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Local COVID assessment centre to remain open on Canada Day

Due to increasing numbers of COVID-19 in the Grey Bruce region, the GBHS Owen Sound COVID-19 Assessment Centre will remain open on Canada Day.

Operating hours will run from 8:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m.

Monday, 161 people were tested for COVID at GBHS, the highest number of tests in one day in several weeks.

The SBGHC Assessment Centre at the Kincardine Hospital will also be open on Canada Day.

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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.