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• MTO study may gobble up $400K housing target payout: Sarnia mayor

  19-06-2026 22:00 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia has another $400,000 in provincial funding for meeting local home-building targets.But that Building Faster Fund cash might be needed for a provincially required study, Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley said.Sarnia, he said, recently received word from Ontario’s Transportation Ministry of Transportation that a highway access management plan is needed before extending Wellington Street and underground infrastructure to unlock new development in the city’s Development Area 2.The 570-he
  
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• MTO calling for Wellington Street extension project study, Sarnia's mayor says

  19-06-2026 22:00 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia’s has another $400,000 in provincial funding for meeting local home-building targets.But the Building Faster Fund cash might be needed for a provincially required study, Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley said.Sarnia, he said, recently received word from Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation that a highway access management plan is needed before extending Wellington Street and underground infrastructure to unlock new development in the city’s Development Area 2.The 570-hectare (1
  
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• Construction of new Lambton ambulance HQ on track for 2027 start

  19-06-2026 21:53 via theobserver.ca
  
  An architect is expected to be hired soon to design Lambton County’s new ambulance service headquartersThat design should be completed by year’s end, followed by selection of a contractor, and ground-breaking in spring toward an expected 2028 opening, says a progress report on recommendations in Lambton County Emergency Medical Services’ (EMS) master plan.That five-year plan, adopted by county council in 2024, sets out 16 recommendations, include improving response times by re
  
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• Multicultural dinner to showcase Sarnia-area francophone history project

  19-06-2026 21:35 via theobserver.ca
  
  The history of Sarnia-Lambton’s francophone community links strongly to the former village of Blue Water , says Lo-Anne Chan.The Second World War-era village that sprouted beside the former Polymer plant during the war effort, and was levelled in the 1960s, was majority francophone, said the Centre communautaire francophone de Sarnia-Lambton rep.“A lot of French names in the community now, a lot of those were families that had come and established the village,” Chan said, befo
  
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• Walpole Island slaying: Killer can't seek parole for at least 14 years

  19-06-2026 20:28 via theobserver.ca
  
  The man convicted of second-degree murder and kidnapping by a Sarnia jury in a grisly 2021 Walpole Island homicide probe will spend at least 14 years in prison before he can seek parole.Jahton Blair, 45, who has ties to Windsor and the Toronto area, pleaded not guilty Feb. 10 at the Sarnia courthouse to first-degree murder and kidnapping. Following a month of evidence and legal instructions, the jury deliberated for two days before convicting Blair of second-degree murder and kidnapping March 1
  
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• Sarnia Legion Pipe Band enjoying infusion of youth

  19-06-2026 17:50 via theobserver.ca
  
  Some younger sets of lungs will be at work this summer at the Sarnia Legion Pipe Band’s waterfront performances, parades and other appearances.Free evening performances at the flag court in Centennial Park are a tradition for the 25-member marching band of pipers and drummers that also maintains a busy schedule of parades, special events and community performances.For the monthly summer waterfront performances, the band marches from Branch 62 of the Royal Canadian Legion, where it holds p
  
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