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Sarnia Christian School getting ready for Night in New York fundraiser

bob cates juggler

Organizers of the fourth annual gala in support of Sarnia Christian School are hoping when you step into Lambton Inn on Saturday, April 20, you'll do a double-take. That's because they hope to transform the venue into something resembling the Big Apple for their event: A Night in New York. Entertainment for the evening will [...]

Local Family Health Team opening satellite location in Corunna

Residents in the Corunna area will be able to benefit from the opening of a satellite office of the Rapids Family Health Team starting April 2, 2013. The new site will offer a full time dietitian, registered nurse educators, a registered social worker and laboratory services. There are currently 37 family physicians connected with the [...]

Bailey says Shell announcement underscores area’s role as energy hub

shell logo

  The announcement by Shell that it will build the first eastern Canada Liquefied Natural Gas Plant, locating the facility in Sarnia-Lambton, serves to underscore the area's position as a major energy hub. That from Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey, who says the area's "wealth of highly skilled tradesmen, as well as knowledgeable and experienced professionals" [...]

Festival of Good Things is coming to Sarnia

joel plaskett

  August 31, 2013 is going to be a good day.  Sarnia's brand new summer event can't come soon enough as Festival of Good Things is set to hit Dow People Place on Labour Day weekend and offer Lambton County a chance to end the summer on a high note. Featuring Ontario Craft Breweries and [...]

Maple Syrup Festival on the near horizon

maple syrup a.w. campbell

  As far as the A.W. Campbell Conservation Area is concerned, it's coming up on maple syrup time. The annual Maple Syrup Festival—scheduled for March 16-17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.—is an opportunity for visitors to the Conservation Area to learn how First Nation, pioneer and modern methods have used the "sweet sap" to [...]

If Bayfest’s hiatus has got you down, come ‘Rock The Park’ at London’s Harris Park in July

Rock The Park 10th Anniversary

The announcement earlier this week that Sarnia’s preeminent annual music festival Rogers Bayfest will be on hiatus indefinitely has likely left a lot of heads spinning and hearts broken. After all, Bayfest has become the area’s largest entertainment tradition of the year and has filled Sarnia’s Centennial Park with tens of thousands each year since [...]

Artwalk organizers getting ready for upcoming festival

sarnia artwalk

Can summer be that far behind?   Organizers for Artwalk, one of Sarnia's most visible and popular cultural events, has issued a "Call for Vendors" for the Saturday and Sunday, June 1 & 2 extravaganza. Registration begins Friday, March 1 and will continue to April 27, says Chris Cowan, event coordinator. Vendors can register online [...]

OPP stop Wyoming alleged to be driving drunk

  Lambton OPP say early Saturday morning a traffic stop on Oil Heritage road south of Wyoming lhas lead to the arrest and charges of a 23-year-old Wyoming woman for drunk driving. The woman will appear in a Sarnia court on March 18 to answer to the charges.  

Bayfest won’t be happening this summer

bayfest crowd

Who would have thought? One of Sarnia's largest entertainment of the year, a tradition that fills Centennial Park with a mix of country and rock music, won't be returning in 2013. That news comes from Michele Stokley, who with her late husband Jim Stokley founded the music festival in 1999, at least initially as a [...]

Parents welcome to check out Lambton College this Thursday evening

  All parents who have a son or daughter considering college in the fall are invited to Lambton College’s Parent Night on Thursday, February 28, 2013. This information session gives parents a chance to ask questions, meet some of the faculty and staff, tour the college, and receive important information concerning their child’s future at [...]