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Thefts in Sherwood Village

Sarnia Police Service cruiser

Police said an outbreak of thefts from vehicles has plagued Sherwood Village for the past three days. Several people, police say, have apparently reported thefts from their vehicles between Apr. 9 and today in the Sarnia subdivision. Police don’t have any suspects yet, but said unidentified persons have allegedly entered several vehicles on Oslo, Turner, [...]

Sarnia Police warning the community about overflowing streams and ditches

Sarnia Police Service

When it rains, it pours – figuratively and literally. Sarnia Police are reminding the community to be extra cautious at this time of year and especially this past week with all the rain fall, as area ditches, ponds and streams are, at times, over flowing with water. Bank edges become slippery and unstable and people [...]

Get The Ball Rolling marks 5th anniversary with performances from Big Wreck along with Bleeker Ridge and Autumns Cannon

Get The Ball Rolling 2013

Photography courtesy of Kerry Belliveau, Kerry’s Klips A staple of the city’s summer festival season, this year’s Get The Ball Rolling charity concert event is gearing up for another epic bash by bay in June. On Saturday, Jun. 8, 2013, Sarnia Connects will host the highly anticipated event’s coming of age 5th anniversary for testicular [...]

Conservation authority offering free soil tests to help farmers with cover crop strategy

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  Last month, the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority hosted 25 area farmers from Lambton and Middlesex at a workshop designed to educate on how they can promote soil conservation, water quality impacts and nutrient management through the use of cover crops. One such crop is oats (pictured) which provides good ground cover over winter. The [...]

Piano duo performing this Friday afternoon at Sarnia Library Theatre

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  As a grand finale to end this season’s “Friday Afternoon” Concert Series, the Lawrence House Centre for the Arts is proud to present the Hackstock-Reynolds Piano Duo. The concert, employing the Library’s magnificent Steinway D piano, will be held this Friday, April 12, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the Sarnia Library Theatre. Praised for [...]

Indiefest organizers reaching out to local businesses for additional sponsors to help support planned summer festival

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Sarnia’s newest concert series featuring independent artists from across the nation – Indiefest 2013 – set to culminate with a one-day outdoor festival in August is shaping up to become one of the region’s most hotly anticipated events of the summer. With that, an endeavor and effort of this scale with the inherent propensity of [...]

LS CONTEST: Like us on Facebook to win free tickets to see the Harlem Globetrotters!!!

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The iconic Harlem Globetrotters, arguably one if not the most famous basketball team on the planet, is coming to London's Budweiser Gardens on April 17 and LambtonShield.com is giving you a chance to win a pair of tickets. Just go to our Facebook page, "Like" us and you'll be automatically entered to win one of six [...]

Fitness challenge in support of Petrolia’s Oil Heritage District Community Centre set for May 25

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  The Oil Heritage District Community Centre in Petrolia will be hosting the Oil Slick Fitness Challenge on Saturday, May 25th, 2013. This fitness challenge will take place outside and is open to anyone 16 years of age or older. The challenge will consist of an Events portion (various exercises) and a Race portion. The [...]

OPP investigating theft of cable from Arkona campground

  Lambton OPP say they are investigating the theft of electrical supply cords that were cut and stolen from trailers at an Arkona campground. The 10-gauge cords, each about 25 feet in length and with an amperage reading of 30-50, were stolen sometime between march 18 and March 31 of this year.

Upcoming Sarnia Justice Film Festival showing will highlight sustainable backyard gardening

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The Sarnia Justice Film Festival proudly presents “…And This Is My Garden”, on Saturday, April 27 at 7:00 p.m. at the Sarnia Library Theatre. In the small town of Wabowden, Northern Manitoba, two school teachers, Eleanor Woitowicz and Bonnie Monias, are empowering their students with the knowledge, discipline and skills to grow their own food [...]