Clock, Blackburnnews.com file photo.Clock, Blackburnnews.com file photo.
Midwestern

Daylight Saving Time Begins On Sunday

As you set your clocks ahead one hour tonight, fire officials are asking you to replace the batteries in your home's smoke alarms.

Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday, March 8.

Officials say of all the fatal house fires in Ontario, 44% of the homes had smoke alarms with no batteries or dead batteries.

It is provincial law to have a smoke alarm on each level of your house near sleeping areas.

Read More Local Stories

New military crosswalk rendering. (Image courtesy of the Sarnia Legion Branch 62)

New military crosswalk in Sarnia to be unveiled

As part of a partnership between the Sarnia Legion Branch 62 and City of Sarnia, an unveiling ceremony will be held at the corner of Christina Street and Wellington Street on Sunday, June 7, at 2 p.m.

Members of the Sarnia Police Service entering a Tashmoo Avenue residence on June 4, 2026. (Photo courtesy of the Sarnia Police Service)

Two men arrested in Tashmoo Ave. standoff

Sarnia police said the investigation began on May 29 after the victim was allegedly attacked by acquaintances at a residence near Tashmoo Avenue and Christopher Drive at Aamjiwnaang First Nation.