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• Sarnia on pace for more housing-program funding - The Sarnia Observer

  23-10-2024 00:35
  Sarnia on pace for more housing-program funding  The Sarnia Observer
  
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• Top cop drops $1.5M lawsuit against Sarnia newspaper, owner

  10-06-2026 22:58 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia’s police chief has withdrawn his lawsuit against a local newspaper and its ownership.Derek Davis in April launched a $1.5-million action against the Sarnia Journal, its Sarnia Media Group Inc. parent company, and majority owner Nathan Colquhoun, alleging defamation.Davis’s Hudson Sinclair LLP lawyers May 29 filed a notice of discontinuance, with prejudice – meaning the lawsuit can’t be refiled.The notice followed a May 1 motion for dismissal from Colquhoun, who re
  
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• Launch party planned for Lambton Library Summer Reading Challenge

  10-06-2026 22:43 via theobserver.ca
  
  Lambton’s library system is throwing a party to help launch its annual summer reading campaign.And officials are counting on program participants to help the county close in on a year-long goal to read 150,000 books, said the system’s Vanitia Campbell.June 20 at Petrolia’s Victoria Park, the 930 a.m.-to-noon free kick-off party for the Summer Reading Challenge – getting kids and adults alike to read for a shot at prizes, and keeping kids sharp during summer break –
  
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• Class project at Corunna school builds community while helping others

  10-06-2026 22:32 via theobserver.ca
  
  Aaron Rupert’s Grade 7-8 class at St. Joseph elementary school in Corunna kept increasing its fundraising goal this school year.“I had this idea for a project all summer,” said the teacher who was part of something similar when he was a pupil in Chatham.Known as the Kingdom Project, it involves a class starting out in September with a small amount of money and working to make it grow as much as possible to donate to a charity when the school year is done.On the second day of s
  
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• Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce fastest-growing mid-size chamber in Canada

  10-06-2026 20:57 via theobserver.ca
  
  After a second year as Canada’s fasted growing mid-sized chamber of commerce, the Sarnia-area business group is eager to move up to the big leagues.The Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce landed recently at the top of the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada list of fastest-growing mid-sized organizations this year after being in the same spot last year.Mid-sized chambers have memberships ranging from 350 to 699 members.“Next year, it’s going to be the fastest growing large
  
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• Attempted murder of Sarnia cop trial: Stabbed officer recalls attack

  10-06-2026 20:35 via theobserver.ca
  
  Karl Brown said it felt like he was being punched, but in a bizarre way.After being struck several times in the head, neck area and shoulder, the Sarnia police officer realized what actually was happening.“OK, he’s stabbing me,” Brown recalled thinking, as he testified this week in a Sarnia courtroom.Brown, then a 37-year-old constable, was rushed to London hospital with multiple stab wounds following a welfare check at a downtown Sarnia condo building on Aug. 20, 2024. He was
  
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• $156K in cocaine seized, four charged: Sarnia police

  10-06-2026 18:57 via theobserver.ca
  
  Four people face charges after officers seized an estimated $156,000 in cocaine in searches, Sarnia police say.Drug unit officers with warrants searched homes Monday on Lyndale Crescent and Carleton Place in Sarnia, and Church Street in Point Edward, a police release said.About 1.5 kilograms of cocaine, more than $8,800 in cash, digital scales, packaging materials, cellphones and a debt list were seized, police said.Four people, ages 56, 40, 33 and 27, are charged with possessing cocaine for tr
  
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• Ontario may 'tweak' strong mayor powers after civic election: Bailey

  10-06-2026 16:29 via theobserver.ca
  
  Ontario could be looking to tweak strong mayor legislation after this fall’s municipal election, Sarnia-Lambton’s MPP says.Bob Bailey made the comment while taking questions at a Sarnia Rotary Club meeting Tuesday.“I don’t think the story is done there yet . . . I think after the municipal election, I think we’re going to probably take another look at (strong mayor powers),” Bailey said.About half of the province’s municipalities, including Sarnia, have
  
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• Company at Aamjiwnaang First Nation fined for 2023 explosion that injured three workers

  09-06-2026 22:17 via theobserver.ca
  
  A company at Aamjiwnaang First Nation next to Sarnia has been fined $90,000 in connection with a 2023 workplace explosion that injured three workers.AlumaPower Corp. on Henry Drive in the Chippewa Industrial Developments Ltd. industrial park, was issued the fine in April after pleading guilty in Sarnia provincial offences court, Ontario’s Labour Ministry said in a news release.All three workers injured in the explosion Nov. 14, 2023 recovered and returned to work, the release said.AlumaPo
  
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• Lambton Agriculture Hall of Fame names 2026 inductees

  09-06-2026 20:44 via theobserver.ca
  
  The Lambton Agricultural Hall of Fame continues to grow with two individuals and a farm business added this year.Scott Helps, of Wyoming, Birnam Orchards, Watford and the late Tom Lassaline, of Alvinston, are the inductees for 2026, the hall of fame committee has announced.“We think it’s important to recognize those in our agricultural community in Lambton that have gone above and beyond,” said chairperson Blair Williamson.Since 2010, the hall of fame has been inducting indivi
  
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• Londoner accused in deadly Lambton College shooting gets $75K bail

  09-06-2026 20:37 via theobserver.ca
  
  A London man charged with murder in the deadly triple shooting at the Lambton College student pub got bail Tuesday, upsetting many in a Sarnia courtroom.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, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said.Oudom (Richard) Bun, 23, was arrested the
  
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• Lambton College celebrates graduates during convocation ceremonies Tuesday at Sarnia campus

  09-06-2026 18:10 via theobserver.ca
  
  Alix Emmrich had one more exam to get through after crossing the stage Tuesday morning at Lambton College’s convocation.The Waterloo resident graduated from a two-year program at the college in Sarnia and is working for Lambton Emergency Medical Services, but still faced a six-hour provincial exam Wednesday to become certified as a paramedic.“We’re all still kind of on edge and a little bit nervous, but it will be good,” Emmrich said while waiting in a college classroom
  
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• Interim police chief plans to shepherd Sarnia's service

  09-06-2026 17:51 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia’s interim police chief wants people to be reassured as he takes the helm amid a workplace harassment investigation in the service.“This is not the time to get anxious or concerned,” said Mike Federico, who was sworn in and started Monday.“The members of the service are committed to providing the best policing they can, and I’m looking forward to that assignment because of that reason.”The former Toronto police deputy chief was appointed after Sarnia Ch
  
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• Arkona's 150th anniversary marked this weekend with three days of celebrations

  08-06-2026 22:58 via theobserver.ca
  
  Three days of celebrations this weekend will mark the 150th anniversary of the Lambton Shores community of Arkona.It’s the latest community in Lambton County to celebrate 150 years, following celebrations in recent years in neighbouring Warwick Township and Petrolia.Arkona’s celebrations begin Friday, at 6 p.m., at Utter Park on Arkona Road with an opening ceremony, food trucks and vendors, baseball games and live music through the evening by the Forest Excelsior Band, Second Wind a
  
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• More work planned on Sarnia's zoning bylaw draft

  08-06-2026 22:19 via theobserver.ca
  
  An already lengthy process to craft Sarnia’s new zoning bylaw will take a while longer yet.City council recently passed a handful of resolutions, including asking for staff reports back on nixing an environmental zone , referred to as the “big green blob” by landowners concerned about being on the hook for expensive studies when developing their properties.Scrapping the zone and using an overlay instead will mean official plan changes that need the County of Lambton’s OK
  
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• More Sarnia police suspensions, early start for interim chief: service board

  08-06-2026 19:21 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia’s interim police chief is starting early, as another two service members are suspended amid a workplace harassment investigation, the service’s board chair says.Former Toronto deputy chief Mike Frederico was being sworn in Monday, to take office immediately, said Kelly Ash.Frederico initially was scheduled to start June 15 , but started early because, effective late Sunday, Sarnia Deputy Chief Ron Hansen and a civilian service member were suspended, Ash said.Deputy Mike Van S
  
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• Plympton-Wyoming celebrating 25th anniversary Saturday at Wyoming fairgrounds

  08-06-2026 19:11 via theobserver.ca
  
  Plympton-Wyoming is throwing a party Saturday evening to mark its silver anniversary.The Lambton County town came to be in 2001 with the amalgamation of Plympton Township and the Village of Wyoming during an era when several county’s municipalities merged with neighbours at the urging of provincial officials.To mark the anniversary, the public is being invited to an event at the fairgrounds on Main Street in Wyoming Saturday from 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.“It’s celebrating 25 years
  
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• Stones 'N Bones Museum finalizes plans to donate collection to Lambton County

  08-06-2026 15:00 via theobserver.ca
  
  The Stones N’ Bones Museum’s collection of 4,650 fossils, dinosaur bones and other pieces of natural history are expected to move to the second floor of the library in downtown Sarnia in the coming years.Lambton County, which operates a library branch and theatre in the city-owned building on Christina Street, said this week a donation by the owner of the Stones ‘N Bones Museum, also located downtown, has been finalized after a year of discussions.The museum is expected to rem
  
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• Pair of crashes shutters roads near Petrolia

  08-06-2026 01:00 via theobserver.ca
  
  PETROLIA – Police closed several rural roads near hear Saturday after two separate collisions just hours apart.Shortly before noon, the St. Clair Township Fire Department posted on its Facebook page they were on the scene of a crash and that Kimball Road was closed between Petrolia Line and Rokeby Line.“Avoid the area,” the fire department wrote.In an update posted soon after, they said they’d cleared the scene and Kimball Road was open again.The St. Clair Township Fire
  
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• Pair of crashes closes roads near Petrolia

  08-06-2026 01:00 via theobserver.ca
  
  PETROLIA – Police closed several rural roads near here Saturday after two separate collisions just hours apart.Kimball Road was closed between Petrolia Line and Rokeby Line before noon because of a crash, the St. Clair Township Fire Department posted on its Facebook page.“Avoid the area,” the fire department wrote.In an update posted soon after, they said they’d cleared the scene and Kimball Road was open again.The St. Clair Township Fire Department was asked this weeken
  
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• Sarnia man charged in $186K cocaine Cromwell Street raid gets bail the next day

  07-06-2026 00:19 via theobserver.ca
  
  A Sarnia man arrested Wednesday in what police said was an $186,000 cocaine bust got bail the next day.Sarnia police said its drug unit and tactical officers raided a home on Cromwell Street shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday. Officers found just over 1.8 kilograms of cocaine, nearly $36,000 in cash, and digital scales.The cocaine was pegged to be worth a little more than $186,000, if sold at the gram level, or between $28,000 and $34,000 at the kilogram level, police said.Two people were arrested,
  
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• Sarnia man charged after $186K cocaine seizure gets bail next day

  07-06-2026 00:19 via theobserver.ca
  
  A Sarnia man charged after a $186,000 cocaine seizure got bail the next day.Drug unit and tactical officers searched a Cromwell Street home about 4 p.m. June 3, seizing about 1.8 kilograms of cocaine, nearly $36,000 in cash, and digital scales, and arrested two people, Sarnia police said.The cocaine was pegged to be worth more than $186,000, if sold at the gram level, or between $28,000 and $34,000 at the kilogram level, police said.Sarnians Robert Knowles and Ashley Purdon, both 38, are charge
  
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• Duo arrested, youth still wanted after lengthy standoff on Aamjiwnaang: Sarnia police

  06-06-2026 16:17 via theobserver.ca
  
  Two men were arrested after a lengthy standoff and a third person, a youth, is still wanted following an alleged attempted robbery investigation, Sarnia police say.The alleged robbery was reported May 29 in the 1100 block of Tashmoo Avenue on Aamjiwnaang First Nation. The complainant called to a home by known acquaintances was attacked when they got there, police said.“They were immediately physically assaulted and struck in the face with a glass object, causing an injury. During the assa
  
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• Blue Water Bridge trucker smuggling trial: Dog handler recalls finding cocaine

  06-06-2026 16:11 via theobserver.ca
  
  A police dog handler who helped find 40 kilograms of cocaine in two cardboard boxes in a transport truck on the Blue Water Bridge testified Friday as a truck driver’s approximately $4-million drug smuggling trial continued.Ranjit Singh, a 33-year-old trucker from the Toronto area, pleaded not guilty earlier this week to importing cocaine and possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking linked to the discovery of cocaine worth between $3.6 and $4.8 million in a trailer on the Canadian
  
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• Legion lottery patrons help Sarnia food bank

  05-06-2026 22:47 via theobserver.ca
  
  A Sarnia food bank facing shortages is saying thanks after receiving a boost from local lottery-goers.“It will make a huge impact for us,” said Inn of the Good Shepherd executive director Jack Christine, after Royal Canadian Legion Branch 62 Catch the Ace patrons Thursday donated more than 2,800 kilograms (6,185 pounds) of food and $700.“It will give us more food to give out to the local community,” said Christine.“It’s a great thing that the Legion has done.
  
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• Sarnia-area law enforcement officers carry the torch for Special Olympics

  05-06-2026 19:16 via theobserver.ca
  
  Organizers of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics scheduled the Sarnia-area run for Friday on purpose.“We always pick a PD (professional development) day . . . just so the athletes and their families can participate,” said Jocelyne Paquette, with Sarnia police.In total, about 135 people took part in Friday’s run, “which is our biggest one yet,” she said.The run left Waterfront Park in Point Edward at about 10:30 a.m. and headed to the Sarnia courthou
  
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• Sarnia-Lambton student finishes second in national welding comp

  05-06-2026 18:58 via theobserver.ca
  
  If there was pressure in the welding booths at Skills Canada nationals, it wasn’t getting to Ryan Beattie.“He was just so calm and cool,” said Johnny Dawson, Beattie’s welding teacher at Lambton Central secondary in Petrolia.The 12th-grader represented Ontario at the recent May 27 to 30 national skilled trades competition in Toronto, finishing second in secondary school welding against representatives from all the other provinces and territories, Dawson said.Alberta&rsqu
  
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• No injuries reported in Sombra house fire: St. Clair Township Fire Department

  05-06-2026 16:39 via theobserver.ca
  
  A fire Wednesday caused an estimated $300,000 damage to a house on Water Street in Sombra, says the St. Clair Township Fire Department.Firefighters saw heavy smoke and flames coming from the building when they arrived, the department said in a news release.No residents or firefighters were injured, it said.“The fire proved challenging due to its deep-seated nature and its extension into concealed spaces and the roof structure, making access and extinguishment difficult,” Fire Chief
  
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• Blue Water Bridge $4M trucker smuggling trial: Officer recalls finding cocaine

  05-06-2026 15:00 via theobserver.ca
  
  A border officer stationed at the Blue Water Bridge recalled finding two boxes of cocaine while inspecting a transport truck as an approximately $4-million drug smuggling trial continued Thursday at the Sarnia courthouse.Ranjit Singh, then a 31-year-old truck driver from the Toronto area, was charged with importing cocaine and possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking following an April 26, 2024 seizure on the Canadian side of the bridge connecting Michigan and the Sarnia area.A source
  
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• Sarnia eyeing overnight, on-call transportation options

  04-06-2026 22:47 via theobserver.ca
  
  When city buses aren’t running, Rob Hughes says he can’t really go anywhere.The wheelchair-bound Sarnia man said he books days in advance for Care-a-Van, Lambton Elderly Outreach or Red Cross rides to medical appointments and work, or takes the city bus system during operating hours.But at night, he said, there’s nothing.The former Paralympian who works keeping stats for the Sarnia Sting, said he eschews after-game get-togethers because he doesn’t have a way to get back
  
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