Sarnia news

• Sarnia lowers development charges

  29-12-2025 19:36 via theobserver.ca
  Sarnia has dramatically reduced the cost to build in the city’s Development Area 2, after hiking development charges about two years ago. “I know they had raised them, and we were kind of against that,” said Sarnia-Lambton real estate association president Jeremy Guerette. “To see them pull it back some was definitely very positive.” City council recently approved staff recommendations to cut development charges in all areas of the city, based on input from Guerette
  
  Read more

• Sarnia approves airport workshop deal

  31-12-2025 21:02 via theobserver.ca
  Sarnia’s airport operator is keeping his private workshop as part of an agreement with the city to keep the airport running. “It’s nothing to do with the airport. It’s my own space,” said Scottsdale Aviation’s Clare Webb about the 200-square-metre (2,150-square-foot) “oil shed,” nearby airport hangars northwest of the terminal. Scottsdale has relied on city subsidies to keep the airport open since 2021, after Air Canada withdrew commercial service
  
  Read more

• Sarnia seeking input on airport plan

  31-12-2025 18:01 via theobserver.ca
  Sarnia’s new airport operations model could be up and running by July 2027. But there’s a long to-do list to get there, and the city is asking for public input on one of the first steps to creating a municipal services corporation (MSC) to run the city-owned airport – appointing a board of directors. Public input is open until Jan. 6 at 4:30 p.m. on the proposed path forward, laid out in a pair of reports by consultant Explorer Solutions. Details and a survey are at speakupsarn
  
  Read more

• 'Unsung heroes': Sarnia mayor names 21 people, groups to 2025 honour list

  31-12-2025 12:00 via theobserver.ca
  Sarnia’s mayor has named 21 individuals and groups to his 2025 honour list. “The Mayor’s Honour List is a heartfelt tribute to the unsung heroes who strive to make a difference, create a good and just community and society,” Mike Bradley wrote, introducing this year’s honourees. The list, started in 1981 by late Sarnia mayor Marceil Saddy, is “highly personal” and intended to showcase and celebrate community impact, Bradley said. “Recipients are un
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 'Absolutely amazing': Sarnia Salvation Army kettle drive tops $175K goal - The Sarnia Observer

  30-12-2025 22:23 via news.google.com
  'Absolutely amazing': Sarnia Salvation Army kettle drive tops $175K goal  The Sarnia Observer
  
  Read more

• 'Absolutely amazing': Sarnia Salvation Army kettle drive tops $175K goal

  30-12-2025 22:15 via theobserver.ca
  Donors came through again this season for the Sarnia Salvation Army Kettle Campaign. They contributed more than $178,400, topping the $175,000 goal of the fundraising campaign that supports the church’s local community and family services in coming months. “We had a great year,” Capt. Brad Webster said of the drive that saw volunteers staffing kettles at community shopping centres in the weeks before Christmas. “The generosity of our community; there’s no word for i
  
  Read more

• More parkland needed in Plympton-Wyoming: draft plan

  30-12-2025 20:58 via theobserver.ca
  Plympton-Wyoming is growing and needs more parkland. That’s according to a draft parks and recreation master plan for the municipality. Acquiring another 7.7 hectares over the next decade is one of the key recommendations in the Ontario Trillium Foundation grant-funded $68,000 plan, prepared by Monteith Brown Planning Consultants. “We don’t necessarily have a specific property in mind,” said public works director Paul DaSilva. “But it is something we’re lookin
  
  Read more

• Draft plan calls for more parkland in Plympton-Wyoming

  30-12-2025 20:58 via theobserver.ca
  Plympton-Wyoming is growing and needs more parkland. That’s according to a draft parks and recreation master plan for the municipality. Acquiring another 7.7 hectares over the next 10 years is one of the key recommendations in the Ontario Trillium Foundation funded $68,000 plan, prepared by Monteith Brown Planning Consultants. “We don’t necessarily have a specific property in mind,” said public works director Paul DaSilva. “But it is something we’re looking to
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Sarnia New Year's Day Polar Plunge aims to raise mental-health awareness - The Sarnia Observer

  30-12-2025 18:28 via news.google.com
  Sarnia New Year's Day Polar Plunge aims to raise mental-health awareness  The Sarnia Observer
  
  Read more

• Sarnia New Year's Day Polar Plunge aims to raise mental-health awareness

  30-12-2025 18:23 via theobserver.ca
  The Polar Plunge for mental health and addiction services awareness is set for New Year’s Day at Sarnia’s Canatara Park beach. Plungers will gather at the beach, weather-permitting, at 11 a.m., said Nessa Nahmabin, who is organizing the event along with her partner, Trevor Beatty. She’s a yoga teacher and he’s a massage therapist. They are both part of the Sarnia Cold Plunge Community. The annual New Year’s Day plunge was initially organized by Southwest Counselling
  
  Read more

• Sarnia shelters near capacity - Windsor News Today

  30-12-2025 17:51 via news.google.com
  Sarnia shelters near capacity  Windsor News Today
  
  Read more

• One charged after two hurt in crash: Lambton OPP - The Sarnia Observer

  30-12-2025 17:33 via news.google.com
  One charged after two hurt in crash: Lambton OPP  The Sarnia Observer
  
  Read more

• One charged after two hurt in crash: Lambton OPP

  30-12-2025 17:29 via theobserver.ca
  A Plympton-Wyoming resident faces charges after a crash last week sent two people to hospital, provincial police say. Two vehicles collided at Brigden and Plank roads in St. Clair Township about 1:40 a.m. Dec. 21, Lambton OPP said. Both drivers suffered non-life-threatening injuries. A Plympton-Wyoming resident, 43, is charged with impaired operation, dangerous operation causing bodily harm and driving while suspended, police said. They are to appear in Sarnia court Jan. 28.Suspect sought in bre
  
  Read more

• Sarnia' mayor believes 2026 will be a tough year - Sarnia News Today

  30-12-2025 12:10 via news.google.com
  Sarnia' mayor believes 2026 will be a tough year  Sarnia News Today
  
  Read more

• More than 2 decades later, Sarnia police still searching for answers in unsolved 2001 killing - CBC

  29-12-2025 21:33 via news.google.com
  More than 2 decades later, Sarnia police still searching for answers in unsolved 2001 killing  CBC
  
  Read more

• Sarnia lowers development charges - The Sarnia Observer

  29-12-2025 19:38 via news.google.com
  Sarnia lowers development charges  The Sarnia Observer
  
  Read more

• Port Lambton and Sombra library consolidation on hold for now

  29-12-2025 19:29 via theobserver.ca
  A proposal to close the Port Lambton library and expand the library in Sombra has been paused. Amalgamation of two of the library branches in St. Clair Township was proposed early in 2025 by the Lambton County Library and backed by county council but in December a decision was made to pause following a public meeting in the township and review of an architect’s estimate of renovations needed at the Sombra site. “(Township) council was in agreement to defer any decision on the closure
  
  Read more

• Post-Game Press Conference – December 28 vs London Knights - Canadian Hockey League

  29-12-2025 19:20 via news.google.com
  Post-Game Press Conference – December 28 vs London Knights  Canadian Hockey League
  
  Read more

• Sarnia Ends First Half with a Point, As Niagara Escapes with A 4-3 Overtime Win - Canadian Hockey League

  29-12-2025 19:00 via news.google.com
  Sarnia Ends First Half with a Point, As Niagara Escapes with A 4-3 Overtime Win  Canadian Hockey League
  
  Read more

• A Four Goal Eruption In The First Sends Erie Past Sarnia 6-2 - Canadian Hockey League

  29-12-2025 18:49 via news.google.com
  A Four Goal Eruption In The First Sends Erie Past Sarnia 6-2  Canadian Hockey League
  
  Read more

• News about Sarnia withdrawal management hub project expected in new year - The Sarnia Observer

  29-12-2025 18:14 via news.google.com
  News about Sarnia withdrawal management hub project expected in new year  The Sarnia Observer
  
  Read more

• Local roundup: Killer Bees streaking; Squires slumping - The Sarnia Observer

  29-12-2025 18:10 via news.google.com
  Local roundup: Killer Bees streaking; Squires slumping  The Sarnia Observer
  
  Read more

• News about Sarnia withdrawal management hub project expected in new year

  29-12-2025 18:09 via theobserver.ca
  Good news about a long-awaited withdrawal management hub project at Bluewater Health is expected in the new year, says Sarnia-Lambton’s MPP. “A great announcement is coming in the new year, probably going to be in January,” said MPP Bob Bailey. A 24-bed withdrawal management hub planned for Sarnia’s hospital has been awaiting Ministry of Health approvals and is expected to combine 12 stabilization beds at Ryan’s House, seven interim withdrawal management beds opened
  
  Read more

• More shoreline protection projects planned - The Sarnia Observer

  29-12-2025 17:42 via news.google.com
  More shoreline protection projects planned  The Sarnia Observer
  
  Read more

• More shoreline protection projects planned

  29-12-2025 17:39 via theobserver.ca
  A trio of shoreline protection projects are planned in 2026, Sarnia’s top engineering official says. “We’re looking at doing six groynes and then a fair bit of shoreline revetment,” said city engineering and operations general manager David Jackson. The work includes steel, stone and hybrid groynes to break waves and build up beach, and revetment – Sarnia has used armour stone in recent years – along the shoreline to guard against erosion, he said. Groynes are
  
  Read more

• Border agency reports spike in cocaine smuggling through Windsor-Sarnia corridor - AM 800

  29-12-2025 16:57 via news.google.com
  Border agency reports spike in cocaine smuggling through Windsor-Sarnia corridor  AM 800
  
  Read more

• London Knights win 4th straight game, knocking off Sting in Sarnia - Global News

  29-12-2025 15:13 via news.google.com
  London Knights win 4th straight game, knocking off Sting in Sarnia  Global News
  
  Read more

• London Knights rally past Sarnia Sting in 3-1 road victory - London Free Press

  29-12-2025 13:30 via news.google.com
  London Knights rally past Sarnia Sting in 3-1 road victory  London Free Press
  
  Read more

• London Knights rally past Sarnia Sting after swapping forwards Ryan Brown, Logan Hawery - The Sarnia Observer

  29-12-2025 12:48 via news.google.com
  London Knights rally past Sarnia Sting after swapping forwards Ryan Brown, Logan Hawery  The Sarnia Observer
  
  Read more

• Snow squalls and gusty winds expected in Sarnia-Lambton - Sarnia News Today

  29-12-2025 12:10 via news.google.com
  Snow squalls and gusty winds expected in Sarnia-Lambton  Sarnia News Today
  
  Read more

Follow @Sarnia_News on Twitter!