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• Sarnia man finally sentenced for 2023 BB gun incident

  05-02-2025 20:53 via theobserver.ca
  
  A Sarnia First Nation man who was on the lam for a while after being charged in a 2023 incident involving a BB gun has finally been sentenced.
  
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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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• Firefighters and towing crews train together in Sarnia

  12-07-2026 15:26 via theobserver.ca
  
  Accident scenes were set up Saturday around the parking lot at Preferred Towing in Sarnia so firefighters from around southwestern Ontario could practiced their skills alongside tow truck operators.The training session had firefighters moving between four scenarios involving freeing mannequins from crashes involving transport trucks, with the help of crews from Preferred Towing and Woodstock Tire Service.“It gives the fire departments a chance to see a lot more tools in the toolbox”
  
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• Brigden Fair board 'a bit in limbo' over 2027 International Plowing Match

  11-07-2026 21:08 via theobserver.ca
  
  The president of the Moore Agricultural Society, owners of the Brigden fairgrounds, says the fair board is waiting for clarity about the 2027 International Plowing Match and Farm Expo.“We’re a bit in limbo . . . not knowing exactly what’s going on,” John Scott, president of the Moore Agricultural Society, said Saturday.Lambton County was awarded the 2027 plowing match in April 2025 by the Ontario Plowmen’s Association with plans for the event to be held at and near
  
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• 2027 International Plowing Match: Brigden fair board 'in limbo' awaiting clarity

  11-07-2026 21:08 via theobserver.ca
  
  The president of the Moore Agricultural Society, owners of the Brigden fairgrounds, says the fair board is awaiting clarity on the 2027 International Plowing Match and Farm Expo.“We’re a bit in limbo . . . not knowing exactly what’s going on,” John Scott, president of the Moore Agricultural Society, said Saturday.Lambton County was awarded the 2027 plowing match in April 2025 by the Ontario Plowmen’s Association (OPA) with plans for the event to be held at and near
  
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• FireFit regional competition returning to Lambton College

  11-07-2026 19:07 via theobserver.ca
  
  Firefighters will again test their skills at Lambton College when the Sarnia school hosts the Western Ontario Regional FireFit Championships July 17 to 19.“This is the fourth time we’ve hosted a regional,” said Sue Patrick, co-coach with Shane Bettridge of the student FireFit team at the college’s fire school.In 2023, the college hosted the national and world championships for the competition billed as the “toughest two minutes in sports,” in which firefighte
  
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• On your mark, get set, eat: Sarnia Rotary Mackinac Race breakfast returns July 18

  11-07-2026 14:47 via theobserver.ca
  
  The Rotary Club of Sarnia is getting ready to have up to 2,000 sailboat fans over for breakfast July 18.The service’s club’s 44th annual pancake breakfast is set to run 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. that day in Point Edward’s Waterfront Park next to the Blue Water Bridge as boats in the Bayview Mackinac Race make their way from Port Huron into Lake Huron.“We’ve been doing it a long time,” said Myles Vanni, chairperson of the club’s breakfast committee.Volunteers wi
  
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• Care event for spouses of first responders offered at Lambton County respite cabin

  10-07-2026 21:04 via theobserver.ca
  
  A cabin built in Dawn-Euphemia Township to support the mental wellbeing of first responders is offering a free half-day of care for their spouses.First responder spousal support day includes a nutritional workshop, yoga, “forest bathing” and a meal during morning and afternoon sessions July 18 at Three Oaks Respite Cabin near Florence.Built by the family of Dalles Bergsma, a farmer and volunteer firefighter who died of suicide in 2020 at age 27, the cabin provides respite stays for
  
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• 'Difficult decision': Cash-strapped charity calls off Sarnia affordable housing plan

  10-07-2026 18:00 via theobserver.ca
  
  With donations down and costs rising, Sarnia’s Inn of the Good Shepherd says it can no longer afford to proceed with plans for an affordable housing project on a former church site on Exmouth Street.The board of the charity operating a soup kitchen, food bank, shelters and other programs for those struggling financially, said in a release Thursday it has made “the difficult decision” not to proceed with a plan, announced in 2024, to build an affordable housing project on the s
  
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• Crime Stoppers sign missing in Thedford: police

  10-07-2026 15:47 via theobserver.ca
  
  Somebody call Crime Stoppers: Its sign in Thedford has gone missing.Lambton OPP are asking for the public’s help investigating the theft of a sign with a value estimated at $800.The large Crime Stoppers sign, posted near Highway 79 and Arkona Road at the entrance to the Lambton Shores community, was reported stolen July 1, police said.Police ask anyone with information about the missing sign, suspicious activity in the area or who may have dash camera footage, to call them at 1-888-310-11
  
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