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• Input sought for Plympton-Wyoming economic development plan

  19-07-2026 19:57 via theobserver.ca
  
  Plympton-Wyoming is asking residents for input as it crafts a five-year economic development strategy.A public survey at plympton-wyoming.com about what the township should do to help foster local business growth and job creation is open until month’s end, said chief administrator Adam Sobanski.“They know the community best,” he said. “We want to hear what they think we should be doing.”The township contracted Town Hall Consulting to help craft the $19,200 plan, an
  
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• Man sought after Centennial Park stabbing: Sarnia police

  21-07-2026 19:50 via theobserver.ca
  
  Officers are looking for a man after a woman was stabbed in Centennial Park Monday afternoon, Sarnia police say.Officers called to the Sarnia waterfront park about 4:30 p.m. found a woman near George Street with a wound to the back of her upper arm, a police release said. The injury was not life-threatening, police said.Officers and the city police dog team searched for, but didn’t find an unidentified male suspect, police saidInvestigators are looking for a white man, 40 to 50 years old
  
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• Court docs ID accused, injured in Wiltshire Drive home blaze

  21-07-2026 15:42 via theobserver.ca
  
  Court records show who was charged with attempted murder and arson causing bodily harm and who was hurt after a house fire on Sarnia’s Wiltshire Drive this month.Sarnia police have said their officers, firefighters and paramedics were sent to a structure fire in the 1200 block of Wiltshire Drive early on July 9. Four people got out safely before emergency crews arrived and a fifth person was found in the home by firefighters, police said.“One occupant sustained minor injuries, and a
  
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• Sarnia council notebook: City backs Northern Shield pipeline proposal

  21-07-2026 02:53 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia council is officially backing a proposed Alberta-to-Sarnia oil pipeline project.The recently announced 3,300-kilometre Northern Shield Energy Corridor line, for which Ontario has said it’s planning a feasibility study by year’s end, has the potential to enhance local energy infrastructure and economic development opportunities, a motion from Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley said.Council unanimously voted to endorse the project, “recognizing Sarnia’s role as eastern Canad
  
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• Sarnia backs pipeline proposal; city council notebook

  21-07-2026 02:53 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia city council is officially backing a proposed Alberta-to-Sarnia oil pipeline project.The recently announced 3,300-kilometre Northern Shield Energy Corridor Pipeline, for which Ontario has said it’s planning a feasibility study by year’s end, has the potential to enhance local energy infrastructure and economic development opportunities, a motion from Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley says.Council unanimously voted to endorse the project, “recognizing Sarnia’s role as east
  
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• Sarnia seeks expressions of interest in surplus Centennial Park parcel

  21-07-2026 00:36 via theobserver.ca
  
  People and groups interested in owning a piece of Sarnia’s Centennial Park have six weeks to speak up.City council unanimously Monday voted to seek expressions of interest for the 0.86-hectare (2.13-acre) parcel next-door to the Sarnia and District Humane Society, after declaring the land surplus in June , and giving the animal shelter right of first refusal to match high bids.Monday, a public meeting was for held people to offer input on the land sale.Humane society executive director Do
  
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• Sarnia seeking expressions of interest for surplus Centennial Park parcel

  21-07-2026 00:36 via theobserver.ca
  
  People and groups interested in owning a piece of Sarnia’s Centennial Park will have a six-week window to speak up.City council unanimously Monday voted to seek expressions of interest for the 0.86-hectare (2.13-acre) parcel next-door to the Sarnia and District Humane Society, after declaring the land parcel surplus in June , and giving the animal shelter right of first refusal to match high bids.Monday, a public meeting was for held people to offer input on the land sale.Humane society e
  
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• Lambton County adding staff at its long-term care homes

  20-07-2026 21:04 via theobserver.ca
  
  Lambton County is boosting spending by $561,000 a year at its long-term care homes to address “leadership and operational gaps,” a county report says.County council has approved the new spending, which will add three full-time positions at its long-term care division that operates Marshall Gowland Manor in Sarnia, Lambton Meadowview Villa near Petrolia and North Lambton Lodge in Forest. The lodge also will see 40 more hours a week in registered practical nursing coverage.“When
  
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• Cleanup continues Monday in and around Mooretown following Saturday's storm

  20-07-2026 19:42 via theobserver.ca
  
  The clearing of downed trees and limbs continued Monday in St. Clair Township following a storm with high winds that moved through the Mooretown area Saturday afternoon.“It was devastating to look at,” Mayor Jeff Agar said Monday.Trees were down along the St. Clair River shoreline in Mooretown and Courtright, and as far north as Corunna, township officials said.“They’ve been going strong ever since it first happened,” Agar said about the response by township staff.
  
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• Sarnia musician eyeing new music festival

  19-07-2026 18:48 via theobserver.ca
  
  Robb Sharp says he’s starting small, and hoping to bring a blues festival back to Sarnia.“There’s a bit of a shortage of that kind of entertainment around her,” said the Robb Sharp Band frontman.He’s organizing the Summertime Blues Review, a three-band concert happening 7-11 p.m. Aug. 8 at Maud’s Variety in Sarnia.“It’ll be a really good night,” Sharp said.The long-time singer and guitarist said he pitched the idea for the “mini Bluesf
  
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• Watford branch celebrates Royal Canadian Legion centenary

  19-07-2026 16:46 via theobserver.ca
  
  As the Royal Canadian Legion turned 100 Friday, Watford’s Branch 172 was among those celebrating.The 96-year-old branch in the east Lambton community held games, and staged music, dancing and meals Thursday to Sunday to celebrate the milestone, said branch president Rick Bebingh.“It’s all about supporting veterans and raising money to help veterans,” he said, noting the branch has 160 members.A performance from the visiting Sarnia Branch 62 pipe band was part of the fest
  
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• Warwick Township buys municipal building in Watford

  18-07-2026 22:24 via theobserver.ca
  
  After four years of leasing, Warwick Township has purchased its municipal administration building in downtown Watford for $2.4 million.The move is expected to save taxpayers about $100,000 a year, Mayor Todd Case said, noting the annual lease had climbed above $200,000.“It was very expensive,” he said.The township is taking on a small mortgage from Watford Investment Group Ltd. and then borrowing from municipal reserves to pay the expense, he said.“We’ll be using our res
  
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• Work to draw immigrants to Sarnia area goes on as task force disbands

  18-07-2026 00:06 via theobserver.ca
  
  About five years ago, a few dozen agencies teamed up to figure out how to attract more newcomers to Sarnia-Lambton, to help fill job vacancies in the older-than-average community.Fast forward and the Sarnia-Lambton Immigration Taskforce has much to celebrate, said Cari Meloche, a task force member with the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership, including:• Creating things the Sarnia-Lambton Newcomer Hub , providing employment and entrepreneurship supports• Taking part in a Regional Econ
  
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• Immigration task force disbands, newcomer attraction work continues

  18-07-2026 00:06 via theobserver.ca
  
  About five years ago a group of a few dozen agencies teamed up to figure out how to attract more newcomers to Sarnia-Lambton, to help with job vacancies in the older-than-average community.Fast forward and the Sarnia-Lambton Immigration Taskforce has a lot to celebrate, said Cari Meloche, a task force member with the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership.That includes:• creating things the Sarnia-Lambton Newcomer Hub , providing employment and entrepreneurship supports for newcomers• pa
  
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• Liquid air energy storage project proposed for St. Clair Township

  17-07-2026 22:18 via theobserver.ca
  
  An open house is planned Monday to provide information about a liquid air energy storage project proposed for St. Clair Township.Toronto-based NRStor is hosting the open house from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Moore Sports Complex, Emily Street, Mooretown.The company plans to submit a proposal later this year to the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator for the project, said Ines Ribeiro Canella, director of project development for NRStor.“The base-case size will
  
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• Corunna celebrates new medical lab

  17-07-2026 22:11 via theobserver.ca
  
  A new medical laboratory in Corunna may be a game changer for Matt Clifford’s patients, who’ve had to travel to other communities for testing in recent years.The family doctor and one of five investors in the year-old St. Clair Medical Centre recalls years ago starting petitioning for a medical laboratory to move to the St. Clair Township community, after another closed.“I always thought it was backwards to take away services like this from a community such as Corunna,”
  
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• Restored Canatara Cabin officially opens at Lambton Heritage Museum

  17-07-2026 20:52 via theobserver.ca
  
  The Canatara Cabin is back together and open to the public after arriving at the Lambton Heritage Museum about six years ago as a pile of logs.Believed to have been built in Goderich in the 1830s, the cabin was floated down Lake Huron to Sarnia in the 1930s, moved to the city’s Canatara Park in 1971, then donated and moved to the Lambton Shores museum in 2020.The cabin has ties to Canatara Park benefactor Maud Hanna and the family of former Sarnia councillor and builder Lorne Hay.Museum o
  
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• Deadly Lambton College shooting: Murder suspect back in court from jail

  17-07-2026 19:55 via theobserver.ca
  
  The London man who was on the lam for 18 days after the deadly triple shooting outside the Lambton College student pub appeared briefly appeared in a Sarnia court Friday for an update on his murder case.Dane Nisbet, 20, of Sarnia, died in hospital shortly after the shooting about 1 a.m. April 10 on the patio of the student-run Lion’s Den pub. Two other unidentified young men, longtime friends and former junior hockey teammates of Nisbet’s, were injured by gunfire, police said.Two Lo
  
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• Saturday's Rotary Club Mackinac Race breakfast in Point Edward cancelled

  17-07-2026 15:58 via theobserver.ca
  
  Saturday’s Rotary Club of Sarnia Mackinac Race breakfast next to the Blue Water Bridge has been cancelled due to air quality warnings caused by smoke from northern Ontario wildfires.Service club volunteers had been slated to begin setting up grills, a tent and tables in Point Edward’s Waterfront Park Friday for the 44th pancake and sausage breakfast held next to the St. Clair River as sailboats in the Bayview Mackinac Race make their way from Port Huron, Mich., into Lake Huron.&ldqu
  
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• Person sleeping in dumpster tossed into garbage truck: Sarnia fire

  17-07-2026 14:59 via theobserver.ca
  
  A person who was sleeping in a dumpster was injured after they were accidently tossed into the back of a garbage truck Friday morning, Sarnia fire officials say.Sarnia firefighters were called about a person trapped inside a garbage truck shortly after 6 a.m., according to a post on the Sarnia Fire Rescue Facebook page.“The individual had reportedly been sleeping in a dumpster when it was emptied into the truck. The person fell a considerable distance into the nearly empty hopper and was
  
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• Person dozing in dumpster hurt in plunge into garbage truck: Sarnia fire

  17-07-2026 14:59 via theobserver.ca
  
  In a rare and odd incident, a person sleeping in a dumpster was hurt after being emptied into the back of a garbage truck Friday morning, a Sarnia fire official says.Sarnia firefighters responded to a report of a person trapped in a garbage truck just after 6 a.m., Sarnia Fire Rescue said on social media.“The individual had reportedly been sleeping in a dumpster when it was emptied into the truck,” the department said. “The person fell a considerable distance into the nearly e
  
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• Person dozing in dumpster hurt in plunge into garbage truck

  17-07-2026 14:59 via theobserver.ca
  
  A person sleeping in a dumpster was hurt after being emptied into a garbage truck Friday morning.Firefighters used a ladder to climb into the truck and then pulled the person out around 6 a.m. The person was assessed by Lambton EMS paramedics and taken to Bluewater Health, Sarnia Fire Rescue said on social media.“The individual had reportedly been sleeping in a dumpster when it was emptied into the truck,” the fire department said. “The person fell a considerable distance into
  
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• Famed performer, producer Lanois brings summer tour to Sarnia

  17-07-2026 14:53 via theobserver.ca
  
  Musician and songwriter Daniel Lanois, who has produced award-winning albums for U2, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel and others, brings his summer tour of Ontario to Sarnia Aug. 8.The Quebec native, who began producing music with his brother as a teenager in the Hamilton area, will perform at Sarnia’s Imperial Theatre with his trio including Jermaine Holmes and Jim Wilson.Other tour stops include Orillia, Lindsay, Meaford, Fergus and Picton.“I just love travelling through Ontario in the su
  
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• Four more truckers charged after Blue Water Bridge drug seizures: records

  16-07-2026 20:31 via theobserver.ca
  
  It’s been a busy couple of months on the Blue Water Bridge.In three separate incidents between May 23 and June 24, Canadian border officers at the twin-span bridge linking the Sarnia area and Michigan seized hundreds of kilograms of illegal drugs worth tens of millions of dollars hidden on trucks, records show.Four people face drug-importation charges. All have been released on bail.One of the bail hearings took place shortly after a trucker convicted of possessing and smuggling drugs all
  
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• Brickwork protection gives Sarnia hospital building a new look

  16-07-2026 18:47 via theobserver.ca
  
  The oldest part of Sarnia’s hospital has a new look.The first phase of brick-sealing restoration work on the 1944-vintage, former St. Joseph’s Hospital building recently wrapped up, giving a lighter hue to the 82-year-old Russell Street facade.The $50,000 project, carried out by Greenville Restoration Services, was contracted to ward off brick deterioration and to guard against water leaking through, said Sean Aquilina, facility services coordinator with Bluewater Health.“Bric
  
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• Brick work gives Sarnia hospital building new look

  16-07-2026 18:47 via theobserver.ca
  
  The oldest part of Sarnia’s hospital has a new look.The first phase of brick-sealing restoration work on the 1944-vintage, former St. Joseph’s Hospital building recently wrapped up, giving the 82-year-old Russell Street facade a lighter hue.The $50,000 project, by contractor Greenville Restoration Services, aims to ward off brick deterioration and water leaking through, said Sean Aquilina, Bluewater Health’s facility services co-ordinator.“Brick over time does start to g
  
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• Sarnia Catch the Ace and other events cancelled because of air quality warning

  16-07-2026 17:10 via theobserver.ca
  
  Poor air quality caused by smoke from northern Ontario forest fires led to cancellation of Thursday’s Catch the Ace draw at Branch 62 of the Royal Canadian Legion.An orange air-quality warning was issued by Environment Canada because of wildfire smoke moving into southern Ontario.Lambton Public Health said Wednesday the poor air quality could persist into Friday.“During heavy smoke conditions, everyone’s health is at risk regardless of their age or health status,” the fe
  
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• Two people charged in Sarnia house fire

  16-07-2026 16:52 via theobserver.ca
  
  Two people are charged with attempted murder and arson causing bodily harm after a house fire.Sarnia firefighters were called in the early morning of July 9 to a home on Wiltshire Drive where they were met by heavy smoke and flames coming from the second floor, Sarnia Fire Rescue said in a social media post.Four occupants escaped before firefighters arrive, but one wasn’t accounted for, Sarnia police say.One person had significant burns and another had injuries the fire service described
  
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• Sarnia considering suspending development charges for grant money

  16-07-2026 16:19 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia is eyeing a $55-million grant funding request, and considering scrapping development charges for three years to get it.City council Monday considers endorsing an application through the federal and provincial Development Charge Reduction Program.The Canada-Ontario program, announced June 1, is aimed at spurring more homebuilding through reducing upfront costs, and requires applicants to reduce fees for builds 30 to 50 per cent for at least three years to be eligible.Council late last yea
  
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• Court documents show why no-show trucker was still out on bail before he got 15 years

  16-07-2026 15:35 via theobserver.ca
  
  Court documents have shed light on why a no-show drug-smuggling truck driver who allegedly fled Canada was still out on bail before, in absence, he got 15 years in prison in Sarnia.Charanpreet Singh, 29, of Brampton, was found guilty in February by Superior Court Justice George King of importing 55 kilograms of cocaine and five kilograms of heroin worth $7.5 million into Canada over the Blue Water Bridge on April 8, 2022.Singh was freed on $55,000 bail about two weeks after the drugs were disco
  
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