Sarnia news

• Pye Dubois, Sarnia-raised lyricist for Max Webster and others, has died

  23-09-2026 22:00 via theobserver.ca
  
  Members and fans of 1970s Sarnia rock band Max Webster are mourning another loss.Following news drummer Gary McCracken , 75, died Sept. 17 in Sarnia, an obituary for band lyricist Pye Dubois has been posted.Paul Woods, also known as Pye Dubois, died Sept. 15 at his home in London, Ont., said an obituary by Smith Funeral Home and Family Centre in Sarnia.“Pye was a true Canadian Icon,” it said. “A gifted writer, artist, lyricist, and poet, he was inducted into the Canadian Songw
  
  Read more

• Lambton's Creative County grants program calling for applicants

  28-09-2026 19:34 via theobserver.ca
  
  After a record 40 applications last year, Lambton’s Creative County grant program committee chairperson is hoping interest continues.“Don’t be afraid to apply for any type of project that is within the criteria, because you never know what’s going to be approved,” said Tracy Kingston about the annual County of Lambton grants program for cultural and creative community projects.Applications open 9 a.m. Thursday for 2027 grants, with $75,000 available for up to 50 pe
  
  Read more

• 'Keep Me Safe' youth sports program believed to impact over 40,000 kids in inaugural year

  28-09-2026 17:42 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  After receiving positive feedback in the inaugural year, two former competitive Sarnia gymnasts are looking forward to continuing a program aimed at keeping kids in sports safe.Abby (Pearson) Spadafora and Melanie (Rocca) Hunt developed Keep Me Safe and offer it through their organization Athletes Empowered, which evolved from the previous organization they founded called Gymnasts for Change Canada, after they experienced abuse in the sport.Spadafora, the director of engagement, said they aimed
  
  Read more

• Awareness campaign urges: test your smoke alarm

  28-09-2026 17:40 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  Residents are encouraged to check their smoke alarms as part of a provincewide campaign to curb the number of fatal fires.The Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM) said the province continues to see an increasing trend in fatal residential fires."Last year alone, Ontario experienced 127 fire deaths; one of the highest totals we have seen in decades," said OFM Jon Pegg in a video shared to social media. "Many of those lives could have been saved by something as simple as a working smoke alarm."So far
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Sarnia Police Board requests $3.5M for urgent station repairs, shelving $91M new building plan

  28-09-2026 13:10 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  It will be up to a new council to decide if the city doles out millions of dollars for repairs at the Sarnia Police Headquarters.The Sarnia Police Service Board has unanimously approved a recommendation to ask the city for $3.5 million in immediate capital funding, to carry out critical repairs at the Christina Street facility.Interim Police Chief Mike Federico emphasized the proposed work represents a long-term investment rather than a temporary fix."We're not asking to enhance the building to
  
  Read more

• Sarnia Sting snap nearly two-decade road losing streak in Ottawa

  28-09-2026 13:02 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  For the first time in nearly 19 years, the Sarnia Sting won an away game in Ottawa, defeating the 67's 10-3 on Sunday.The last time Sarnia won in the nation's capital was on November 18, 2007.The Sting set the tone immediately, with Cameron Aucoin scoring just 29 seconds into the first period.Jack Van Volsen, Alessandro Di Iorio and Tyler Challenger each netted a pair of goals for Sarnia in the blowout win.Brenner Lammens, Adrian Sgro and Simon Katolicky also scored for Sarnia and
  
  Read more

• Germain Park Splash Pad celebrates grand opening

  28-09-2026 12:48 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  Community members and local government partners gathered Friday to officially open the Germain Park Splash Pad.The new splash pad has over a dozen water features and was made possible through contributions from the federal and provincial government, along with local community organizations.“The new Germain Park Splash Pad is an exciting place that brings families together and encourages active outdoor play. Infrastructure like this helps build welcoming and lively communities, and supports
  
  Read more

• Scoreboard, Sept 28

  28-09-2026 11:00 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  MLBCincinnati 1 Toronto 5Pittsburgh 4 Detroit 2Chicago Cubs 6 Boston 2NY Mets 4 Washington 6Tampa Bay 3 Philadelphia 7Houston 9 Athletics 0LA Dodgers 5 San Francisco 1Atlanta 3 Miami 5Cleveland 2 Kansas City 3Colorado 2 Chicago White Sox 4St. Louis 4 Milwaukee 6Texas 4 Minnesota 6LA Angels 3 Seattle 7Arizona 4 San Diego 9Baltimore at NY Yankees, cancelled---OHLSarnia 10 Ottawa 3Kingston 3 Kitchener 6Brantford 5 Oshawa 3Brampton 2 Sudbury 4--
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Sarnia native apprentice artistic director at London's Grand Theatre

  27-09-2026 19:29 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia-born director Alexandra Rizkallah has been named apprentice artistic director at London’s Grand Theatre.Rizkallah, who became hooked on theatre while a student at Sarnia’s Northern Collegiate, will serve in the post during the Grand Theatre’s 2026-27 season.“The Grand Theatre is almost like an artistic home for me,” she said.She first worked there in 2023 as assistant director of the show Homes: A Refugee Story, and then again in early 2025 assisting on the
  
  Read more

• LCCVI student receives $5K post-secondary bursary

  27-09-2026 12:30 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  The Sarnia Community Foundation (SCF) is congratulating LCCVI student Gauri Patel on receiving the 2026 All-Round Student Bursary.She's getting $5,000 towards tuition, books, and residence fees.Patel heading to the University of Guelph in September to study molecular biology and genetics and plans to become a doctor.Patel was a peer tutor in the welding club at the Petrolia high school and competed in the Skills Canada Welding competition.In a news release, the SCF said it wanted the recipi
  
  Read more

• Scoreboard, Sept 27

  27-09-2026 12:02 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  MLBDetroit 4, Pittsburgh 3Cincinnati 5, Toronto 1Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco 3New York Mets 7, Washington 1Texas 6, Minnesota 2Atlanta 8, Miami 3Milwaukee 3, St. Louis 2Cleveland 11, Kansas City 5Colorado 9, Chicago White Sox 6Chicago Cubs at Boston (Postponed)Tampa Bay 12, Philadelphia 1San Diego 10, Arizona 7Houston 13, Athletics 2Seattle 8, Los Angeles Angels 4--OHLKitchener 4, Erie 3Guelph 5, Owen Sound 1Windsor 6, Saginaw 3---GOHLListowel 7, Sarnia 0Chatham 4, Strathroy 3
  
  Read more

• Military history event set to march back to the Petrolia Discovery

  26-09-2026 19:32 via theobserver.ca
  
  Some of Canada’s military history is set to be displayed Oct. 3 amid, and above, the oil wells of the Petrolia Discovery.The oil heritage site’s second annual Military History in Action event that day is expected to include a display of historic military vehicles, First World War reenactors in uniform and on horseback, as well as vintage aircraft flying overhead.“Last year turned out really, really good,” with more than 500 people attending, said Eric Curragh, vice-chair
  
  Read more

• Sting win 5-3 against Kingston

  26-09-2026 17:00 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  The Sarnia Sting bounced back from a Thursday loss to Peterborough with a 5-3 win over Kingston.Easton Walos, Brenner Lammens, Parker Holmes and Cameron Aucoin each recorded a goal and an assist for the Sting.Defenseman Wyatt Herres scored his first-ever OHL goal.Both sides had 29 shots on net. Goalie Kale Osipenko made 26 saves for Sarnia.
  
  Read more

• Lambton College in Sarnia receives $1 million BMO pledge for student wellness

  26-09-2026 15:27 via theobserver.ca
  
  Wellness programs and a food bank for students at Sarnia’s Lambton College have received a 10-year, $1 million helping hand.A pledge by BMO of $100,000 a year for a decade will aid student programs, including the Lion’s Mind Peer Wellness Collective and the Lion’s Heart campus food bank and clothing closet, the college said.“Students need to be supported outside the classroom and that’s really what the core of this donation’s going to do,” said college
  
  Read more

• Lambton College in Sarnia receives $1-million BMO pledge for student wellness

  26-09-2026 15:27 via theobserver.ca
  
  Wellness programs and a food bank for students at Sarnia’s Lambton College have received a 10-year, $1-million helping hand.A pledge by BMO of $100,000 a year for a decade will aid student programs, including the Lion’s Mind Peer Wellness Collective and the Lion’s Heart campus food bank and clothing closet, the college said.“Students need to be supported outside the classroom and that’s really what the core of this donation’s going to do,” said college
  
  Read more

• Scoreboard, Sept 26

  26-09-2026 11:10 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  Friday's GamesMLBBoston 4 Chicago Cubs 3 Boston 2 Chicago Cubs 0 Baltimore 10 NY Yankees 2NY Yankees 6 Baltimore 3Tampa Bay 2 Philadelphia 0Detroit 8 Pittsburgh 7Washington 7 NY Mets 6Toronto 6 Cincinnati 5Miami 3 Atlanta 0Milwaukee 8 St. Louis 4Chicago White Sox 6 Colorado 1Cleveland 12 Kansas City 9Minnesota 10 Texas 2 Arizona 11 San Diego 4Athletics 6 Houston 5 LA Angels 7 Seattle 5LA Dodgers 2 San Francisco 0---OHLErie 4 Kitchener 3London 7 Owen Sound 4 Sarnia 5 Kingston 3Flint 4 Windsor 2Gu
  
  Read more

• Shawn Trowbridge going back on trial, this time for manslaughter

  25-09-2026 22:20 via theobserver.ca
  
  Shawn Trowbridge is going back on trial.A Sarnia courtroom erupted with emotion in December 2023 after a jury found Trowbridge, then 54, not guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his common-law wife. The verdict came after two days of deliberations and a six-week trial.Family members of the late Cheryl VanHuizen, Trowbridge’s partner of eight years before she died from external neck compressions on Dec. 31, 2020, gasped and shouted as the jury foreperson announced their decision w
  
  Read more

• Sarnia Lambton Beyond the Headlines episode 27: Kelly Chartrand

  25-09-2026 21:45 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  On this week's episode of Sarnia-Lambton Beyond the Headlines, host Josh Boyce talks with St. Joseph's Hospice Executive Director Kelly Chartrand. They chat about the crucial role the hospice plays in assisting people and their families with end-of-life care, the future expansion into rural Lambton and the importance of donors and volunteers.
  
  Read more

• Sarnia's newest splash pad opens in Germain Park

  25-09-2026 20:05 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia’s splash pad season is flowing into early fall this year, allowing residents time to try out the city’s newest one that officially opened Friday in Germain Park.The $535,000 splash pad was built this year with funding from the city, federal and provincial governments, as well as $100,000 from the Rotary Club of Sarnia-Bluewaterland.It’s the city’s third splash pad, following one opened a few years ago in Tecumseh Park and a second one that opened this year in Kenw
  
  Read more

• Man given jail time and house arrest after posting threatening message

  25-09-2026 19:04 via theobserver.ca
  
  More light has been shed on why Sarnia police surrounded a home for about five hours last month.Around 6 p.m. Aug. 22, Sarnia police cautioned the public to avoid an area in the city’s north end. The northbound lanes of Indian Road North between Exmouth and Maxwell streets were closed.“There is no risk to public safety,” police said that Saturday evening. “Police will be in the area for an extended period, and we ask that you find an alternate route if travelling in the
  
  Read more

• Man arrested after Sarnia police surround home gets unique sentence

  25-09-2026 19:04 via theobserver.ca
  
  More light has been shed on why Sarnia police surrounded a home for about five hours last month.Around 6 p.m. Aug. 22, Sarnia police cautioned the public to avoid an area in the city’s north end. The northbound lanes of Indian Road North between Exmouth and Maxwell streets were closed.“There is no risk to public safety,” police said that Saturday evening. “Police will be in the area for an extended period, and we ask that you find an alternate route if travelling in the
  
  Read more

• Man arrested after Sarnia police flock to north end gets unique sentence

  25-09-2026 19:04 via theobserver.ca
  
  More light has been shed on why Sarnia police surrounded a busy area of the city for about five hours last month.Around 6 p.m. Aug. 22, Sarnia police cautioned the public to avoid an area in the city’s north end. The northbound lanes of Indian Road North between Exmouth and Maxwell streets were closed.“There is no risk to public safety,” police said that Saturday evening. “Police will be in the area for an extended period, and we ask that you find an alternate route if t
  
  Read more

• Provincial grant sought for police boat

  25-09-2026 18:47 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia police could buy a boat, if provincial grant funding comes through.Deputy chief Mike Van Sickle told Sarnia’s police board Thursday that Ontario is accepting grant applications from all municipal services sharing a border with the U.S.Sarnia has applied, he said.Sarnia has 30 kilometres of Lake Huron and St. Clair River shoreline, and shares a border with Michigan, but hasn’t had a boat for about 20 years, Van Sickle said.The service relies on Sarnia and Point Edward fire dep
  
  Read more

• Grant sought for police boat, drones; Sarnia police board notebook

  25-09-2026 18:47 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia police could buy a boat, if provincial grant funding comes through.Service deputy chief Mike Van Sickle told Sarnia’s police board Thursday that Ontario is accepting grant applications from all municipal services sharing a border with the U.S.Sarnia has applied, he said.Sarnia has 30 kilometres of Lake Huron and St. Clair River shoreline, and shares a border with Michigan, but hasn’t had a boat for more than 20 years, Van Sickle said.The service instead relies on Sarnia and P
  
  Read more

• $3.6M in nicotine, tobacco products confiscated entering Canada at BWB

  25-09-2026 17:45 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  A couple of recent busts are being reported at the Blue Water Bridge (BWB), entering Point Edward.Officers with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) recently seized over $3.6-million worth of contraband tobacco and nicotine products from two commercial shipments arriving from the United States.On September 9, they confiscated 16,147 kilograms of bulk tobacco from a commercial driver coming from the United States, valued at $2.98-million.The next day, they found nearly 5,000 kg of tobacco pro
  
  Read more

• Petrolia cenotaph rededicated with new memorial walkway

  25-09-2026 17:42 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  A rededication ceremony was held at the Petrolia cenotaph Thursday, 104 years after it was first unveiled.The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 216 said the cenotaph at Victoria Park now includes a memorial walkway, providing a lasting tribute to those who have served our country, and made the ultimate sacrifice.According to Veterans Affairs Canada, the Petrolia Cenotaph was unveiled on September 24, 1922.The cenotaph was completely restored in 2012 by Ron Canton Monuments Ltd & Memorial Restorat
  
  Read more

• Kettle and Stony Point First Nation to hold candidate nominations this Saturday

  25-09-2026 17:40 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  Members of the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation will gather this weekend to put forward candidates for the upcoming band council election.A nomination meeting will be held in the gymnasium at Hillside School on Saturday, September 26 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.Ten positions need to be filled for the next two year term; one chief and nine councillors.While nominations can be made in person at the gathering, eligible voters may also submit nominations by mail or hand delivery.Written nom
  
  Read more

• Sarnia Kidney Walk surpasses goal ahead of Sunday event

  25-09-2026 17:38 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  Kidney walkers across the province are hoping to raise $2.6 million for the Kidney Foundation of Canada's Ontario branch.Sarnia's event is on Sunday at the Canatara Park Kiwanis Pavilion.Fund and Community Development Officer for Kidney Foundation of Canada, Sarnia-Lambton Chapter Matthew Rose said funds will go towards vital programs supporting those living with kidney disease."For kidney research through the foundation itself for kidney disease, transplant patients and dialysis research," said
  
  Read more

• Sarnia Arm Wrestling Club gears up for weekend event

  25-09-2026 17:35 via sarnianewstoday.ca
  
  It's your chance to showoff your strength while gaining some bragging rights at the same time.The Power Haven Gym will host Sarnia's first ever arm wrestling event this weekend.The competition, put on by the Sarnia Arm Wrestling Club, is open to those of all skill levels.Founder Adam Shanks said some special guests will be in attendance."We have the legendary UFC back in the day old school Gary Big Daddy Goodridge coming down," said Shanks. "We have four special guest referees. We have, the arm
  
  Read more

• Socktober drive underway for Sarnia's Inn of the Good Shepherd

  25-09-2026 17:31 via theobserver.ca
  
  It’s Socktober again in Sarnia as a city business collects donations of unopened packages of new socks for those in need.George O’Mahony Orthotics has been collecting new socks for the Inn of the Good Shepherd annually that for 11 years now.“Everybody needs them in the wintertime,” O’Mahony said about why he decided to organize a sock drive and hold it in the early fall. “That’s what it’s about — keeping people’s feet warm in the winte
  
  Read more

Follow @Sarnia_News on Twitter!