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Sarnia Police said Wednesday they had arrested a 44-year-old man on March 20 for nine historical sex-related charges involving minors.

The job of reopening Centennial Park could begin this summer under a proposed restoration plan that comes with an eye-popping $8.5 million to $12.6 million price tag.

Public health nurses are offering free parenting sessions from now until June. A variety of day and evening sessions are available through Lambton Public Health. Free childcare is provided for children ages 0-6 years at many of them.

Bayfest won’t be back any time soon. The popular summer music festival in Centennial Park went on hiatus last year and will remain that way “through the next several years,” says Michele Stokley.

A collection of discus, which come originally from the Amazon Basin. The keeping and breeding of exotic fish is the raison d’etre of the Sarnia Aquarium Society, a group still going strong after more than 40 years.

A little cat from Sarnia has galvanized people around the world to speak out against animal cruelty.

The 2014 Great Lakes shipping season has resumed after a late start. Here, the Canadian Coast Guard ship Samuel Risley heads south past Port Huron on the St. Clair River to assist with ice breaking duties. Glenn Ogilvie, The Journal

A Sarnia firefighter has been honoured for his “amazing” work with Muscular Dystrophy Canada. Chris Ireland was presented with the Extra Mile Award in Toronto recently, given annually to a firefighter or fire department that goes the extra mile.

The City of Sarnia had 138 employees who made more than $100,000 last year, and topping the list was a former fire chief terminated after being charged with sex crimes.

You never know what will appear on the first day of spring. This spider was seen emerging from a snowbank, apparently aware that winter is now over - officially at least. Glenn Ogilvie, The Journal