@ObserverPaulM

Reporter at The Observer

 Sarnia, Ontario
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Sarnia's Mike Stevens has been named to the Order of Canada. theobserver.ca/entertainment…

Sarnia musician Mike Stevens named to the Order of Canada

Sarnia's Mike Stevens has been named to the Order of Canada.The celebrated harmonica player and composer who founded the charity, ArtsCan Circle, which

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All onboard make it ashore safety after boat runs aground near Sarnia Yacht Club. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…
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The non-profit, Women Building Futures, is offering a free pre-apprenticeship program in Sarnia. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…

Free pre-apprenticeship program for women offered in Sarnia

A free pre-apprenticeship program will introduce eight women in the Sarnia area to careers as automotive service and heavy-duty equipment technicians.

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A Sarnia man's more than five decades as a volunteer with the Kidney Foundation has been honoured. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…

Medals honour five-decade Sarnia volunteer, IODE leaders

A long-serving Kidney Foundation of Canada volunteer and four local IODE leaders are the latest Sarnia-area recipients of King Charles III Coronation Medals.

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Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield teams up with sketch comedy duo from his hometown of Sarnia for an episode of Canada's Got Talent. theobserver.ca/entertainment…

Astronaut and sketch duo from Sarnia team up at Canada's Got Talent

An episode of the new season of Canada's Got Talent has an out of this world amount of Sarnia talent.Carson Pinch and Taylor Davis, a comedy sketch duo

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Easter in the Park returned Saturday to Sarnia's Canatara Park. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…

'It's a great tradition': Families throng Sarnia's 55th Easter in the Park

Dave Satram with the Seaway Kiwanis Club knows the impact Sarnia's Easter in the Park has across generations.Families poured into the park near the

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Nate Erskine-Smith, a Liberal cabinet minister when the election was called, told a party gathering in Sarnia Friday a $4.5-million federal grant has been approved for a Bright's Grove library community hub project project. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…

$4.5M Bright's Grove library hub grant OK'd: visiting Liberal minister

There was unexpected good news for a planned Bright’s Grove library hub project from the campaign trail over the long weekend.

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Leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada warns of civil disobedience if Liberals relected. theobserver.ca/news/national…

Libertarian leader warns of civil disobedience if Liberals re-elected

The Leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada warned Wednesday of civil disobedience if the Liberals are returned to power in the April 28 election.

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Sarnia Polar Plunge raises funds for Special Olympics. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…

Special Olympics supporters take plunge at Sarnia fundraiser

More than 60 people jumped into a tank of cold water Saturday to support Special Olympics during the second annual Sarnia Polar Plunge at Lambton College.

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Nova Chemicals to be sold as part of international corporate merger. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…

Chemical giants say they'll merge units, buy Nova Chemicals for $13.4B

Nova Chemicals is set to have a new owner following Tuesday’s announcement the company will be purchased as part of a corporate merger.

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Canadians need to get ready to feel some pain as a trade war breaks out with the U.S., says Sarnia's mayor. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…

Tariffs to be 'extremely painful' for Sarnia area says the city's mayor

Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley urges city residents to strap in for the long haul as U.S. tariffs took effect Tuesday and Canada announced it will retaliate with tariffs of its own.

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Empty Bowls, a fundraiser for the Inn of the Good Shepherd and the student food bank at Lambton College, is returning to Sarnia. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…

Celebrity bowls up for bids at this year's Sarnia Empty Bowls dinner

Turning a ball of clay into a soup bowl can be harder than it looks.

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Gene Hackman's mom was born in Sarnia. theobserver.ca/entertainment…

Sarnia was the birthplace of the late Gene Hackman's mother

The late Gene Hackman, an Oscar-winning actor found dead last week with his wife at their home in New Mexico, had a close connection to Sarnia, the birthplace of his mother Anna Lyda Gray.

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Lambton County asked to help cover research park's budget deficit for another year. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…

Sarnia research park seeks another cash infusion from Lambton County

The Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park is asking Lambton County to cover its deficit for another year.The research park in Sarnia, which is owned by the

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Lambton County's weather-predicting ground hog has retired. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…
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Sarnia art gallery exhibition connected to IODE donation in 1960. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…

Exhibition at Sarnia art gallery has ties to local IODE chapter

IODE members from the Sarnia area spent time Saturday with Inuit stone carvings one of their chapters donated more than six decades ago.Local members of

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Family Day marked in Petrolia and Sarnia. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…

Family Day fun was served up in Petrolia and Sarnia

New Life Assembly in Petrolia had a few hundred people over Monday for breakfast.

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Care access centres led by nurse practitioners in Wyoming and Sarnia have received provincial funding for another two years. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…

Funding extended for Sarnia and Wyoming health care access centres

Nurse practitioner-run care access centres in Sarnia and Wyoming have received funding for another two years.

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A pair of international companies say they are looking at buying Nova Chemicals, a company with four production sites in St. Clair Township and 1,000 employees in the Sarnia area. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…

International companies kicking the tires at Nova Chemicals

A pair of international energy companies say they are considering buying Nova Chemicals, including its four production sites in St. Clair Township, to be part of a proposed new joint chemical...

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Polar Plunge for Special Olympics returning to Sarnia in March. theobserver.ca/news/local-ne…

Polar Plunge in support of Special Olympics returning to Sarnia

The Sarnia-Lambton Polar Plunge is offering all a chance to cool off outside in a bin full of water at Lambton College March 8 while raising money for the

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