• Sarnia Lambton Beyond the Headlines episode 33: Mario Fazio

    Sarnia Lambton Beyond the Headlines episode 33: Mario Fazio
    On this week's episode of Sarnia-Lambton Beyond the Headlines, host Josh Boyce talks with newly elected City/County Councillor Mario Fazio. They chat about his decades of experience in Real Estate, his vision for the city for this coming term, the need for more housing and what he'd like to see accomplished in the next four years.
  • Premier attends private opening of $200M Watford landfill gas plant

    Premier attends private opening of $200M Watford landfill gas plant
    Ontario Premier Doug Ford made a quiet stop in Lambton County on Thursday, but local reporters weren't invited to see it.Ford was in Watford for the official opening of Waste Management’s (WM) new $200 million renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Twin Creeks Environmental Centre.The event was strictly invitation-only and closed off to local media, with details instead shared in a company news release.In that statement, Ford credited his government’s work to attract the investment foll
  • IPM organizers host volunteer open houses

    IPM organizers host volunteer open houses
    Organizers of the 2027 International Plowing Match (IPM) and Rural Expo are looking to sign up more volunteers during a couple of open house events.The IPM will be held on a family farm, just east of Petrolia, from September 21 to September 25, 2027."This celebration of agriculture, rural life and community takes people with all kinds of skills, interests and ideas," read a post on the IPM's Facebook page.Volunteers will be needed during the event to help in different areas, including park
  • Lambton College giving prospective students first look at new residence

    Lambton College giving prospective students first look at new residence
    Lambton College will give prospective students the first look at its new residence building at its open house this Saturday.The college will welcome potential students and their families to come see what the school has to offer."This is your best day to see the school. Talk to our coordinators who run these programs. See the labs in person and start to define what some of these options might be for you," said Future Student Advisor Brady Chambers.The college has been working on its new residence
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  • Big Brothers Big Sisters' Show and Sale to be held at new venue

    Big Brothers Big Sisters' Show and Sale to be held at new venue
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sarnia-Lambton will host its 53rd annual Fall Show and Sale this weekend at a new location.Fundraising Coordinator Melissa Matthews said the fundraising event will be held at École Secondaire Catholique Saint-François-Xavier and École Secondaire Franco-Jeunesse due to ongoing construction at Alexander Mackenzie Secondary School."Saint-François was very accommodating and willing to take the event on," said Matthews.The venue, located on the Rapids Parkway, offers a
  • First snowfall of the season may cause slippery driving conditions

    First snowfall of the season may cause slippery driving conditions
    After experiencing mild temperatures at the beginning of November, Sarnia-Lambton will be getting a taste of winter.Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for the region, calling for the potential for five to 10 centimetres of snowfall Friday evening and into Saturday morning.The national weather agency said lake effect rain and snow showers off of Lake Huron are expected to intensify Friday evening.Areas away from the shoreline are expected to see precipitation transition to all
  • Sarnia Sting start northern road trip with 2-0 loss to North Bay

    Sarnia Sting start northern road trip with 2-0 loss to North Bay
    Despite a great performance by Sarnia goalie Kale Osipenko, the Sting lost to the North Bay Battalion 2-0 on Thursday.Osipenko saved 40 shots on net.It was a scoreless first period. But Arseny Pronin scored for North Bay in the second, and the Battalion took their insurance goal during a power play on an empty net.The Sting will continue their northern road trip with a stop in Sudbury on Friday.Puck drop is set for 7:05 p.m. You can hear the game live on Big Country 1039.Ahead of Thursday's g
  • McEachran excited for swearing-in amid 'whirlwind' few weeks

    McEachran excited for swearing-in amid 'whirlwind' few weeks
    Sarnia's first new mayor in nearly four decades will officially be sworn in on Monday, November 16, when city council convenes for the first meeting of the 2026-2030 term.Carrie McEachran will be joined alongside returning councillors Brian White, Terry Burrell, Adam Kilner, and Chrissy McRoberts, as well as newcomers Andrew Stokley, Lo Anne Chan, Richard (Dick) Felton, and Mario Fazio.In a historic victory, McEachran captured 13,828 votes during the 2026 municipal election, defeating inc
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  • Unsolved disappearance of Dustin Ireson reaches four-year mark

    Unsolved disappearance of Dustin Ireson reaches four-year mark
    Friday, November 13, 2026, marks four years since Dustin Ireson disappeared from Sarnia.He was last seen in the area of the Harbour Front Inn, where his black Dodge Ram pickup truck was later located.Despite exhaustive efforts by search teams and investigators over the years, no trace of him has ever been found.The impact of his absence continues to weigh heavily on Ireson’s family, friends, and the community at large.At the time of his disappearance, Ireson was 33 years old and described
  • Number of travellers from U.S. still rising, says Stats Canada

    Number of travellers from U.S. still rising, says Stats Canada
    A new report from Stats Canada says the number of people entering Canada from the U.S. is still going up, despite ongoing trade tensions with the Trump administration.The monthly report on international travel was released on Thursday, for travel in October.The number of return trips to Canada from the States by air and automobile was 1.9-million. October was the seventh straight month of year-to-year increases in travel.There were just over 1.49-million arrivals from the U.S. by automobile alon
  • Scoreboard, Nov. 13

    Scoreboard, Nov. 13
    NHL Minnesota 5 Toronto 2Florida 5 Detroit 4Carolina 4 Seattle 1Montreal 5 Boston 2Ottawa 4 Colorado 3 OTNew Jersey 5 Washington 2Tampa Bay 3 Columbus 1Winnipeg 8 Dallas 3Chicago 3 Buffalo 2 OTSt. Louis 1 Utah 0 SONY Islanders 5 Los Angeles 2---OHL Kitchener 6 Erie 2North Bay 2 Sarnia 0Peterborough 7 Kingston 2Ottawa 4 Saginaw 2Windsor 4 Niagara 1---GOHL LaSalle 4 Ayr 3Woodstock 5 Sarnia 4 OTElmira 10 Brantford 4---PJHL Port Stanley 6 Petrolia 5Blenheim 9 Walpole Island 1North Middlesex 4 Exeter

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