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• Shellfish to the core: Sarnia shucker returns to PEI oyster contest

  16-09-2026 23:15 via theobserver.ca
  
  Oyster shucker Anthony Wing took cleanest plate in international competition last year in Prince Edward Island, but wasn’t fast enough to win it all.The Sarnia man, nicknamed the Oystertaker years ago by a Toronto restaurant server, returns to the same Charlottetown Raspberry Point International Oyster Shucking Championship Saturday, hoping for more hardware.“With any individual sport, you’re always looking for slight adjustments to your technique,” said the university-e
  
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• Sarnia shucker returns to PEI oyster competition

  16-09-2026 23:15 via theobserver.ca
  
  Oyster shucker Anthony Wing took cleanest plate in international competition last year in Prince Edward Island, but wasn’t fast enough to win it all.The Sarnia man, nicknamed the Oystertaker years ago by a Toronto restaurant server, returns to the same Charlottetown Raspberry Point International Oyster Shucking Championship Saturday, hoping for more hardware.“With any individual sport, you’re always looking for slight adjustments to your technique,” said the university-e
  
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• Sarnia oyster shucker heading east for international competition

  16-09-2026 23:15 via theobserver.ca
  
  Oyster shucker Anthony Wing took cleanest plate in international competition last year in Prince Edward Island, but wasn’t fast enough to win it all.The Sarnia man, nicknamed the Oystertaker years ago by a server in a Toronto restaurant, is heading back east, to the same Charlottetown Raspberry Point International Oyster Shucking Championship Saturday, with hopes for more hardware.“With any individual sport, you’re always looking for slight adjustments to your technique,&rdquo
  
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• Rapids Family Health Team celebrates 20 years with expansion

  16-09-2026 21:55 via theobserver.ca
  
  The Rapids Family Health Team is growing again.The three-site Sarnia health-care provider with 37 physicians, alongside nurses, nurse practitioners, and health professionals, marked its 20th anniversary Wednesday by announcing an expansion.In the same Pontiac Drive building, two doors down from its main office, a new prevention care clinic is opening Oct. 15, said board chair Donna Morreau.“The space will be home to Rapids nurse educators and a range of programs and services helping peopl
  
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• 20-year-old Rapids Family Health Team in Sarnia expanding

  16-09-2026 21:55 via theobserver.ca
  
  The Rapids Family Health Team is growing again.The three-site Sarnia healthcare provider with 37 physicians, alongside nurses, nurse practitioners, and various allied health professionals, marked its 20th anniversary Wednesday by announcing an expansion.In the same Pontiac Drive building, two doors down from its main office, a new prevention care clinic is opening Oct. 15, said board chair Donna Morreau.“The space will be home to Rapids nurse educators and a range of programs and services
  
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• Rapids FHT celebrates 20 years with expansion announcement, new physician

  16-09-2026 21:25 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  The Rapids Family Health Team's (FHT) new space, dedicated to preventive care, will officially open on October 15.The announcement was made Wednesday in conjunction with the celebration of its 20th anniversary.Dignitaries, including Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley and Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey, were on hand for a ceremony to pass along their congratulations.The 3,000 square foot space will be located two doors down from the Health Team's site at 1150 Pontiac Dr. in Sarnia and will bring the team&r
  
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• Lambton looks to keep street-level health team going

  16-09-2026 21:15 via theobserver.ca
  
  Lambton County officials are working to keep a street-level health-care program for people facing homelessness and addiction going after provincial funding ends in the spring.The Community Health Integrated Care (CHIC) team, a pilot project pairing two Lambton County paramedics with two substance use navigators at Bluewater Health, has received $844,000 a year from the Health Ministry’s addictions treatment fund since June 2024. But the money runs out in late March, county staff reported
  
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• Child-care centre near Petrolia set to open in the new year

  16-09-2026 21:11 via theobserver.ca
  
  A new child-care centre being built near Petrolia is expected to begin operating early in 2027.Lambton County is spending $6.9 million building the new centre with 73 licensed child-care spaces next to its Lambton Meadowview Villa long-term care home in Enniskillen Township, just west of Petrolia.The new centre is “still on schedule to be licensed by the end of the year, with families probably beginning (to use the site) in the new year,” said Kim Godin, Lambton’s children&rsq
  
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• Key debates scheduled as Sarnia municipal election campaign heats up

  16-09-2026 18:00 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  Candidates running in Sarnia in the upcoming municipal election have a busy few weeks ahead.On Thursday, October 1, Blackburn Media Inc. and SarniaNewsToday.ca will host a debate for the five mayoral candidates.It will be held at the Dante Club from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m, with doors opening to the public at 6:30 p.m. Admission is a $10 cash donation at the door for the United Way of Sarnia-Lambton.The debate will also be livestreamed on Sarnia News Today's YouTube channel, and broadcast live on Big
  
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• Forest four-plex nearing completion as Sarnia tiny home project gears up

  16-09-2026 17:45 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  Construction of Habitat for Humanity Sarnia-Lambton's four-plex in Forest is nearing completion while a five-plex in downtown Sarnia is just getting started.Chief Executive Officer David Waters said it's the first time they've built a four-plex."The four-plex is well on its way. The units have all been drywalled and painted. Kitchens are going to go in later this week, and then once they go in, the rest of the flooring will be finished," he said. "Then moving on to things like light fixtures, et
  
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• Volunteers needed for Canatara beach clean up

  16-09-2026 17:35 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  Residents are being encouraged to help clean Canatara Park Beach.Lake Huron Coastal Centre has organized a clean up event scheduled for Saturday, September 19, from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m.Registered volunteers will meet at the bandshell to receive supplies and instructions.Those interested can sign up through the charitable organization's website.A free barbecue will be held for volunteers afterward.Lake Huron Coastal Centre was founded in 1998, with a mission is to protect and restore Lake Huron&
  
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• Sarnia volunteers show they care during United Way tradition

  16-09-2026 16:19 via theobserver.ca
  
  Nearly 100 volunteers went to work this week fixing and cleaning at 17 sites during this year’s United Way Sarnia-Lambton Day of Caring.Volunteers from 14 sponsoring companies and agencies were building fences, cleaning and making repairs at non-profit sites and local homes during Tuesday’s annual event marking the start of the United Way fundraising campaign.The Day of Caring has been a tradition for more than three decades, said Pamela Bodkin, the local United Way’s executiv
  
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• Five-storey Corunna apartment expected to open in fall 2027

  16-09-2026 16:15 via theobserver.ca
  
  A five-storey apartment building going up on Murray Street in Corunna is expected to open in fall 2027, officials say.Construction began in late July and officials with developer Vensuris Group and St. Clair Township gathered at the site Tuesday to celebrate the 83-unit project.It’s the third residential project for the Sarnia-based developer.“We’re on schedule,” said chief executive Rob Dawson.“We’ve navigated the early stages very well” and constructi
  
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• Ground breaks on new Corunna apartment complex

  16-09-2026 12:40 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  Ground has officially been broken on a new rental apartment community in Corunna.A special ceremony was held Tuesday morning at 389 Murray Street.The company undertaking the project, Vensuris, said the building will bring 83 purpose-built rental suites to a market where this kind of choice has been hard to come by.There will be 38 one-bedroom suites, 30 one-bedroom-plus-den suites and 15 two-bedroom suites.Each of them will feature modern finishes, full-size in-suite laundry, stainless
  
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• 'Cousi Open' golf tournament supports minor hockey

  16-09-2026 11:59 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  A special charity golf tournament returns this year, honouring a Sarnia man who died in the prime of his life at just 49-years-old.The Cousi Open is taking place on Saturday, September 19 at the St. Clair Parkway Golf Course, in memory of Brian Cousineau.It was started in 2017 by his daughters Amanda, Brooke, Christie and Drew.All proceeds will be donated to the Sarnia Hockey Association (SHA) and the Sarnia Junior Lady Sting (SJLS).Cousi Committee Chairman Mike Hobin said Cousi was a
  
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• Scoreboard, Sept 16

  16-09-2026 11:00 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  MLBDetroit 10 Toronto 1Milwaukee 5 Pittsburgh 1Chicago White Sox 6 Cleveland 7LA Dodgers 4 Cincinnati 0Athletics 1 Tampa Bay 2Philadelphia 3 Washington 6Baltimore 7 NY Mets 5NY Yankees 8 Minnesota 1Atlanta 6 Chicago Cubs 3San Francisco 10 St. Louis 3Boston 2 Texas 4Kansas City 2 Houston 4San Diego 3 Colorado 9Seattle 1 LA Angels 2Miami 4 Arizona 2---PJHLMooretown 0 Essex 3---Wednesday's GamesMLBChicago White Sox at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m.San Francisco at
  
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