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Sikh community mourns deaths of foreign students in Petrolia crash
SARNIA – The bodies of three young international students killed in a violent collision near Petrolia are now being returned to their grieving families in the Punjab state in north India. Kulwinder Kang, a Sikh temple spokesperson in Windsor, said the remains of Tanveer Singh, Gurvinder Singh and Harpreet Kour were being sent home with […] → Read More
Sarnia dentist released on bail after aggravated assault charge
SARNIA – A local dentist was released on bail Monday afternoon after he was charged with aggravated assault and assault with a weapon following a weekend incident at a home in a high-end suburban Sarnia neighbourhood. Police and paramedics were called on Sunday afternoon to a home on Parkland Place regarding a man with “serious” […] → Read More
Speed limit on Highway 402 goes to 110 km/h Thursday
Starting Thursday, long-distance travellers on Highway 402 between Sarnia and London will get to their destinations a little faster. → Read More
Retired Sarnia cop charged with impersonating police officer, assault
A retired Sarnia police officer is charged with assault and falsely impersonating a police officer after a conflict that a Brights Grove man says left him with a concussion and his arm in a sling. Brights Grove resident Kirel Racovitis learned of the charge while standing on his front lawn Friday morning, only a few metres […] → Read More
Court records shed light on accused in bank robbery linked to tragic taxi-police crash
SARNIA — Police are vowing to oppose bail for a duo charged in a weekend bank heist here that sparked a lengthy pursuit and resulted in a taxi-police vehicle crash that’s left a London woman and her young daughter clinging to life. As Ontario’s police watchdog continues its investigation into the tragic events Sunday, The […] → Read More
Art-rock duo bringing punk/blues fusion to Sarnia
The high-energy London duo Cordcalling is gearing up for their debut at Sarnia’s summer music series, one with up-tempo bands of all shapes and shades that runs through the end of August. → Read More
Fentanyl suspected in inmate overdoses that sickened guards: Sarnia police
SARNIA – Police here are investigating suspected fentanyl overdoses that sent three jail inmates and two corrections officers to hospital. Investigating overdoses at the jail is standard procedure, Const. Giovanni Sottosanti, a spokesperson for Sarnia police, said Monday. More rare is the number of overdoses being investigated in this case. “At least in my time […] → Read More
Protests flare on education minister's trip to Sarnia
Ontario’s education minister was greeted with shouts of protest Saturday morning as Sarnia parents, teachers, and union reps came to picket a childcare announcement at the local YMCA Learning and Career Centre. The good-news YMCA announcement, of 25 newly funded childcare spots in Sarnia, contrasted worry and panic from protesters there to demand answers from […] → Read More
Sheet metal workers across London region join provincewide strike
SARNIA – Roughly 30 sheet metal workers from a half-dozen Sarnia shops took to Vidal Street this week, part of a provincewide strike to preserve the industry status quo. The Local 235 union joined sheet metal workers in Toronto, London, Hamilton, Thunder Bay, Niagara, and Ottawa — among others — as a collective response to stalled talks between […] → Read More
'They were friends': Details emerge as Sarnia homicide probe continues
SARNIA – The 26-year-old man killed in Sarnia’s first homicide in three years was acquaintances with the accused and the duo had “minor run-ins” with each other over the years, a friend says. → Read More
Collector who found tiny tennis trophy from 93 years ago sending it home
SARNIA – Two decades ago, a longtime city worker in Toronto found a tennis trophy — no more than a few inches tall, and bent out of shape — while working as a general labourer at the Keele Valley landfill. → Read More
School boards factoring Ford government cuts into teacher layoff notices
Hundreds of pink slips are flying in Southwestern Ontario school boards as the Ford government’s classroom cuts meet yearly school board projections of how many teachers they’ll need in the fall. → Read More
Lambton County woman loses $60K in 'romance scam'
A so-called “romance scam” has a Lambton County woman out roughly $60,000 after a fake relationship that lasted more than eight months, OPP reported Monday. → Read More
Inside one man's quest for 1 million Cineplex 'Scene' points
In ten years, Speedy Jackson has collected nearly 500,000 points through Cineplex's popular Scene program by eating out, saving up, and going to hundreds and hundreds of movies. → Read More
Two arrested after gunpoint robbery at marijuana dispensary
Two people have been arrested and police are searching for a third after a cannabis dispensary in Sarnia was allegedly robbed by gunpoint last week. → Read More
Local town starts after-school trades training for elementary school pupils
STRATHROY — A Southwestern Ontario municipality is investing in a trades program that would give pupils in elementary school some exposure to the trades, a profession having trouble attracting workers. → Read More
Sarnia teacher gets 14 months in jail for sexually touching student
SARNIA — A disgraced Sarnia teacher who pleaded guilty to sexually touching a student over whom she held a position of authority will serve 14 months in jail with two years probation, a judge ruled Thursday. → Read More
Ontario mom says daughter hospitalized after eating cannabis edible during school dance
A parent says her daughter became ill after consuming a cannabis edible product at a high school dance in Sarnia. → Read More
Sarnia pediatrician charged with indecent assault on 15-year-old
A Sarnia pediatrician has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage patient in 1982, Sarnia police announced Thursday. → Read More
Slain Sarnia police officer finally honoured, 80 years later
SARNIA – Nearly 100 relatives of a Sarnia police officer gunned down more than 80 years ago in a shootout with an infamous gangster turned out Sunday for the unveiling of a plaque honouring him. → Read More