Sitting at the kitchen table in Ralph and Martha Everingham’s Blackwell Road home, Alina Karankevich lets out a soft cough. It’s a sound the Everinghams know well. The two are host parents for children from radiation-ravaged Belarus, giving the kids a respite from an environment still agitated by [...]

A truck slammed into a hydro pole Saturday morning, leaving some 500 Sarnians in the city’s north end without power. The incident, which happened around 8:15 a.m., slowed traffic around Indian Road and Kemsley Drive as workers removed the felled pole. Bluewater Power crews had restored power to [...]

A 28-year-old Corunna man who was severely injured in a Highway 402 crash Monday morning has been upgraded to good condition at London Hospital. Michael Reis was a passenger in a Pontiac Sunfire that slammed into the back of a garbage truck near the Indian Road overpass around 2:40 [...]

Steve Bennett was 11-years-old when he first picked up a golf club. "I went to the golf course in my hometown of Seaforth, which was nine holes then. I went out with my brother and two friends. I was supposed to be their caddy, but I played , [...]

Soil test results for chemical contamination at Petrolia's community centre are now complete, but neither the town nor Ontario's Environment Ministry are prepared to release them. The municipality was ordered in April to test the property after it failed to satisfy the ministry that soil containing elevated levels [...]

Organizer Michele Stokley had just two words Friday as the set-up for Sarnia's biggest calendar event of the year cranking into high gear. "It's here." Sarnia Bayfest 2008 -- the largest in the summer music festival's 10-year history -- kicks off tomorrow when legendary U. S. rockers [...]

By JACK POIRIER The Observer Farmers are asking Ontario to make amendments to legislation aimed at curbing animal cruelty. As the province moves forward with Bill 50 amendments to the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture [...]

BY DAVID PATTENAUDE Osprey News Network Better groundskeeping and maintenance at Hillsdale cemetery is needed, Petrolia council has been told. Arlene Bourne informed council at a recent meeting the blue paint on a caretaker’s building looks out of place and added she’d like more attention taken [...]

By SHAWN JEFFORDS The Observer PETROLIA — Soil test results for chemical contamination at Petrolia’s community centre are now complete but neither the town nor Ontario Environment Ministry Soil are prepared to release them. The municipality was ordered in April to test the [...]

By Observer Staff Jillian Drouin of Corunna took the bronze medal in heptathlon at the Canadian track and field championships and Olympic trials in Windsor on Friday. Jessica Zelinka of London took gold with a score of 6,017 points, Susan Coltman of Peterborough, Ont., was second with 5797, [...]

By JESSE McLEAN For The Observer A change in partners and a design revamp has delayed the opening of a $1-million family fun complex at the Hiawatha Horse Park, the track’s general manager said. Robert Locke said two of the projects’ original partners dropped out [...]

By JACK POIRIER The Observer The man arrested last week for the 1983 murder of a Petrolia widow was on police radar in 2001, but the big break in the case didn't come until earlier this year. So says OPP Det.-Insp. Ian Maule, who heads [...]

By Observer Staff Most area beaches have received a clean bill of health for the weekend. The Community Health Services Department reports that water samples were conducted July 2 at Grand Bend's south and north beaches, Highland Glen, Bright's Grove Beach, Canatara Park, Pinery Provincial Park and Ipperwash [...]

Updated: Friday, July 4, at 2:50 p.m. • Exmouth Street, from East Street to Elmhurst - closed for approximately two weeks beginning Monday, July 7, at 7 a.m. (sewer separation project) • Front Street, from London Road to Exmouth Street will be closed for [...]

By TARA HAGAN The Observer Organizer Michele Stokley had just two words Friday as the set-up for Sarnia’s biggest calendar event of the year cranking into high gear. “It’s here.” Sarnia Bayfest 2008 — the largest in the summer music festival’s 10 year history — kicks [...]

OptiSolar has received the go-ahead to begin construction on the first phase of an 1,150-acre solar farm on Blackwell Sideroad. The city's planning department has signed off on the site plan for the $300 million project's first phase. Phases one and two for the 60-megawatt project are expected to be [...]

Updated: Friday, July 4, at 12:30 p.m. • Front Street, from London Road to Exmouth Street will be closed for Bayfest as follows: - Sunday, July 6, from 3:30 p.m. to midnight - Wednesday, July 9, from 5 p.m. to midnight - Thursday, July [...]

New provincial money for biofuels research will help the local research park commercialize the budding technology. The Ontario government announced it will pour another $7.5 million into research for biofuels that can be made from agricultural waste such as corn husks and manure instead of food crops. With [...]

Most area beaches have received a clean bill of health for the weekend. The Community Health Services Department reports that samples were conducted July 2 at Grand Bend's south and north beaches, Highland Glen, Bright's Grove Beach, Canatara Park, Pinery Provincial Park and Ipperwash Main Beach. Warning signs [...]

It's time to come up with a permanent location for Sarnia's Canada Day fireworks display. For generations now, it has been assumed the spectacular show would be staged on the waterfront at Sarnia Bay. Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Centennial Park over the decades to [...]