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• Sarnia-area home sales climb in June

  09-07-2026 19:58 via theobserver.ca
  
  Homes sales warmed up in June in the Sarnia-area, just as April Barnard expected.The president of the Sarnia Lambton Association of Realtors said last month local home sales cooled during the early weeks of May but were showing signs of increasing as the weather warmed as the month went along.That turned out to be the case with June’s 170 local home sales registering a five per cent jump from the same month in 2025.“I like it when I’m right,” Barnard said. “It was
  
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• Sarnia-raised hip hop artist and author named to Order of Canada

  09-07-2026 17:36 via theobserver.ca
  
  When The Amazing Race Canada asked Duane (D.O.) Gibson what his hometown is, he didn’t hesitate.“I said my hometown is Sarnia, Ont.,” Gibson said.The rapper, author and newly named member of the Order of Canada was born in Saskatchewan to a family with Cape Breton roots, grew up in Sarnia before heading to Toronto two decades ago for university and then a career as a motivational speaker and hip hop artist.“Sarnia, the community, is what made me into the person that I am
  
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• McFadyen Scholarships grow at Sarnia's Great Lakes secondary school

  09-07-2026 14:57 via theobserver.ca
  
  The number and the value of scholarships awarded this year to Great Lakes secondary school students in memory of a Sarnia judge have grown.The Anne McFadyen scholarships were established in 2025 by George McFadyen to honour his late wife who was the first woman to be president of the Lambton Law Association and was appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice bench in 1998. She died in February 2024.The scholarship fund, established with the Sarnia Community Foundation, awarded five $12,000 schola
  
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