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Tara Jeffrey The move to bring winter action sports to Sarnia was a no-brainer for the Boarder Pass crew.

Cathy Dobson After 50 years of operating with a local board of directors, the decision-making at Blue Water Bridge Canada is about to move to Ottawa. The changes are mandated by the federal government and expected to kick in Feb. 1.

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Reader Peter Norris sent this photo of a coyote trotting on the ice of the St. Clair River directly in front of downtown Sarnia today. The animal was headed south, toward the Chemical Valley, with Port Huron in the background.

Larry Dinyer brought his snowblower to Lake Chipican on Tuesday, to the delight of local skaters. Dinyer cleared snow from several existing skating pads and also created a new one.

George Mathewson Set the cat has now recovered but for one dark night in December he embodied his namesake, the Egyptian god of chaos and violence.

1. Time Magazine’s 2014 Person of the Year went, not to an individual, but to health care workers who are still fighting the outbreak of what disease? 2.

Cathy Dobson The first phase of the project to bury asbestos and other contaminants in Centennial Park should be finished this spring, two years after the city discovered pollutants in the soil.

Union Gas is buying five acres of land in Sarnia’s 402 Business Park for $290,000. The utility plans to build a warehouse and offices to act as a base of operations. The business park south of Highway 402 near Airport Road currently has two tenants.

Two Sarnia city firms responsible for designing much of Sarnia-Lambton’s public infrastructure are merging.