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Construction to begin on new affordable housing project

March 13, 2021

Journal Staff Construction of a new affordable housing complex will begin in Sarnia this spring. The federal and provincial governments announced $1.3 million for the 24, one-bedroom units at 993…

This summer’s Granfondo proceeding as planned

March 12, 2021

Journal Staff This region’s largest cycling event is still expected to take place this summer. After a one-year pandemic hiatus, organizers of the 2021 Bluewater International Granfondo say they are…

Local startup aims to provide world with clean water

March 12, 2021

Phil Egan A small Canadian company working out of the Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park is taking on one of this century’s greatest challenges —abundant access to clean water for people,…

Ontario downgrading Sarnia-Lambton to “grey-lockdown” on Monday

March 12, 2021

Journal Staff Ontario is hitting an “emergency break” and placing Sarnia-Lambton back in lockdown on Monday to slow the spread of COVID-19, the government said today.

Week of March 11

March 11, 2021

Toronto émigré shocked by friendliness of her old hometown Sir: I left Sarnia in the late ‘70s and headed to the Toronto area for school. There I met my husband,…

Sarnia IC apologizes for privacy breach, says he won’t resign

March 11, 2021

Cathy Dobson Sarnia Integrity Commissioner Paul Watson has apologized for publicly displaying confidential information during a Zoom presentation to city council Monday.

Major new dock at Sarnia Harbour to cost $6 million, boost local manufacturing

March 11, 2021

Troy Shantz The design work is finished for a major new dock to be built at Sarnia Harbour.

Nine COVID-19 cases with a “variant of concern” found locally

March 11, 2021

Journal Staff Nine people have contracted a COVID-19 variant of concern, with two of the cases linked to an Alvinston elementary school, Lambton Public Health said today.

Rising COVID-19 cases could force Sarnia-Lambton back into lockdown

March 10, 2021

Troy Shantz Ontario will decide Friday whether to move Sarnia-Lambton back into lockdown under its COVID-18 response framework, Lambton’s Medical Officer of Health said today.

Resignation of Sarnia’s Integrity Commissioner demanded following privacy breach

March 10, 2021

Cathy Dobson A Sarnia resident wants the city’s Integrity Commissioner to resign following a privacy breach Monday that identified him and six others as having filed highly confidential complaints to…