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Veteran Sarnia Tory MP Marilyn Gladu joins Liberals
1+ week, 3+ day ago (769+ words) Marilyn Gladu, MP for Sarnia-Lambton- Bkejwanong, is the latest Conservative to join the Liberal caucus of Prime Minister Mark Carney. Marilyn Gladu, longtime MP for Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong, is the latest Conservative to cross the floor and join Prime Minister Mark Carney's…...
New Windsor crossing to compete with Blue Water Bridge for truck traffic: trucking association
3+ week, 1+ day ago (739+ words) The Canadian side of the Blue Water Bridge near Sarnia is holding the line on tolls as new Windsor crossing set to open. The Canadian side of the Blue Water Bridge near Sarnia is holding the line on tolls ahead…...
One charged, two sought after robbery, kidnapping: Sarnia police
3+ week, 3+ day ago (232+ words) One person faces charges and two others are wanted after a Monday night robbery and kidnapping, Sarnia police say. Officers responding to a reported robbery involving weapons in the Cromwell Street area about 10 p. m. found a suspect vehicle parked outside a…...
Sarnia-Toronto airport bus link promises relaxed, reliable service
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (581+ words) Snow began to fall, as if on cue, Friday as officials talked up motorcoach service from Sarnia to Toronto's airport beginning in June. As if on cue, snow started falling at an event promoting the launch of Air Canada motorcoach…...
Sarnia approves bus pilot project for Air Canada service
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (662+ words) Sarnia will try out a different type of Air Canada service, bus trips to and from Pearson Airport in Toronto. City council 7-2 voted Monday in favour of the Landline Co. service, expected to start around the end of May or…...
Warwick Township receives $3. 3 million from province for flood protection
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (413+ words) A $3. 3-million grant from the province will help Warwick Township with a project aimed at protecting Watford residents from heavy rains and flooding that have hit the Lambton County municipality hard in recent years. Along with $1. 2 million in township funds,…...
Push back on Ontario threats to end school board elections: NDP critic
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (519+ words) Sarnia-area residents should push back against provincial threats to end school board trustee elections, the Ontario NDP education critic says. MPP Chandra Pasma (NDP-Ottawa West'Nepean) issued the call at a Wednesday evening town hall in Sarnia, one of several being…...
Impaired driver flees scene: Sarnia police
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (412+ words) A driver fled the scene after an impaired driving crash, Sarina police say. Officers were called shortly before 7 p. m. Thursday for a two-vehicle crash on Murphy Road. "Callers reported one involved male to be stumbling and possibly drinking," police said. Officers…...
Sarnia townhouse tenants fighting eviction notices
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (811+ words) After 20 years living at Village Green townhouses in Sarnia, Robyn Johnson says she has no plans to leave. Johnson and other residents at the Exmouth Street complex recently received eviction notices from their new landlord, to make way for renovations....
Brampton trucking company owners charged in Blue Water Bridge smuggling case
5+ mon, 5+ hour ago (481+ words) Two Brampton men who run a trucking firm are charged with conspiracy to import drugs over the Blue Water Bridge after a 300 kilogram cocaine bust earlier this year. Lovedeep Singh, 32, and Khushdeep Singh, 29, who live at the same address in…...