Sarnia

September 2, 2026 Evening News

Sarnia News Today

Episode 24: Barry Bentley

Episode 23: Kaylen Burgess

Episode 22: Mike Barron

Episode 21: Les Jones

Episode 20: Shane Bettridge

Episode 19: Mark Warburton

Episode 18: Duane 'D.O.' Gibson

Episode 17: Sarnia Sting GM Dylan Seca

Episode 16: Myles Vanni

Episode 15: Gary Atkinson

Sarnia Lambton Beyond the Headlines

Derek Ritz and the search for justice

Pride and Prejudice: how bigotry makes Pride Month more important than ever

30 years later: the disappearance of Mistie Murray

Online Misinformation: how to separate what's real from what's not.

The Windsor Slasher: A City Gripped by Fear

Beyond the Scoreboard: battling sports betting addiction

Parvovirus: how a contagious disease killed several dogs in a Windsor neighbourhood

The Disappearance of Lisa Maas

Joseph Spracklin, the anti-alcohol crusading Minister who got away with murder

The Unsolved Murder of Sonya Cywink

The 519 Podcast

Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain.

Hazards:
Strong wind gusts up to 100 km/h.
Nickel to toonie size hail.
Torrential downpours.
Risk of a tornado.

Timing:
This afternoon into this evening.

Additional information:
Thunderstorms may continue this afternoon. The primary concern with any thunderstorms will be for strong and potentially damaging winds along with large hail and torrential rain. Conditions could become favourable for some thunderstorms to be able to produce a tornado.

Thunderstorms may persist through the overnight into Thursday morning which may lead to significant rain threat. Confidence with this is low at this time however.

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Local utility outages are possible. Damage to roofs, fences, branches or soft shelters is possible. There is a risk of injury.

Large hail can cause significant damage and injury.

Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms capable of producing damaging hail, wind or rain.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on social media using #ONStorm.

For more information: https://www.ontario.ca/page/be-prepared-emergency.

Humidex values reaching 40 are expected for the next day.

A heat event continues.

What:
Maximum temperatures of 30 to 32 degrees Celsius.
Minimum temperatures of 20 to 23 degrees Celsius.
Maximum humidex values near 40.

When:
Ending Thursday night.

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Heat warnings are issued when very high temperature or humidity conditions are expected to pose an elevated risk of heat illnesses, such as heat stroke or heat exhaustion.

For more information:
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/climate-change-health/extreme-heat/how-protect-yourself.html
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/climate-change-health/extreme-heat/who-is-at-risk.html

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on social media using #ONStorm.

You can expect partly cloudy in the morning, with clearing in the afternoon

Expect a day of partly cloudy with clear spells

Midwestern

Windsor

Chatham

Evan Bannister. August 2026 (Photo courtesy of Sarnia Sting Hockey Club)

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