The Observer (Sarnia)
Walker scholarship winner sings Point Edward's praises
Jordyn Guggisberg, this year's recipient of the Maynard and Rene Walker Family scholarship, has called Point Edward home all 18 years of her life. The graduate of St. Patrick's secondary school is the 12th village resident to receive the US$5,000...
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Unions fly flag during 124th Sarnia Labour Day Parade
Sarnia's 124th Labour Day Parade made its way along Front Street Monday, in sight of Michigan on the other side of the St. Clair River. It was a reminder of one worry on the minds of labour leaders amid ongoing tariffs and trade threats from the U.S....
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As summer fades, fall fairs are just getting warmed up
Southwestern Ontario has a long-standing fair tradition. In September and October, communities celebrate with unique food, livestock competitions, derbies, and midway rides. Many date back to before Confederation and evolve with new entertainment...
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WRAP SHOW
Ryan Lounsbury, left, and Karlie Best, teachers at P.E. McGibbon public school in Sarnia, stand next to a traffic box at Wellington and Russell streets decorated with a wrap made of artwork from the school's Builders Club.
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Brooke-Alvinston mayor to retire from council following municipal election
Voting is weeks away, but one thing already is known about the Brooke-Alvinston municipal election race: the eastern Lambton County municipality will have a new mayor. David Ferguson is retiring. “I've done this for eight years, and I've enjoyed...
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Tariff relief promised for `as long as necessary'
Canada will provide financial suppo7rt for businesses affected by U.S. tariffs for as long as it takes, the country's secretary of state for financial institutions says. “The support will last as long as necessary,” said Wayne Long, at an event at a...
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New power generation planned at former LGS site in Lambton
Ontario's energy and mines minister says he wants to see nuclear power generation built in St. Clair Township, helping bolster provincial energy supply and creating thousands of jobs. “We see this as an awesome place for nuclear power,” Stephen Lecce...
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Local tariff impact being assessed: SarniaLambton chamber boss
It's too early to tell what the impact of U.S. tariffs will mean for Sarnia-Lambton businesses, says the local chamber of commerce boss. Companies are “still trying to digest, figure out what's what,” said interim chamber CEO Steve Crozier. “It's...
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London home searched in Walpole, area drug probe was raided before
A London home raided last year in the city's largest-ever fentanyl bust was searched again last month as part of a Southwestern Ontario drug-trafficking investigation that led to charges against three London residents. Lambton County OPP launched...
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Man found guilty of trying to murder Sarnia cop
Ryan Whiteway sighed and cursed as he was found guilty Tuesday of attempting to murder a Sarnia police officer. Then he stood in the prisoner's box and turned to look at the gallery of about 25 officers, many in uniform, there to support their...
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FLIPPER TRAINING
Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Unit 512, PointSAR members and several Sarnia firefighters took part Thursday evening in Zodiac capsize reversal training at Sarnia Harbour led by the Canadian Coast Guard.
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SPECTACULAR SUNSETS
As the sun begins its slow descent toward Lake Huron, the beach seems to pause. Swimmers take a break and families settle into the sand. Phones rise along the pier as the lake catches streaks of gold and the sky shifts from pale blue to orange, pink...
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BIG SQUEEZE
Operating the Big Squeeze lemonade stand at the Mainstreet Credit Union in Sarnia are Maggie Clark, Kadian Shaw and Cam Brown. Mainstreet, a sponsor of the fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sarnia-Lambton, was one of 87 lemonade stands set up...
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ROADSIDE MEMORIAL
A memorial including flowers and a toy car sits near the intersection of Courtright Line and Nauvoo Road in Brooke-Alvinston Monday. Lambton OPP said on Friday a 21-year-old from Newbury died there following a single-vehicle collision.
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Motorist, 21, dead after singlevehicle crash: Lambton OPP
A 21-year-old has died after a single-vehicle crash here early Friday, provincial police say. Emergency crews were called to a “serious” one-vehicle collision at Courtright Line and Nauvoo Road about 7:20 a.m., Lambton OPP said. “As a result of the...
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Service Ontario operator in Corunna says future uncertain under provincial changes
Changes to the way the province pays independent Service Ontario operators are making it hard for a third-generation operator in Corunna to keep going. Christyann Alexander owns and operates the Service Ontario counter on Lyndock Street in Corunna, a...
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Veggie races heat up Petrolia Farmers Market
Vegetables were rolling Saturday at the Petrolia Farmers' Market. It was the third annual veggie race hosted by the Lambton County Library, which has a Petrolia branch in an historic railway station building next to the farmers' market in Petrolia's...
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SUNNY MELODIES
Brenda Earle Stokes performs with her quartet at the Mitton Street Parkette Wednesday evening as part of the Sarnia's Sounds of Summer free concert series. The series runs Monday to Thursday at 7 p.m. at locations around the city through the summer....
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TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
A tug approaches Algoma Equinox, a lake freighter that ran aground this week near Sidney Smith Wharf at Sarnia Harbour. The ship was free and moving down river the next day. See the full story on
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`It was devastating to look at'
Crews were busy clearing downed trees and limbs in St. Clair Township early this week after a storm packing high winds moved through the Mooretown area Saturday afternoon. “It was devastating to look at,” Mayor Jeff Agar said Monday. Trees were down...
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Dumpster dozer hurt in plunge into garbage truck, fire officials say
A person sleeping in a dumpster was hurt after being emptied into a garbage truck Friday morning, Sarnia fire officials say. Firefighters used a ladder to climb into the truck and then pulled the person out about 6 a.m. The person was assessed by...
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EXPANSION UNDERWAY
St. Clair Township Mayor Jeff Agar and dignitaries break ground on a $48M Courtright wastewater treatment plant upgrade officials hope will lead to more local jobs and investment.
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SHOWING HER PRIDE
Ally Fraser takes part Sunday's Queer Joy Canada Pride Parade. The event was part of weekend Pride in the Park festivities in Sarnia's Canatara Park
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Sarnia-raised hip hop artist and author named to Order of Canada
When The Amazing Race Canada asked Duane (D.O.) Gibson what his hometown is, he didn't hesitate. “I said my hometown is Sarnia, Ont.,” Gibson said. The rapper, author and newly named member of the Order of Canada was born in Saskatchewan to a family...
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GROWTH CYCLE
Ken MacAlpine, chairperson of the Bluewater Cycling Organization, stands outside its recently expanded storage shed next to the Strangway Community Centre hobby shop in Sarnia.
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Ontario, Alberta unveil plan for new oil pipeline to Sarnia
Ontario and Alberta plan to build a 3,300-kilometre oil pipeline to deliver oilsands crude to refineries in Sarnia. Premiers Doug Ford and Danielle Smith unveiled the proposed route for the Northern Shield Energy Corridor at a news conference in...
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COUNTY COUNCIL
St. Clair Township council would like to have Port Lambton firefighters respond to some non-urgent 911 ambulance calls so they can offer help until paramedics arrive. Township Mayor Jeff Agar raised the issue Thursday during a Lambton County council...
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Turnout dips for Canada Day in Sarnia amid heat warning
There were fewer people than usual in Canatara Park for Canada Day celebrations in Sarnia Wednesday. “The crowds are a little bit down, but we expected that,” said Becky Wellington-Horner, who chairs Sarnia's organizing committee for the annual...
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Canada Day bashes under way in Sarnia-Lambton
BRIGHT'S GROVE Canada Day celebrations are officially under way in Sarnia-Lambton. Thousands of people showed up here Saturday for the Bright's Grove Optimist Club's Canada Day in the Grove event. Held in Kenwick Park, the community gathering ran for...
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Give Canada Day a hand: Sarnia organizers looking for volunteers
Sarnia's Canada Day organizers have put out a call for volunteers to help with what's traditionally the city's largest event. Typically, some 30,000 people turn out for the July 1 parade, multicultural food stands and other activities in Canatara Park...
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`Portfolio' of Sarnia-area affordable housing proposals to seek federal funds
An affordable housing proposal for which Sarnia city council approved rezoning Monday could help the community leverage more than $50 million in upper government funding. The proposed $32.5-million, 94-apartment building Lambton County would like to...
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FATHER'S DAY FUN
Aiden Broderick was at work Sunday morning with the rest of the breakfast crew at Mike Weir Park in Sarnia for the 39th Huron House Boys Home Walk/Run/Bike. About 450 walkers, runners and cyclists took part in the annual Father's day fundraiser.
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`It's like home'
Marie Short's thoughts were on future generations as an Indigenous Outdoor Space at Lambton College in Sarnia officially opened. “Future children . . . will be able to go there and have a safe place,” said the college's elder in residence. “It's like...
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$2M Agwazhe dome added to Bear Park for annual pow wow
Bear Park has a new look for this year's Aamjiwnaang First Nation Pow Wow. A $2-million dome has been added to the park for the 63rd annual cele-bration today and Sunday featuring food, dancing, and local artisans, said Sophie Solares, Aamjiwnaang's...
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Sarnia-area chamber CEO takes leave to join city mayoral race
Carrie McEachran announced Monday she's running for mayor of Sarnia. McEachran has taken a leave of absence from her post as chief executive of the Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce, said campaign manager Katherine Walker. “I am honoured by the...
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FIGHTING WEST NILE
Branton Mastrandrea, with Pestalto Environmental Health Services Inc., drops mosquito larvicide in a catch basin on Alexandra Avenue in Point Edward as part of Lambton Public Health's efforts to reduce the risk of West Nile virus. Drivers are being...
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Chief drops $1.5M suit against Sarnia newspaper, owner
Sarnia's police chief has withdrawn his lawsuit against a local newspaper and its ownership. Derek Davis launched a $1.5-million action in April against the Sarnia Journal, its Sarnia Media Group Inc. parent company, and majority owner Nathan...
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Lambton College celebrates graduates at convocation
Alix Emmrich had one more exam to get through after crossing the stage at Lambton College's convocation this week. The Waterloo resident graduated from a two-year program at the college in Sarnia Tuesday and is working for Lambton Emergency Medical...
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Sarnia-area law enforcement officers carry the torch for Special Olympics
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...
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BRICK BY BRICK
A six-storey apartment building is rising on a London Road site next to Lambton Mall. The building, the first of several planned for the site, is a project of London-based Southside Group. The company said previously the apartment building is expected...
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ROPER'S ROMP
Sharon Ritchie and other volunteers take a dance break during Saturday's Mrs. Roper's Romp, Sarnia-Lambton Chapter, car wash at the Point Edward Ex-servicemen's Hall in support of the Women's Interval Home. Chapter members take part in events dressed...
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Ex-T.O. deputy named Sarnia's interim top cop
A former City of Toronto deputy police chief has been appointed by the Sarnia Police Services Board to provide interim oversight and leadership while Chief Derek Davis is on administrative suspension, with pay. The board said in a statement Friday...
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County council asked to OK $32.5M Sarnia plan — if feds, Ontario kick in
Lambton County councillors are being asked to green-light a $32.5-million affordable housing project on Sarnia's Cathcart Boulevard — if Ottawa and Ontario pony up at least $16.4 million. The project and its proposed financing, which won a county...
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TIME TO DANCE
A performer with Brampton's It's Time 2 Dance wears poi kaal kuthrai garb during a performance at Sarnia's Redeemer Christian Reformed Church Saturday. The dance was part of the Sarnia Tamil Sangam group's Tamil New Year celebration.
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Meet Simon, the `cuddle bug'
Drivers passing the paddock on Meghan Clarke's horse farm near Petrolia pull over now and then to ask a question. Is that a camel? It is, and his name is Simon. “I was contacted by a friend about a zoo in Quebec that was forced to shut down,” Clarke...
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UNEASY SLIDERS
Brigden's Claire Haugh, 1, left, and her sister Eloise, 2, start down a slide Thursday at a playground in Sarnia's Canatara Park.
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LEATHER WORK
Jennifer Seel, a student in a leather carving class at Sarnia's Strangway Centre, poses Tuesday with some of the equipment used. The recreation centre for adults offers 85 programs annually and sees about 2,000 users, city officials have said.
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YOUNG STARTER
Robert Tiede, 2, and Clarissa Tiede from Watford cross the finish line of the Watford Alvinston Road Race 2026 on Monday outside the East Lambton Community Complex. Monday's race was the 67th annual edition of the event.
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Hopefuls line up early, hoping to Catch the Ace — and $2M
Ed Kukura, Ace Concordia and Julien Malles were first in line Thursday at the legion in Sarnia to buy tickets for an estimated $2-million top prize in the weekly Catch the Ace lottery. They set up camp at about 11 p.m. Wednesday, Kukura...
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THEY KNOW THEIR ONIONS
Lambton Shrine Club members, from left, George Spence, Ray Hardy and Rob Donald were on duty Wednesday morning at the group's annual Vidalia onion sale next to the Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward. The fundraiser, held for about three decades, raises...
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FOR THE BIRDS
Volunteer Dagmar Joosten holds a kestrel named Nico from the Bluewater Centre for Raptor Rehabilitation Saturday during a World Bird Migration Day event in Sarnia's Canatara Park.
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DEADLY CRASH
Norma Lagacy heard a boom early Friday. It "shook the whole place,” she said. What Lagacy heard was an SUV crashing into a support pillar for the Murphy Road overpass on Guthrie Drive East about 12:30 a.m., Sarnia police said. The lone male occupant...
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COUNTDOWN BEGINS
Sarnia Coun. David Boushy, left, and Kevin Marriott, warden of Lambton County, talk while standing next to a calendar unveiled Wednesday at county council to mark the remaining meetings until Boushy, first elected to city council in the 1960s, retires...
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Sarnia's Great Lakes high school shares the `joy of music'
The Great Lakes secondary school auditorium was full for the 10th music Monday community music event at the Sarnia high school. About 570 pupils and staff from 11 local elementary school filled all the seats while the high school's music department,...
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SUPPORT WITH A SMILE
Jack Christine, executive director of the Inn of the Good Shepherd, and executive assistant Robyn Lafond decorate smile cookies Thursday at the Tim Hortons on London Road in Sarnia. Sale of the cookies at Sarnia Tim Horton locations through Sunday will...
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Sarnia day of mourning shines light on mental health impacts from workplace
The impact of workplace incidents on workers' mental health was a focus of Wednesday's day of mourning ceremony in Sarnia. The Canadian Labour Congress declared a national day of mourning in 1984 for workers killed and injured on the job and this...
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PITCHING IN
Rob Collie, with the Rotary Club of Sarnia, collects trash in Germain Park Saturday. Collie was among about 375 participants tending to 38 city parks during Sarnia's annual community parks cleanup day, said recreation co-ordinator Rebecca Warren....
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ALL KEYED UP
Ariya Parmar, 11, left, and Emily Gomez, 12, are shown at St. Giles Presbyterian Church in Sarnia Wednesday before taking part in an under 13 piano duet event at the 95th Lambton County Music Festival. The festival runs through May 1.
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Joy, excitement and trusting God
A new bishop is taking over the Diocese of London, which serves about 450,000 Southwestern Ontario Catholics. Pope Leo XIV has appointed Rev. Daniel Miehm as the 11th Bishop of London beginning in June, replacing Bishop Ronald Fabbro, who has held the...
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HIVE OF ACTIVITY
Haley Walker, beekeeper at St. John in the Wilderness Anglican Church in Bright's Grove, shows Laura Greaves a section of a beehive during Saturday's Climate Action Sarnia-Lambton Earth Day family activities at the Sarnia Public Library. With Walker is...
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SAD FAREWELL
Pallbearers wearing jerseys with the name Dane on the front and Nisbet and the number 15 on the back wait to carry the casket of Dane Nisbet Friday into the funeral service at Temple Baptist Church in Sarnia. Read more on
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They need your vote
The Petrolia Community Refrigerator, a volunteer group providing food at no cost to those in need, is appealing for community support — this time in the form of online votes. It's one of three Ontario community programs vying for up to $25,000 from...
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Deadly Lambton College shooting
Sarnia's top cop had this advice for a Londoner charged in a Sarnia student pub shooting that killed a 20-year-old Sarnia junior hockey player and injured two former teammates: “Turn yourself in.” “To Mr. Doe directly, I say that every time you go to...
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Former junior hockey player, 20, killed in Lambton College shooting: Police
The perpetrators remain at large after gunfire erupted early Friday at a campus bar at Lambton College in Sarnia, leaving one man dead and two others – all three played junior hockey together – injured, sources say. A 20-year-old Sarnia man died in...
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Ambassador Bridge loses top spot as busiest U.S.-Canada trade crossing
The Ambassador Bridge's long reign as the busiest Canada-U.S. trade crossing has come to an end. The Blue Water Bridge in Sarnia saw roughly 274,000 more commercial trucks than the Windsor border crossing last year, representing a major change in the...
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SUGAR! SUGAR!
The Petrolia and District Skating Club's senior team performs during the club's ice show, “Sugar! Sugar!,” on Sunday afternoon at the Greenwood Recreation Centre. Sunday's performance was the club's 63rd annual ice show.
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County mulls alternative site for Sarnia overflow shelter
Lambton County isn't expected to close an overflow homeless shelter in Sarnia any time soon, but it is considering an alternative permanent location for the additional beds. County council got an update Wednesday in a staff report on the Out of the...
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ALMOST BUNNY TIME
Lauren Dillon, a staffer at the Children's Animal Farm in Sarnia's Canatara Park, holds Oreo the rabbit as the park gears up for the free Easter in the Park bash Saturday. The farm is free to visit daily from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more on Easter in the...
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EARLY EGG HUNT
The Easter Bunny greets, from left, Declan Pearson, 8, Kayda Pearson, 7, and Norah Inger, 3, Saturday at the Bright's Grove Optimist Club's Easter in the Park egg hunt in Wildwood Park at Sarnia's Bright's Grove.
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CRUNCH TIME
Taking part in the Great Big Crunch nutrition event Thursday at Lansdowne public school in Sarnia were, from left, Brooke Salenbien, with VON and the Ontario Student Nutrition Program, Grade 3 pupil Hayley Leckie, 9, and Nicole Paquette with Noelle's...
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Tiny school, big ideas
Grade 7 and 8 pupils at Wyoming 's Holy Rosary Catholic school will showcase how the rural community is embracing digital technology at the community's fairgrounds in April. Alongside local tech and career exhibitors, the Wyoming Sky-Tech Invitational...
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RIGHT ON TARGET
Heather Littlejohns with the Ka Chi Yoga Institute tries a Sarnia School of Archery interactive kiosk at the inaugural Sarnia Sports and Recreation Show Saturday, at the Dante Club. Read the full story on
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