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• SARSON, Wayne - The Sarnia Journal

  03-05-2025 06:00 via news.google.com
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• Judge worried for Sarnia man’s future as he’s jailed for weapons

  22-01-2026 23:24 via theobserver.ca
  A Sarnia judge told Dreyten Lawrence he’s a young man with a future, but he needs to get some help. “Otherwise, I fear for your future,” Justice Krista Lynn Leszczynski said as she sentenced him to three months in jail. “The behaviour that I’ve heard about today is most troubling and concerning.” Sarnia police issued two news releases about incidents involving Lawrence last year. The first took place outside a Devine Street apartment building on Jan. 31, 2025
  
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• Drug charges dropped linked to 2021 Sarnia bust worth $15K

  22-01-2026 18:52 via theobserver.ca
  A London woman who pleaded guilty last fall to trafficking fentanyl in Sarnia nearly five years ago was scheduled to be sentenced this week. Instead, her guilty plea was struck and all the drug charges Lynette Brennan, 39, was facing linked to the May 2021 traffic stop outside the Indian Road South Circle K were dropped. The unusual request was made by federal prosecutor Brian Higgins, who told the judge what’s happened since she was caught by Sarnia police with what they said at the time
  
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• New cold weather alert issued for Sarnia area

  22-01-2026 18:33 via theobserver.ca
  Another cold weather alert has been issued for the Sarnia area as frigid overnight temperatures are forecast to continue into the weekend. The alert, issued Thursday by Karalyn Dueck, Lambton County’s medical officer of health, will be in effect until Sunday, Lambton Public Health said in a news release. It follows an earlier alert issued Monday and ending Wednesday, also based on the forecast by Environment Canada’s weather office. On Thursday, the forecast was calling for overnight
  
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• Sarnia research park seeks extra funding while rebuilding tenancy

  22-01-2026 18:18 via theobserver.ca
  The Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park is asking Lambton County for $845,000 to $1.3 million in additional funding in 2026 as it works to rebuild a tenant roster that plunged in the wake of the pandemic. The additional money, on top of about $650,000 in annual base county funding, is part of refinancing proposals for the office buildings, labs and land that makes up the research park owned by the county through a community development corporation. Tenancy at the research park, which sat above
  
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• Pedestrian struck by vehicle dies: Walpole Island police

  22-01-2026 17:47 via theobserver.ca
  A Walpole Island resident is dead after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle Tuesday, First Nation police say. Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to the collision on Tecumseh Road about 10 p.m., a Walpole Island police release said. A Walpole resident, 29, was taken to hospital, where they were pronounced dead, police said. Walpole Island police, assisted by an OPP traffic incident team, are investigating. They ask witnesses or anyone with dashcam video from the area to call them at 1-888
  
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• Lambton County draft budget calls for 3.48 per cent tax increase

  21-01-2026 19:35 via theobserver.ca
  Warden Kevin Marriott was feeling positive about the draft budget Lambton County managers delivered Wednesday to county council. The $320.9-million budget proposal, to be considered by council at its budget meeting Feb. 4, would see county property taxes increase 3.48 per cent, or $18.23 for every $100,000 of a home’s assessed value. “I’m very happy with the budget, up to this point,” Marriott said following a committee meeting where county staff outlined the draft spendi
  
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• Sarnia man jailed yet again but pledges to turn life around

  21-01-2026 19:04 via theobserver.ca
  A Sarnia man who’s repeatedly gotten in trouble with the law plans on making some major changes. Daniel Plain, who has been featured in several Sarnia police news releases in recent years, spoke at length in court recently about wanting to turn his life around. He told a Sarnia judge, who has sentenced him twice in just over a month, the last three years of his life have been nothing short of hard. “I’m ashamed of the person I’ve become,” he said. “This is not
  
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• Sarnia Muslim Association bazaar about forging community connections: spokesperson

  21-01-2026 18:24 via theobserver.ca
  The Sarnia Muslim Association, hoping to forge community connections, is hosting a bazaar at its Sarnia mosque Feb. 7. Called the Ramadan Eid Bazaar, the 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. event features clothing and food vendors, a photo booth, mosque tours, and offers a chance to gain insights into the Islamic faith, said association spokesperson Tahreem Fatima. That includes learning how prayers are offered, and a chance for people to try on scarves and hijab if they want, she said. Smaller vendor-sale events
  
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• Weekly waste collection to continue in Sarnia; city council notebook

  21-01-2026 16:43 via theobserver.ca
  Sarnia will keep its weekly garbage collection when new waste collection contracts start in 2027. City council approved the extra estimated $350,000 expense Monday, bringing the annual price for household waste in Sarnia to around $4 million. The staff recommendation was garbage collection every other week, arguing a looming, weekly green bin program would minimize smell and volume in garbage bags. “I do not believe, for the cost involved, we should be moving away from weekly garbage colle
  
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• Outstanding warrant leads to drug trafficking charges - sarniapolice.ca

  21-01-2026 13:00 via news.google.com
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• Local roundup: McGregor returns to Paralympics; Lions add softball recruit - theobserver.ca

  21-01-2026 10:48 via news.google.com
  Local roundup: McGregor returns to Paralympics; Lions add softball recruit  theobserver.ca
  
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• Sarnia’s 2026 budget continues critical infrastructure plan - ontarioconstructionnews.com

  21-01-2026 05:22 via news.google.com
  Sarnia’s 2026 budget continues critical infrastructure plan  ontarioconstructionnews.com
  
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• Emotional Lambton County man jailed 45 days for impaired driving

  20-01-2026 22:36 via theobserver.ca
  A traffic stop in Watford has cost a Lambton County man 45 days in jail. Garrette Moran, a banned driver who was more than double the limit when he was pulled over while police were looking for speeding vehicles, was recently sentenced to 1 1/2 months behind bars. “It could have been lengthier than that,” Justice Krista Lynn Leszczynski told him. Officers were watching for speeding vehicles heading north on Nauvoo Road into Watford, which is a 40 km/h zone, on Sept. 13, 2024 when the
  
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• Trillium Foundation funding to help add public washrooms in downtown Forest - theobserver.ca

  20-01-2026 21:30 via news.google.com
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• Trillium Foundation funding to help add public washrooms in downtown Forest

  20-01-2026 21:28 via theobserver.ca
  New public washrooms are expected to open this summer near Forest’s downtown. A “four-season” public washroom Lambton Shores plans to build in the community’s Rotary Park will be funded in part by $122,900 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The grant is expected to cover about half of the cost of the washroom project, said Ashley Farr, Lambton Shores’ director of community services. “We’ll be doing a tender shortly for the site servicing” and th
  
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• Sarnia Community Foundation seeking scholarship applicants - theobserver.ca

  20-01-2026 19:35 via news.google.com
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• Sarnia Community Foundation seeking scholarship applicants

  20-01-2026 19:30 via theobserver.ca
  Some scholarship money with the Sarnia Community Foundation has been going unclaimed, and the foundation is looking for more applicants. So says executive director Mike Barron. “We’re trying to raise the profile for sure,” he said. In his three years with the public foundation, which manages funds for local grants and community projects, there haven’t been enough applicants to award routinely a St. Vincent de Paul Society scholarship for a post-secondary student studying
  
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• Sarnia Police seize multiple firearms following intimate partner violence investigation - vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca

  20-01-2026 19:04 via news.google.com
  Sarnia Police seize multiple firearms following intimate partner violence investigation  vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca
  
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• Point Edward's share of casino revenue dropped in 2025 - theobserver.ca

  20-01-2026 19:00 via news.google.com
  Point Edward's share of casino revenue dropped in 2025  theobserver.ca
  
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• Point Edward's share of casino revenue dropped in 2025

  20-01-2026 18:57 via theobserver.ca
  Point Edward’s revenue from hosting the Starlight Casino on its waterfront was about $250,000 less than expected in 2025. The village’s latest payment from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG) was $350,000 for the financial quarter running Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, as part of the corporation’s regular payments to host communities under a provincewide formula using a graduated scale of gaming revenue at casino sites. Since the start of the corporation’s financial year in Ap
  
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• 'Things are going to change in October' says Sarnia councillor - sarnianewstoday.ca

  20-01-2026 17:58 via news.google.com
  'Things are going to change in October' says Sarnia councillor  sarnianewstoday.ca
  
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• Police posting gossip feeds the ignorant - thesarniajournal.ca

  20-01-2026 17:29 via news.google.com
  Police posting gossip feeds the ignorant  thesarniajournal.ca
  
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• Sawed-off Gun Seized During Intimate Partner Violence Investigation - sarniapolice.ca

  20-01-2026 15:38 via news.google.com
  Sawed-off Gun Seized During Intimate Partner Violence Investigation  sarniapolice.ca
  
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• Wallaceburg man among two arrested after traffic stop in Sarnia - sydenhamcurrent.ca

  20-01-2026 07:00 via news.google.com
  Wallaceburg man among two arrested after traffic stop in Sarnia  sydenhamcurrent.ca
  
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• Heritage church in Sarnia won’t be protected - petrolialambtonindependent.ca

  20-01-2026 03:48 via news.google.com
  Heritage church in Sarnia won’t be protected  petrolialambtonindependent.ca
  
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• Sarnia council nixes heritage tag for 1880s-era former church - theobserver.ca

  20-01-2026 03:20 via news.google.com
  Sarnia council nixes heritage tag for 1880s-era former church  theobserver.ca
  
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• Sarnia rejects heritage designation for former church building

  20-01-2026 03:16 via theobserver.ca
  An 1880s-built former church in Sarnia won’t be designated under Ontario’s Heritage Act. City council unanimously decided against the designation Monday, recommended by Sarnia’s heritage committee. “This is an extremely difficult position to take considering how important our history is here,” said Coun. Brian White. But the cost to fix the building, if all repairs and refurbishments adhere to the same historical style, is too much, he said. Property owner Anthony M
  
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• Sarnia council nixes heritage tag for 1880s-era former church

  20-01-2026 03:16 via theobserver.ca
  An 1880s-vintage former Sarnia church won’t be designated under Ontario’s Heritage Act. City council unanimously decided against the designation Monday, recommended by Sarnia’s heritage committee. “This is an extremely difficult position to take considering how important our history is here,” said Coun. Brian White. But the cost to fix the building, if all repairs and refurbishments adhere to the same historical style, is too much, he said. Property owner Anthony Mo
  
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• Sarnia Sting need to come up big in game-changing moments - theobserver.ca

  20-01-2026 02:10 via news.google.com
  Sarnia Sting need to come up big in game-changing moments  theobserver.ca
  
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