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• Lake freighter free after running aground near Sarnia Harbour

  22-07-2026 22:30 via theobserver.ca
  
  A lake freighter that ran aground Tuesday afternoon in the St. Clair River near Sarnia Harbour was free and moving down river Wednesday by 3 p.m.Algoma Equinox, a 225-metre bulk carrier, left the Cargill dock in Sarnia Tuesday at about 3 p.m. and became stuck in an area by the Sidney Smith wharf, according to information from the harbour operator.About 24 hours later, Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley said the freighter could be seen moving free down river.“The vessel has been refloated via its o
  
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• Woman charged with attempted murder in Wiltshire Drive blaze gets bail

  22-07-2026 22:07 via theobserver.ca
  
  One of the two Sarnia residents charged with attempted murder and arson causing bodily harm after a blaze on Wiltshire Drive has gotten bail.Dawn Briggs, 33, and Jordan Kruger, 32, were both arrested on July 9, the same day as a structure fire in the 1200 block of Wiltshire Drive that injured two.After spending nearly two weeks in jail, Briggs, with long, dark hair and wearing a green sweater, was brought into a Sarnia courtroom Wednesday, where got $5,000 bail.Some of the rules of her release
  
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• Life-saving defibrillators donated in memory of sailors from Sarnia who died while serving

  22-07-2026 17:12 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia’s Dante Club and DeGroot’s Nurseries, busy sites for community events, now both have defibrillators ready for use in emergencies.Each of the life-saving defibrillators are dedicated to the memory of sailors from the community who died while serving.Both facilities received a defibrillator from the Dave Mounsey Memorial Fund created in 2009 by OPP officer Patrick Armstrong, who has a connection to Sarnia, to honour a fellow OPP officer who died on the job.The defibrillators fo
  
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• T.O. pair charged in Sarnia drug probe get bail

  22-07-2026 15:02 via theobserver.ca
  
  Two Toronto men charged amid a drug trafficking probe that saw a Sarnia police cruiser smashed in have gotten bail.But one remained in custody Tuesday because he was still serving a sentence for dangerous driving and fleeing police throughout Sarnia. He is expected to be released this week.Officers were investigating a vehicle with two men inside suspected of having drugs for trafficking about 8 p.m. June 29, Sarnia police have said.“While the officers went to arrest the suspects from the
  
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