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• Sarnia cycling programs outgrow storage shed after only three years

  07-07-2026 22:15 via theobserver.ca
  
  Cycling programs for seniors and youngsters in Sarnia have been growing quickly in recent years.That led to a recent extension of a storage shed the city built for local cycling programs three years ago next to the Strangway community centre on East Street.It stores bikes for the youth program and several “trishaws” volunteers use to take seniors for rides around the community.“Since we started the cycling-without-age program and youth program, the need has increased way more
  
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• Blue Water Bridge drug-smuggling trial: Brampton trucker will learn his fate July 30

  07-07-2026 20:27 via theobserver.ca
  
  A Brampton trucker who denied knowing there were about 300 kilograms of cocaine in his trailer when he crossed into Canada via the Blue Water Bridge will learn his fate later this month.Border officers on the Canadian side of the twin-span bridge between Michigan and the Sarnia area found 281 bricks of cocaine, which weighed 333 kilograms in the packaging, while inspecting a truck late on March 5, 2025. The drugs would’ve been worth between $5 million and $34 million, depending on how the
  
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• Fatal collision closes section of Confederation Line in Sarnia: police

  07-07-2026 18:44 via theobserver.ca
  
  One person has died and another was injured in a collision late Monday evening in Sarnia, say police.Sarnia police said officers and other emergency services were called out shortly after 11 p.m. to a report of a collision on Confederation Line between Modeland Road and Blackwell Sideroad.Police said two individuals went to hospital, and one was later pronounced dead. Police described the other individual’s injuries as life-threatening.A section of Confederation line was expected to remai
  
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• Pride in the Park set for this weekend in Sarnia

  07-07-2026 16:23 via theobserver.ca
  
  Pride in the Park returns this weekend to Sarnia’s Canatara Park.It’s the second year for the celebration in the park by Queer Joy Canada, a Sarnia-based organization founded by Jessica Baker.The event is free, including drag shows Friday and Saturday evenings at Refined Fool on London Road, Baker said. Doors open at 8 p.m. both nights.Events in Canatara Park run noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday with vendors and music, including a concert Saturday at 1:30 p.m. by Sarah Smith.&l
  
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