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• Toronto's Weston Silver Band to launch Sarnia Concert Association season

  18-09-2026 20:12 via theobserver.ca
  
  Toronto’s Weston Silver Band is a crowd-pleaser in Sarnia.The British-style brass band is to launch the Sarnia Concert Association ‘s annual concert series with a performance Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m., at the Imperial Theatre.It’s the third time the SCA has brought the band to town, the association’s Jim Elliott said.“The band is always very popular with our audience,” he said. “They present a quite diverse program and a rousing show.”The 33-member bras
  
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• Sarnia hospice giving 19th-century home $280K facelift

  18-09-2026 20:10 via theobserver.ca
  
  St. Joseph’s Hospice Sarnia-Lambton is doing $280,000 in exterior work on a 127-year-old home housing its offices and programs.The Queen Anne-style home, known as the “Queen of Christina Street North,” was built in 1888 for lawyer Charles Garvey and donated in 2006 to the hospice by the Gordon family and its foundation. It’s attached to a modern addition holding a 10-bed residence.Steven Cheshire, owner of Cheshire Roofing, said the work is expected to be completed in Ma
  
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• Aamjiwnaang, Community Futures offer free entrepreneurship sessions

  18-09-2026 19:39 via theobserver.ca
  
  Community Futures Lambton and Aamjiwnaang First Nation are teaming up to offer free entrepreneurship workshops.The eight-week Build Grow Expand workshop series covers business models, value creation, digital marketing, financial literacy, cash flow planning and business plan development, a release said.The Tuesday sessions, running Sept. 29 to Nov 17 at Aamjiwnaang’s Maawn Doosh Gumig community centre, are aimed at the First Nation’s business community, but are open to all, it said.
  
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• Local Terry Fox Run looks to build on record-breaking year

  18-09-2026 17:50 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  Local runners will lace up this weekend in support of cancer research.The annual Terry Fox Run/Walk is scheduled for Sunday, September 20 at Canatara Park.Run Organizer Laurie Rome said last year's event collected just over $72,000 towards cancer research, a record for the local event."It's a very family-friendly event so bring the kids and there's lots for them to do," said Rome. "It's about getting together, sharing stories and making money for research. The weather is kind of questionable, bu
  
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• Walpole Island heads to the polls

  18-09-2026 17:45 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  Over 40 candidates are competing for a spot on the Walpole Island First Nation band council in the upcoming election on Saturday, September 19.The race includes seven individuals running for the position of chief, with incumbent Leela Thomas among them.Meanwhile, 36 community members are vying for the 12 available council seats.Voting will take place from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Governance Building at 117 Tahgahoning Road. Ballots will be counted as soon as the poll closes, with official re
  
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• Fourth annual Corunna Street Festival happening this weekend

  18-09-2026 17:40 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  The fourth annual Corunna Street Festival kicks off this weekend.Chairperson Tracy Kingston said the event was originally planned to commemorate Corunna almost becoming the capital of Canada."It started back in 2023 when the Heritage Committee of St. Clair Township wanted to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Corunna being a possible capital city of Canada. So we played that up and wanted to do events throughout the year. So that was one of them, and then we continued it since then," she said.Th
  
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• Sarnia man charged in $300,000 drug seizure

  18-09-2026 17:06 via theobserver.ca
  
  A 42-year-old man is charged after police seized drugs with an estimated street value of $300,000 in a series of raids in Sarnia Wednesday.The seizure included four kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, about one kilogram of cocaine, prescription hydromorphone pills, 120 oxycodone tablets and about $151,000 in cash, police said.The Sarnia man is charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000. OPP warns against election sign tampering Lambt
  
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• Deadly Hwy. 402 crash trial: What the jury didn’t hear

  18-09-2026 16:22 via theobserver.ca
  
  A Sarnia jury took about an hour Monday to find a woman not guilty of dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in a 2023 crash on Highway 402.But leading up to their unanimous decision, there were some things the jury didn’t hear in the weeklong trial. CRASH RECAP Traffic heading west was at a standstill in the slow lane of the two-lane provincial highway from the Blue Water Bridge to past Modeland Road on Oct. 2, 2023. Shortly before 2 p.m., a loaded tractor-trailer going 88 km/h
  
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• Former Chief Chris Plain challenges incumbent Janelle Nahmabin in Aamjiwnaang Election

  18-09-2026 12:56 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  A race has been declared for the chief's position at Aamjiwnaang First Nation.Incumbent Janelle Nahmabin is being challenged in the October election by former Chief Chris Plain, who resigned from the role in 2024 after being elected the deputy grand council chief of Anishinabek Nation.Nahmabin was named acting chair of Aamjiwnaang band council shortly afterward, and was acclaimed to the chief position for the 2024-2026 term that September.Meanwhile, 18 band members are seeking one of nine counci
  
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• New 'Build. Grow. Expand.' business program still accepting applications in Aamjiwnaang

  18-09-2026 12:54 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  There are still slots available for Indigenous entrepreneurs to participate in a new free eight-week workshop.The Aamjiwnaang Economic and Development and Education Departments are collaborating with Community Futures Lambton to launch Build. Grow. Expand. -- a practical business learning and support program.The series will bring both aspiring and established business owners together on Tuesday evenings at the Maawn Doosh Gumig Community Centre."Supporting Indigenous entrepreneurship means
  
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• PW Fall Fair celebrates 180 years

  18-09-2026 12:00 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  The Plympton-Wyoming Agricultural Society and Lambton County's oldest fall fair are celebrating a milestone anniversary of 180 years.Gates for the three-day fair will open at the Wyoming Fair Grounds on Main Street on Friday, September 18, at 5 p.m., with opening ceremonies beginning at 7 p.m.Plympton-Wyoming Agricultural Society Past President Lauren Armstrong said 180th merchandise is available to mark the milestone. "There are t-shirts, hoodies, hats for sale," she said. "The vendor will actu
  
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• Scoreboard, Sept 18

  18-09-2026 11:00 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  MLBDetroit 1 Chicago White Sox 3Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 7LA Dodgers 8 Cincinnati 2Athletics 1 Tampa Bay 10San Diego 9 Colorado 2Kansas City 2 Houston 6Philadelphia 3 NY Mets 0Boston 4 Texas 3Minnesota 4 LA Angels 5---OHLKingston 6 Peterborough 3---GOHLKomoka 5 Sarnia 1---PJHLEssex 4 Walpole Island 0---NFLDetroit 31 Buffalo 41---WNBAConnecticut 59 Atlanta 103Los Angeles 77 Dallas 97Washington 110 Chicago 80Las Vegas 114 Seattle 77Phoenix 94 Portlan
  
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