelter operated by the Inn of the Good Shepherd.Th
  
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• $2M Agwazhe dome added to Aamjiwnaang's Bear Park for annual pow wow

  18-06-2026 16:07 via theobserver.ca
  
  Bear Park has a new look for this year’s Aamjiwnaang First Nation Pow Wow.A $2-million dome has been added to the park for the 63rd annual celebration Saturday and Sunday featuring food, dancing, and local artisans, said Sophie Solares, Aamjiwnaang’s culture and language program officer.“It’s been years in the making,” she said of the Sprung structure, built by BLT Construction Services.“It’s the only one that we know of . . . in Ontario on a First Nati
  
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