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Two men have been arrested in connection with a city home invasion Thursday morning that sent a man to hospital, Sarnia Police say.

POINT EDWARD – Most streetlights in the village will be replaced this year with LED bulbs that burn brighter and cost less to maintain. “We’ve got a lot of old high pressure sodium lights out there that need replacing,” says Mayor Larry MacKenzie.

The man Sarnia Police had been searching for, Brennan Ouimet, was located just prior to the noon hour Thursday. He was found to be in good health and there is no longer concern for his well-being.

Two city agencies founded decades ago to help abused woman are sharing an executive director and looking at other potential partnerships.

Sarnia Police are looking for the driver of a red car wanted in connection with a hit and run collision Monday. At around 9:30 a.m. a 2005 Hyundai was southbound in the centre lane of Indian Road near London Road.

Residents report seeing at least two cougars on the loose in Sarnia-Lambton this winter, and we don’t mean the sort that maul young bucks in nightclubs.

Dave Ferguson is planting three to four acres of nut tree seedlings this spring, part of a fledgling movement to establish a hazelnut industry in Ontario. “The crop is new but the market is there,” Ferguson said.

Trustees had a real challenge deciding who would get this month’s $1,000 from Sarnia’s Awesome Foundation at its March pitch party. “They’re all good ideas.

Sarnia is an aging community. The median age is 44.8 years, meaning half of Sarnians are older and half are younger. That’s four years above the Ontario median, and five years older than the city was a decade ago, according to the 2011 census.

Charges are coming on April 21 to the driving test that Ontarians must take after turning 80.