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• Brigden Fair board 'a bit in limbo' over 2027 International Plowing Match

  11-07-2026 21:08 via theobserver.ca
  
  The president of the Moore Agricultural Society, owners of the Brigden fairgrounds, says the fair board is waiting for clarity about the 2027 International Plowing Match and Farm Expo.“We’re a bit in limbo . . . not knowing exactly what’s going on,” John Scott, president of the Moore Agricultural Society, said Saturday.Lambton County was awarded the 2027 plowing match in April 2025 by the Ontario Plowmen’s Association with plans for the event to be held at and near
  
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• FireFit regional competition returning to Lambton College

  11-07-2026 19:07 via theobserver.ca
  
  Firefighters will again test their skills at Lambton College when the Sarnia school hosts the Western Ontario Regional FireFit Championships July 17 to 19.“This is the fourth time we’ve hosted a regional,” said Sue Patrick, co-coach with Shane Bettridge of the student FireFit team at the college’s fire school.In 2023, the college hosted the national and world championships for the competition billed as the “toughest two minutes in sports,” in which firefighte
  
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• On your mark, get set, eat: Sarnia Rotary Mackinac Race breakfast returns July 18

  11-07-2026 14:47 via theobserver.ca
  
  The Rotary Club of Sarnia is getting ready to have up to 2,000 sailboat fans over for breakfast July 18.The service’s club’s 44th annual pancake breakfast is set to run 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. that day in Point Edward’s Waterfront Park next to the Blue Water Bridge as boats in the Bayview Mackinac Race make their way from Port Huron into Lake Huron.“We’ve been doing it a long time,” said Myles Vanni, chairperson of the club’s breakfast committee.Volunteers wi
  
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