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• WEENING, Pete - The Sarnia Journal

  14-03-2025 05:00 via news.google.com
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• Warwick taxes increasing four per cent

  02-02-2026 17:20
  Warwick Township taxes are increasing four per cent in 2026. The east Lambton municipality with about 4,000 people recently set its $9.67-million operating budget for the year, including using about $128,000 from reserves. The tax increase means another $27.90 per $100,000 of residential assessment, the township said in a news release. Council initially was considering a five per cent tax hike, but opted to draw money from its hydro reserve fund, to keep costs in check, Mayor Todd Case said. &ld
  
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• Sarnia impaired driver ‘lucky’ he didn’t die or kill anyone: judge, prosecutor

  01-02-2026 17:26
  A Sarnia judge told Victor Rivera-Gutierrez one question came to mind after looking at a couple of the photos of his impaired driving crash. “I said, ‘How did anybody get out of this alive?’” Justice Paul Kowalyshyn recalled. The incident took place shortly after midnight on Oct. 18, when Sarnia police got a crash detection call from a cellphone in the area of Waterworks Road and Confederation Line. “Upon arrival, police located a severely damaged vehicle in a cornf
  
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• Sarnia judge to bike thief: ‘You’re not very good’

  31-01-2026 20:56
  A Sarnia judge had some career advice for William Hayter. “You’re not very good at stealing bikes. So, if you plan on getting into the bike shop business you need to buy them, not steal them,” Justice Paul Kowalyshyn said while sentencing Hayter to four months in jail. “And you need to respect other people’s property, pure and simple.” Sarnia police launched an investigation this past July into reports of stolen bicycles and thefts from vehicles. Hayter, 41, o
  
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• On eve of trial, man pleads guilty to smuggling 19 kg drugs over Blue Water Bridge

  31-01-2026 20:23
  The re-trial of a Blue Water Bridge drug smuggling case was set to start Monday at the Sarnia courthouse, but it has been cancelled after the accused pleaded guilty Friday at the last minute. Mensah Adiyiah, who previously had a trial in Sarnia but the jury was deadlocked and couldn’t come to a verdict, pleaded guilty in front of a judge to two charges linked to a drug seizure on April 15, 2020, on the Canadian side of the twin-span bridge connecting Michigan and the Sarnia area. They char
  
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• Last-minute guilty plea averts Blue Water Bridge drug-smuggling retrial

  31-01-2026 20:23
  A man facing retrial Monday on charges he tried to smuggle 19 kilograms of cocaine into Canada via the Blue Water Bridge in 2020 entered a last-minute guilty plea. Mensah Adiyiah, whose previous trial on charges of importing and possessing cocaine for trafficking ended in a hung jury, pleaded guilty to the two charges in a Sarnia court Friday. The charges relate to an April 15, 2020, drug seizure on the Canadian side of the twin-span bridge connecting Michigan and the Sarnia area Adiyiah will be
  
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• Guilty plea cancels Blue Water Bridge drug-smuggling retrial

  31-01-2026 20:23
  Guilty plea cancels Blue Water Bridge drug-smuggling retrialcase was set to start Monday at the Sarnia courthouse, but it has been cancelled after the accused pleaded guilty Friday at the last minute. Mensah Adiyiah, who previously had a trial in Sarnia but the jury was deadlocked and couldn’t come to a verdict, pleaded guilty in front of a judge to two charges linked to a drug seizure on April 15, 2020, on the Canadian side of the twin-span bridge connecting Michigan and the Sarnia area.
  
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• Sarnia Sting want veteran players to lead the way - The Sarnia Observer

  30-01-2026 21:21 via news.google.com
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• Local roundup: Legionnaires blown out; Schechinger to CFL combine; Lions host tourney - The Sarnia Observer

  30-01-2026 20:41 via news.google.com
  Local roundup: Legionnaires blown out; Schechinger to CFL combine; Lions host tourney  The Sarnia Observer
  
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• Saginaw at Sarnia Game Preview – January 30 - Canadian Hockey League

  30-01-2026 20:36 via news.google.com
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• Showtime at the Kineto: Sarnia blues, soul band seeks fans for video shoot at Forest theatre - The Sarnia Observer

  30-01-2026 19:47 via news.google.com
  Showtime at the Kineto: Sarnia blues, soul band seeks fans for video shoot at Forest theatre  The Sarnia Observer
  
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• Showtime at the Kineto: Sarnia blues, soul band seeks fans for video shoot at Forest theatre

  30-01-2026 19:46
  A Sarnia blues and soul band eyeing an overseas tour hopes to pack a Forest theatre for a promotional video shoot next week. The Robb Sharp Band play the historic Kineto Theatre in Forest is 2-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. Tickets are $15 from kineto.ca. “We’re going to do a two-set blues, R & B and soul show for them, and we’ll have photographers . . . and a videographer,” said Sharp, the band’s lead singer and guitarist. “We want to be able to film au
  
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• Sarnia Christian School set to launch high school in the fall - The Sarnia Observer

  30-01-2026 19:36 via news.google.com
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• Sarnia Christian School set to launch high school in the fall

  30-01-2026 19:33
  After taking an extra year to prepare, Sarnia Christian School is planning to launch a high school program in September. The private Christian elementary school, which has operated since the mid-1950s on Exmouth Street, initially planned to begin a secondary school program with a Grade 9 class in September 2025. But they moved the opening to fall 2026 to have more time to organize the new program and “share the vision with the community,” said Nathan Johns, director of high school de
  
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• GTA man charged after Sarnia police sex probe held pending bail hearing - The Sarnia Observer

  30-01-2026 19:04 via news.google.com
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• GTA man charged after Sarnia police sex probe held pending bail hearing

  30-01-2026 19:02
  A Toronto-area man charged after a youth received an explicit image via text from a relative remains in custody at Sarnia Jail pending a bail hearing, Sarnia police say. A youth reported the unwanted text Jan. 22, police said last weekend. Investigators, in partnership with the Children’s Aid Society, interviewed the child with a parent present and looked into the incident. “As a result of the investigation, police uncovered allegations of historical sexual abuse . . .  alleged
  
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• GTA man charged after Sarnia police child sex probe held pending bail hearing

  30-01-2026 19:02
  A Toronto-area man Sarnia police said they arrested one week ago after a youth received an explicit image via text from a family member is still in custody at the Sarnia Jail and hasn’t had a bail hearing yet. Sarnia police said in a news release issued last Saturday they were contacted by a youth on Jan. 22, who reported the unwanted text. With a parent at their side, the Sarnia police criminal investigations division, in partnership with the Children’s Aid Society, interviewed the
  
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• 'Everything's on the table' as future of new Sarnia police facility is considered - CKNX News Today

  30-01-2026 18:04 via news.google.com
  'Everything's on the table' as future of new Sarnia police facility is considered  CKNX News Today
  
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• 1 ON 1 with Sarnia Legionnaires Coach Mike Bondy ahead of matchup with St. Thomas Friday - 94.1 St.ThomasToday.ca

  30-01-2026 17:55 via news.google.com
  1 ON 1 with Sarnia Legionnaires Coach Mike Bondy ahead of matchup with St. Thomas Friday  94.1 St.ThomasToday.ca
  
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• March move-in eyed at long-awaited Sarnia affordable housing project - The Sarnia Observer

  30-01-2026 17:09 via news.google.com
  March move-in eyed at long-awaited Sarnia affordable housing project  The Sarnia Observer
  
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• March move-in eyed at long-awaited Sarnia affordable housing project

  30-01-2026 17:06
  Tenants are expected to begin moving in early March into a long-awaited addition to an affordable seniors housing apartment building in Sarnia. Lambton County received occupancy Dec. 19 to a three-storey, 24-unit addition at Maxwell Park Place, an affordable seniors housing building next to London Road, said Melisa Johnson, the county’s housing services manager. “It was a nice Christmas present for us,” she said. “It has been a long road, obviously.” Construction of
  
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• Another cold weather warning issued for Windsor, Chatham and Sarnia region - CBC

  30-01-2026 12:59 via news.google.com
  Another cold weather warning issued for Windsor, Chatham and Sarnia region  CBC
  
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• Sarnia woman held after alleged release order breaches - Sydenham Current

  30-01-2026 07:57 via news.google.com
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• Coast Watchers on lookout for volunteers in Lambton County - The Sarnia Observer

  29-01-2026 22:12 via news.google.com
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• Coast Watchers on lookout for volunteers in Lambton County

  29-01-2026 22:06
  A citizen science project that’s been running for two decades is seeking more volunteers along the northern stretch of Lambton County’s Lake Huron shoreline. Coast Watchers, a monitoring program with the Lake Huron Coastal Centre, turned 20 in 2025. The program has changed, improved and “grown immensely” over the years, said Meredith Watson, the centre’s stewardship program co-ordinator. “It’s exciting to have such a long-standing program,” she sai
  
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• Changes to the 2026 Sarnia Police Service Board - Sarnia Police Service

  29-01-2026 20:45 via news.google.com
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• Watford: Upgrades on tap for Lambton's last operating Carnegie library

  29-01-2026 20:18
  Lambton County’s only operating library built with a donation from U.S. steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie is expected to keep welcoming patrons for years to come. The Watford library building, constructed in 1912 with $6,000 from Carnegie, is maintained by Warwick Township as the home of the municipality’s only Lambton County Library branch. This year, the township plans foundation repairs, flooring and lighting and other improvements, while the county library proposes a new circulation d
  
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• Trucker gets conditional discharge for dust-up at Blue Water Bridge - The Sarnia Observer

  29-01-2026 19:15 via news.google.com
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• Trucker gets conditional discharge for dust-up at Blue Water Bridge

  29-01-2026 19:12
  A Southwestern Ontario truck driver has avoided a criminal record, but has been put on probation and ordered to do community service after punching another trucker in the face on the Blue Water Bridge. The dustup took place on March 6  shortly after 2 a.m. on the Canadian side of the twin-span bridge connecting Michigan and the Sarnia area. A Sarnia courtroom heard a driving incident caused one transport truck to come in contact with another as they were both heading into a Canada Border Se
  
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• Trucker gets community service for punching trucker in face at Blue Water Bridge

  29-01-2026 19:12
  A Southwestern Ontario truck driver has avoided a criminal record, but has been put on probation and ordered to do community service after punching another trucker in the face on the Blue Water Bridge. The dustup took place on March 6  shortly after 2 a.m. on the Canadian side of the twin-span bridge connecting Michigan and the Sarnia area. A Sarnia courtroom heard a driving incident caused one transport truck to come in contact with another as they were both heading into a Canada Border Se
  
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