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• Sarnia taking over drafting homeless camp protocol

  07-06-2024 20:53 via theobserver.ca
  
  Sarnia will draft its own protocol for dealing with homeless encampments
  
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• Sarnia police ID third person charged in connection to break-in, stabbing

  11-03-2026 21:34 via theobserver.ca
  Sarnia police have identified a third person wanted in connection to a break-in and stabbing Monday night on Russell Street South. Donovan Joseph is wanted on charges of aggravated assault, breaking and entering, assault, disguise with intent, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, failing to comply with probation, and breaking bail rules, police said Wednesday. Police on Tuesday identified two others wanted in connection to the incident, but asked for help identifying a third person. &ldq
  
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• Sarnia-area home sales see 'significant' drop in February: official

  11-03-2026 21:09 via theobserver.ca
  Home sales in the Sarnia area dropped significantly in February, says the president of the Sarnia Lambton Association of Realtors. Jeremy Guerette said local sales were down more than 24 per cent from the same month in 2025. “Overall, it was a slow month for real estate in Sarnia,” he said. The association said 72 homes sold locally in February and a total of 152 in the first two months of 2026. The dollar volume of local sales totalled $30.3 million locally last month, off more than
  
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• Volunteers sought for 2027 International Plowing Match in Brigden

  11-03-2026 18:37 via theobserver.ca
  Up to 1,000 volunteers are needed to help out with next year’s International Plowing Match and Rural Expo in Brigden, says an organizer. People interested in lending their time and talents for the Sept. 21 to 25, 2027 celebration of agriculture and rural life, are invited March 26 to learn more about what’s involved and how they can help, said Dennis Bryson, chairperson with the organizing committee. The Lambton Heritage Museum, starting at 6:15 p.m. is offering a free tour of the mu
  
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• ‘There will be an appeal’ of Walpole Island murder conviction: lawyer

  11-03-2026 18:34 via theobserver.ca
  The man convicted of second-degree murder and kidnapping by a Sarnia-Lambton jury will appeal, his lawyer says. Jahton Blair, who has ties to Windsor and the Toronto area, pleaded not guilty Feb. 10 at the Sarnia courthouse to first-degree murder and kidnapping, the same day the jury was picked. Oyebode Oyenuga, a 25-year-old Windsor man, was driven to Walpole Island in his own BMW while passed out on drugs and shot three times in the head near Pump House Road early on Feb. 3, 2021. His body was
  
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• Bluewater Anglers hosting weekend open house at hatchery in Point Edward

  11-03-2026 18:25 via theobserver.ca
  The Bluewater Anglers are inviting the public in to its Point Edward hatchery Saturday and Sunday for a look around. The open house runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the hatchery, located next to the parking lot under the Blue Water Bridge, where thousands of chinock salmon, rainbow trout and brown trout are raised each year. “We’ve got fish there right from the egg stage, the little wee guys, and right up to point of release,” said Garry Willock with the Bluewater Anglers. “Ther
  
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• Fewer missing persons calls, investigations in 2025: Sarnia police

  11-03-2026 16:32 via theobserver.ca
  Sarnia police received fewer missing persons calls in 2025, according to police data. There were 273 calls last year, down from 395 in 2024 – a 31 per cent decrease – a recent report to the service’s board says. A graph in that same Feb. 26 report shows police conducted about 80 missing persons investigations in 2025, down from about 90 in 2024, and more than 120 in 2023. The graph shows were a little more than 80 missing persons investigations in 2022, and nearly 60 in 2021. M
  
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• Fewer missing person calls and investigations reported in 2025

  11-03-2026 16:32 via theobserver.ca
  Sarnia police received fewer missing persons calls last year. There were 273 calls, down from 395 in 2024 — a 31 per cent decrease — a report to the service’s board says. A graph in the Feb. 26 report shows police conducted about 80 missing persons investigations in 2025, down from about 90 in 2024, and 120 in 2023. There were about 80 missing persons investigations in 2022 60 in 2021. Most missing persons calls are resolved quickly and don’t require an investigation, ser
  
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• Walpole Island slaying: Accused convicted of 2nd-degree murder, kidnapping

  10-03-2026 21:20 via theobserver.ca
  A Sarnia-Lambton jury found the accused in a grisly Walpole Island homicide case guilty of second-degree murder and kidnapping Tuesday after a month-long trial. Oyebode Oyenuga, a 25-year-old Windsor man, was driven to Walpole Island in his own BMW while passed out on drugs and shot three times in the head near Pump House Road early on Feb. 3, 2021. His body was burned, dismembered, stuffed into garbage bags and tossed into water about three kilometres away, just off Dynamite Cut Road, the jury
  
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• Walpole Island murder trial: accused guilty of second-degree murder, kidnapping

  10-03-2026 21:20 via theobserver.ca
  A Sarnia-Lambton jury found the accused in a grisly Walpole Island homicide case guilty of second-degree murder and kidnapping on Tuesday as a month-long trial came to an end. Oyebode Oyenuga, a 25-year-old Windsor man, was driven to Walpole Island in his own BMW while passed out on drugs and shot three times in the head near Pump House Road early on Feb. 3, 2021. His body was burned, dismembered, stuffed into garbage bags and tossed into water about three kilometres away, just off Dynamite Cut
  
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• Sarnia police seek three after break-in, stabbing

  10-03-2026 21:12 via theobserver.ca
  Sarnia police say they are looking for three people after break-in and stabbing Monday night. Officers sent to a Russell Street South-area home about 9:15 p.m. found a male with a serious stab wound in the leg, police said. He was given emergency first aid and taken to hospital. “Due to the severity of the injuries, the (male) was later airlifted to a regional trauma centre for further treatment,” police said.The male’s injuries initially were deemed life-threatening, police sa
  
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• Updated waste collection contract approved; Sarnia city council notebook

  10-03-2026 21:08 via theobserver.ca
  Sarnia will spend an extra $335,000 per year, or an extra $2.35 million over seven years, to continue weekly garbage collection. The overall now-$20.6-million contract with Marcotte Disposal Inc., approved by city council Monday, also includes weekly green bin collection. A $740,000-per-year contract with London-based Convertus Canada to process organic waste into fertilizer for farms, and a $200,000-per-year Marcotte transfer site contract were approved in January. All contracts are expected to
  
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• Sarnia council notebook: Updated waste collection contract approved

  10-03-2026 21:08 via theobserver.ca
  Sarnia will spend an extra $335,000 per year, or an extra $2.35 million over seven years, to continue weekly garbage collection. The overall now-$20.6-million contract with Marcotte Disposal Inc., approved by city council Monday, also includes weekly green bin collection. A $740,000-a-year contract with London-based Convertus Canada to process organic waste into fertilizer for farms, and a $200,000-a-year Marcotte transfer site contract were approved in January. All contracts are expected to sta
  
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• Sarnia considering ways to address renovictions

  10-03-2026 18:39 via theobserver.ca
  Waiting on city staff for options to address renovictions in Sarnia, council heard more food for thought on the subject Monday. Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario director Douglas Kwan addressed council, recommending the city come up with a renoviction bylaw, proactively inspect local buildings to ensure they’re in good repair, look into a bylaw to protect local affordable housing stock, and advocate for provincial changes to the Residential Tenancies Act and Landlord Tenant Board. Sarnia
  
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• Sarnia approves bus pilot project for Air Canada service

  10-03-2026 17:37 via theobserver.ca
  Sarnia will try out a different type of Air Canada service that includes bus trips to and from Pearson Airport in Toronto. City council 7-2 voted Monday in favour of the Landline Co. service, expected to start around the end of May or early June. The one-year pilot includes check ins and luggage tagging in Sarnia, and includes automatic flight rebookings if there are bus-trip delays, city staff said in a report. “It’s one ticket with Air Canada . . . with a bus and a plane component,
  
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• Politico pulls 'upsetting' bid to price OPP policing for Sarnia

  10-03-2026 01:18 via theobserver.ca
  A proposal to look into the cost of OPP policing in Sarnia never made it to a council vote Monday, but just floating the idea sent ripples through Ontario’s small- and medium-sized policing associations. So says Police Association of Ontario president Mark Baxter, who was in Sarnia as council considered Coun. Bill Dennis’s motion to look into other policing models. “When a city the size of Sarnia starts talking about ‘we want to do an OPP costing,’ for whatever reas
  
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• Politician pulls 'upsetting' bid to price OPP policing for Sarnia

  10-03-2026 01:18 via theobserver.ca
  A proposal to look into the cost of OPP policing in Sarnia never made it to a council vote Monday, but just floating the idea sent ripples through Ontario’s small- and medium-sized policing associations. So says Police Association of Ontario president Mark Baxter, who was in Sarnia as council considered Coun. Bill Dennis’s motion to look into other policing models. “When a city the size of Sarnia starts talking about ‘we want to do an OPP costing,’ for whatever reas
  
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• OPP costing proposal in Sarnia withdrawn

  10-03-2026 01:18 via theobserver.ca
  A proposal to look into OPP costing in Sarnia never made it to a city council vote Monday, but just floating the idea sent ripples through small and medium-sized policing associations in Ontario. So says Police Association of Ontario president Mark Baxter, who was in Sarnia as council was considering Coun. Bill Dennis’s motion to look into other policing models. “When a city the size of Sarnia starts talking about ‘we want to do an OPP costing,’ for whatever reasons . . .
  
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• CF Industries cleans up at Sarnia Canstruction fundraiser awards

  08-03-2026 21:03 via theobserver.ca
  A team from CF Industries won four awards at the Inn of the Good Shepherd’s Canstruction event on the weekend at Lambton Mall, including judges’ favourite. It’s Toys Through the Times sculpture assembled at the mall Saturday, from 9,000 cans of food to be donated to the Inn’s food bank, also won the most cans award, best use of the toys theme and best use of labels. There were 10 teams involved in this year’s 13th running of the annual fundraiser where teams from th
  
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• Man slumped at bank faces drug rap: Sarnia police

  08-03-2026 16:10 via theobserver.ca
  Drugs were seized after an officer noticed a man slump over in an Exmouth Street bank vestibule on early Saturday, Sarnia police say. “The male appeared to be under the influence of narcotics due to his physical state and his struggle to retain consciousness,” a police release said.Forty-one grams grams of methamphetamine, worth an estimated $1,600, were found during a search, police said. A man, 63, of no fixed addressed, is charged with possessing drugs for trafficking, police said
  
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• Man found 'slumped' over in Sarnia bank vestibule facing drug charges: police

  08-03-2026 16:10 via theobserver.ca
  Drugs with an estimated street value of $1,600 were seized after an officer noticed a man slump over early Saturday morning in a bank vestibule on Exmouth Street, says Sarnia police. “The male appeared to be under the influence of narcotics due to his physical state and his struggle to retain consciousness,” police said in a news release.Police said 41 grams of methamphetamine were found during a search and a 63-year-old man of no fixed addressed has been charged with possession of d
  
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• Forest offering 'Spy Week' family activities during March Break

  08-03-2026 14:59 via theobserver.ca
  Kids in Forest are being encouraged to put on spy gear this March Break. Community events, film screenings, public skating and a riddle to solve have been organized in the community’s for March 15 to 21 by the Downtown Forest BIA, including the Forest Collective, Forest Museum, Kineto Theatre and North Lambton Community Health Center. Expanding free film screenings traditionally offered during March Break at the Kineto Theatre, a movie house the Kiwanis Club of Forest owns and runs, to off
  
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• New grant program aiding Sarnia-area small businesses

  07-03-2026 20:32 via theobserver.ca
  Grants of $4,000 each are available for 10 small businesses in the Sarnia area through a new Sarnia Lambton Economic Partnership program aimed at helping entrepreneurs. Applications to the Small Business Support Grant program are being accepted until April 10 and details can be found online at www.sarnialambton.on.ca/smallbusinessgrant. “We wanted to develop a program that was inclusive of any business in Lambton County that had been in business for at least a year, and would provide suppo
  
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• Warwick Township receives $3.3 million from province for flood protection

  07-03-2026 18:59 via theobserver.ca
  A $3.3-million grant from the province will help Warwick Township with a project aimed at protecting Watford residents from heavy rains and flooding that have hit the Lambton County municipality hard in recent years. Along with $1.2 million in township funds, the provincial grant announced Friday will be used to replace storm sewers and watermains on John, St. Clair, Warwick and Erie streets, the township said. The $3.3 million “helping hand” from the province “goes a long way&
  
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• Ontario gives Warwick Township flood-protection effort $3.3M boost

  07-03-2026 18:59 via theobserver.ca
  A $3.3-million provincial grant will help Warwick Township with an effort to protect Watford residents from heavy rains and flooding that have hit the Lambton County municipality hard in recent years. Along with $1.2 million in township funds, the provincial grant announced Friday will go to replace storm sewers and water mains on John, St. Clair, Warwick and Erie streets, the township said. The $3.3 million “helping hand” from the province “goes a long way” in a township
  
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• Free tax return service helping Sarnia-area residents access government benefits

  07-03-2026 15:08 via theobserver.ca
  For many clients at Sarnia’s Inn of the Good Shepherd, its free tax return service is the only one they need. Volunteers and staff at charity that runs shelters, a food bank, soup kitchen and other services for those in need, are also busy at this time of year running a free community tax clinic that last year helped file more than 4,100 returns. And for more than half of those clients, “it’s the only engagement they have with the Inn,” said executive director Jack Christ
  
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• Sarnia Lambton Beyond the Headlines episode 2: Kathy Alexander of the Bluewater Health Foundation - CKNX News Today

  07-03-2026 13:19
  Sarnia Lambton Beyond the Headlines episode 2: Kathy Alexander of the Bluewater Health Foundation  CKNX News Today
  
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• LPH, Sarnia Fire Rescue issue time change reminders - CKNX News Today

  07-03-2026 12:34
  LPH, Sarnia Fire Rescue issue time change reminders  CKNX News Today
  
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• CK, Sarnia kindergarten students get a head start on school - Sarnia News Today

  07-03-2026 12:04
  CK, Sarnia kindergarten students get a head start on school  Sarnia News Today
  
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• Sarnia police seize thousands in weapons, drugs, and other paraphernalia in search - CTV News

  07-03-2026 12:00
  Sarnia police seize thousands in weapons, drugs, and other paraphernalia in search  CTV News
  
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