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UPDATE: No new cases or recoveries; workplace outbreak remains

August 13, 2020

Tara Jeffrey No new cases of COVID-19 were reported for Sarnia-Lambton in the latest update from Lambton Public Health, published late Wednesday. The total number of infected remains at 327,…

OPINION: An unruly crew of characters trip down my memory lane

August 13, 2020

Bob Boulton Memory is a tricky thing. Recently, for example, I re-remembered a guy from high school named D.K. D.K. had a distinctive way of holding his cornet, his left…

Letters: week of Aug. 13

August 13, 2020

Where was the Canadian border security for birthday float-by? Sir: Regarding the July 16 story, “Birthday gal gets surprise ‘float-by’ from U.S. family. What a nice heart-warming 80th birthday greeting…

UPDATE: Four cases connected to workplace outbreak; no new cases Wednesday

August 12, 2020

Tara Jeffrey An active outbreak of COVID-19 declared this week at a Sarnia-Lambton workplace involves four cases, Lambton Public Health says, correcting its original report.

City Hall hiring again to replace recently lost staff

August 12, 2020

Cathy Dobson At least 24 employees have left Sarnia City Hall since the 2018 municipal election, prompting some residents to ask what’s behind the “mass exodus.

Sarnia begins 10-year project to secure lake shoreline

August 12, 2020

Troy Shantz Crews and excavators in Bright’s Grove have rumbled back into action to continue the battle for Sarnia-Lambton’s shoreline.

Mayor trying again to convince county to make masks mandatory

August 11, 2020

Cathy Dobson Mayor Mike Bradley filed a notice of reconsideration Tuesday to take the issue of mandatory masks back to Lambton County council.

UPDATE: Workplace outbreak declared; one new case Tuesday

August 11, 2020

Tara Jeffrey The latest COVID-19 numbers from Lambton Public Health show one more confirmed case of the virus in Sarnia-Lambton, bringing the total number of infected to 327, according to…

Couple allowed to reunite just in time for baby’s birth

August 11, 2020

Cathy Dobson Sarnia’s Andrea Lynch watched anxiously from a distance as her American boyfriend – and father of her unborn baby - pulled up at a Blue Water Bridge border…

Despite pandemic, optimism in Mitton Village growing

August 11, 2020

Cathy Dobson A new breed of business owner is moving into Mitton Village determined to restore the once-thriving commercial area in the heart of Sarnia.