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• Indigenous support program could help boost Lambton College enrollment: spokesperson

  25-08-2026 21:48 via theobserver.ca
  
  Lambton College is hoping incentives for Indigenous students will help enrollment at the Sarnia school, and bolster a floundering program.The college recently announced financial, housing and other supports for Indigenous students through national charity Indspire.Eligible students who apply for Lambton’s two-year environmental technician, water treatment operations program can receive up to $34,000 in tuition, housing, transportation, equipment and other supports, said Dave Machacek, Lam
  
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• Indigenous support program could help boost Lambton College enrollment

  25-08-2026 21:48 via theobserver.ca
  
  Lambton College is hoping incentives for Indigenous students will help enrollment at the Sarnia school, and bolster a floundering program.The college recently announced financial, housing and other supports for Indigenous students through national charity Indspire.Eligible students who apply for Lambton’s two-year environmental technician, water treatment operations program can receive up to $34,000 in tuition, housing, transportation, equipment and other supports, said Dave Machacek, Lam
  
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• New power generation planned at former LGS site in Lambton

  25-08-2026 20:15 via theobserver.ca
  
  Ontario’s energy and mines minister says he wants to see nuclear power generation built in St. Clair Township, helping bolster provincial energy supply and creating thousands of jobs.“We see this as an awesome place for nuclear power,” Stephen Lecce said Tuesday, visiting the former coal-fired Lambton Generating Station site that was shuttered in 2013.Proposals for natural gas and battery storage at the 485-hectare (nearly 1,200 acre) property along the St. Clair River near Co
  
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• Lecce announces $500K investment to launch power generating plan in St. Clair Township

  25-08-2026 19:20 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  The Ford government is aiming to bring life back into the former Lambton Generating Station (LGS) site in Courtright with $500,000 in growth readiness funding to launch the planning process.Minister of Energy and Mines Stephen Lecce, along with area MPPs and local dignitaries, were in St. Clair Township Tuesday morning to announce the investment. "We know that in this community, there is tremendous opportunity," Lecce said. "Once a symbol of unce
  
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• 'Canadians will meet the moment', says finance minister

  25-08-2026 17:52 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  The federal government is using the strength of Canadian labour to fight back in the current trade dispute with the American administration.Various members of Cabinet gathered at an Ottawa manufacturer on Tuesday to announce retaliatory measures against tariffs imposed by the U.S. government after trade talks failed last week.Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said that effective Tuesday, September 8, Canada will match tariffs on over 700 American-made products, amounting to abo
  
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• 'Canadians will meet the moment'

  25-08-2026 17:52 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  The federal government is using the strength of Canadian labour to fight back in the current trade dispute with the American administration.Various members of Cabinet gathered at an Ottawa manufacturer on Tuesday to announce retaliatory measures against tariffs imposed by the U.S. government after trade talks failed last week.Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said that effective Tuesday, September 8, Canada will match tariffs on over 700 American-made products, amounting to abo
  
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• CBSA reports large cocaine seizure at Blue Water Bridge

  25-08-2026 17:40 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is reporting the seizure of tens of millions of dollars worth of cocaine from a truck entering Canada at the Blue Water Bridge.On August 13, the vehicle was referred for secondary examination and border officers confiscated 385 kilograms of the drug.The driver was arrested and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) laid charges of importing a controlled substance, and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.The charges haven'
  
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• No contest: Five Lambton mayors win seats by acclamation

  25-08-2026 17:35 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  Mayors in five Lambton municipalities have been acclaimed for the upcoming term.Across Ontario, candidates running unopposed in the October 26 vote were acclaimed after 4 p.m. on Monday.In the Town of Petrolia, Joel Field has been acclaimed as the new mayor-elect. Current mayor Brad Loosley announced in February he would not be seeking another term after decades in municipal service.In Warwick Township, Todd Case has also been acclaimed as mayor.Enniskillen Township Mayor Kevin Marriot
  
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• Investigators still probing Davies' murder case after nearly four decades

  25-08-2026 12:25 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  It's been almost 40 years since a Sarnia real estate agent was found dead in her home, and investigators are still looking for answers.Morag Davies was last seen alive on August 23, 1988, by a co-worker who left her home on Retlaw Drive at around 10:30 p.m. or 11 p.m. The same co-worker went back to Davies' home on August 25,1988, after she didn't show up for work. Davies' body was found in her bedroom with multiple stab wounds, however, a murder weapon was never found and her killer has never b
  
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• Scoreboard, Aug 25

  25-08-2026 11:00 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  MLBTampa Bay 4 Detroit 1Boston 4 Miami 2Colorado 3 Washington 13Texas 11 Chicago White Sox 2Cleveland 4 LA Angels 2Philadelphia 2 Seattle 9Pittsburgh 3 San Diego 2Chicago Cubs 7 Arizona 0Minnesota 9 Athletics 6Cincinnati 0 San Francisco 5 ---WNBAGolden State 80 Minnesota 66Atlanta 78 Los Angeles 71---Tuesday's GamesMLBBoston at Miami, 6:40 p.m.Tampa Bay at Detroit, 6:40 p.m.Colorado at Washington, 6:45 p.m.Houston at NY Yankees, 7:05 p.m.Kansas City at Tor
  
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