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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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• 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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• 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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• Warwick's lawyer raises concerns about Twin Creeks landfill expansion plan

  16-07-2026 15:30 via theobserver.ca
  
  Plans to extend the life of the Twin Creeks landfill near Watford include unaddressed environmental concerns, says Warwick Township’s environmental lawyer.WM (Waste Management) Canada has submitted a final report, prepared under Ontario’s environmental assessment process, to the Ministry of Environmental, Conservation and Parks supporting its proposal to extend the life of its landfill, expected to be full in 2031, until 2043.The public has until Aug. 14 to submit comments to the mi
  
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• Sunset gathering planned in Point Edward Saturday

  15-07-2026 21:20 via theobserver.ca
  
  Tanya Tamilio is hoping for clear skies around sunset Saturday, and for hundreds to join her under the Blue Water Bridge to witness the day’s end.The centre communautaire Francophone de Sarnia-Lambton board chair recently signed Point Edward up for The Great Canadian Sunset Moment, a part of the national Everyone Outdoors Together initiative through the non-profit Canadian Parks and Recreation Association, encouraging communities to gather, connect, and enjoy nature.Hopes are more than 40
  
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• Pipeline talks have begun with Sarnia First Nation: Ontario energy minister

  15-07-2026 19:52 via theobserver.ca
  
  Stephen Lecce, Ontario’s minister of energy and mines, says he has spoken with the chief of Aamjiwnaang First Nation about a proposal to build a new 3,300-kilometre oil pipeline from Alberta to Sarnia.Lecce spoke Wednesday morning in Sarnia about the proposed Northern Shield Energy Corridor pipeline , unveiled last week by the premiers of Ontario and Alberta.Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey told those gathered at Kel-Gor, an industrial contractor in Sarnia, that Lecce had spoken earlier with
  
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• MTO study won't hold up Wellington Street extension work: Sarnia official

  15-07-2026 19:27 via theobserver.ca
  
  Construction can start on Sarnia’s Wellington Street extension project while a provincially required traffic study for the city’s Development Area 2 proceeds, a city official says.“The MTO has allowed the construction to move ahead while that study is completed,” said city engineering and operations general manager David Jackson.“We can’t open the road until the study is completed,” but both the $9.42-million road extension, and the study, which could c
  
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• MTO study won't hold up Wellington Street extension work in Sarnia: city GM

  15-07-2026 19:27 via theobserver.ca
  
  Construction can start on Sarnia’s Wellington Street extension project while a provincially required traffic study for the city’s Development Area 2 proceeds.“The MTO has allowed the construction to move ahead while that study is completed,” said city engineering and operations general manager David Jackson.“We can’t open the road until the study is completed,” but both the $9.42-million road extension, and the study, that could cost Sarnia $300,000, ar
  
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• Sarnia to consider $1.45 million green bins contract

  14-07-2026 22:03 via theobserver.ca
  
  The bids are in to outfit Sarnia with green bins for organic waste collection.Sarnia city council decides Monday whether to approve IPL North America Inc.’s $1.45 million low bid to provide 120 litre curbside and seven litre indoor containers to residential properties in the city.The price is for about 25,000 bins, said city operations and engineering general manager David Jackson, noting they’ll likely arrive next March, with collection starting in April.“We’ll finalize
  
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• Sarnia to consider $1.45-million green bins contract

  14-07-2026 22:03 via theobserver.ca
  
  The bids are in to outfit Sarnia with green bins for organic waste collection.Sarnia city council decides Monday whether to approve IPL North America Inc.’s $1.45-million low bid to provide 120-litre curbside and seven-litre indoor containers to residential properties in the city.The price is for about 25,000 bins, said city operations and engineering general manager David Jackson, noting they’ll likely arrive next March, with collection starting in April.“We’ll finalize
  
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• Industrial development eyed with St. Clair Township wastewater plant upgrade

  14-07-2026 21:14 via theobserver.ca
  
  Wastewater infrastructure in St. Clair Township is getting a nearly $50-million upgrade, which could mean more investment and jobs in the border community south of Sarnia.“What we have is a series of industrial customers who are interested in coming to the area,” said public works director Brian Black.There’s been battery plant, data centre, and natural-gas power plant interest, but no building, he said, because “we just simply didn’t have the wastewater capacity t
  
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• Top Ontario court rejects Sarnia man’s appeal

  14-07-2026 20:33 via theobserver.ca
  
  Ontario’s top court has rejected a Sarnia man’s appeal.In a recently released decision, a three-judge panel from the province’s Appeal Court dismissed the man’s attempt to have part of his sentence changed.The man was sentenced last year in a Sarnia courtroom by Justice Mark Poland to a year and three months in jail for assault, uttering death threats, and theft. He was also sentenced to three years probation.“His primary concern is with restrictive probationary te
  
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• Road construction, detours, prompt heavy truck restrictions in Warwick

  13-07-2026 22:29 via theobserver.ca
  
  Warwick Township has banned heavy trucks from some residential side streets, after roadwork was leading big rigs along potentially dangerous detours.“Some of them blowing through stop signs,” said Mayor Todd Case.The recent parking bylaw update prohibits heavy-truck traffic where signs are posted.The move follows the start of construction projects along Churchill Line, and at the busy intersection of Nauvoo Road and Confederation Line in late June, said township chief administrator
  
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• Black Gold Fest happening Saturday at Oil Springs museum

  13-07-2026 21:37 via theobserver.ca
  
  Black Gold Fest, featuring free admission to Canada’s national oil museum, along with live music, and historical demonstrations, is back Saturday.The annual showcase of local oil history at the National Historic Site – home to the first commercial oil well in North America in the mid-1800s and where oil continues to be pumped from the ground today – first started in 2012.This year’s includes the return of hands-on activities and demonstrations like rope making, blacksmit
  
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• Sarnia painter addresses situation in Gaza in show at Lawrence House

  12-07-2026 21:27 via theobserver.ca
  
  Painter Rabia Rizvi says she wants her show at Sarnia’s Lawrence House Centre for the Arts to inspire others to research what’s happening in Gaza and speak out.Her solo exhibition at the downtown arts centre, We Bear Witness 2, runs through July 31.“It’s a social political show,” based on what is happening in Gaza, Palestine, Rizvi said.In 2023, Hamas killed some 1,200 people in Israel, and took another 250 hostage, including several Canadian citizens, and since th
  
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• Sarnia painter addresses Gaza in Lawrence House show

  12-07-2026 21:27 via theobserver.ca
  
  Painter Rabia Rizvi says she wants her show at Sarnia’s Lawrence House Centre for the Arts to inspire others to research what’s happening in Gaza and speak out.Her solo exhibition, We Bear Witness 2, runs at the downtown arts centre through July 31.“It’s a social political show,” based on what is happening to Palestinians in in Gaza, Rizvi said.TheIsrael-Hamas war between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip began Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an
  
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• 'More tools in the toolbox': Area fire, towing crews train together in Sarnia

  12-07-2026 15:26 via theobserver.ca
  
  Accident scenes were set up in the parking lot at Sarnia’s Preferred Towing in Sarnia Saturday so Southwestern Ontario firefighters could practise their skills alongside tow truck operators.The training session saw firefighters rotate through four scenarios involving freeing mannequins from transport truck crashes, with help from Preferred Towing and Woodstock Tire Service towing crews.“It gives the fire departments a chance to see a lot more tools in the toolbox . . . (and) how we
  
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