Sarnia

December 26, 2025 Mid Day News

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Significant freezing rain expected today.

What:  
Freezing Rain.   
Ice accretion of  5 to 10 mm.  

When:  
Through this afternoon.
  
Additional information:  
Freezing rain midday will continue continue into the afternoon.  Ice accretion of 5 to 10 mm is likely. Some areas will also receive ice pellets making surfaces slippery.

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Roads and walkways will likely become icy and slippery. Icy surfaces could be difficult to detect. Local utility outages are possible. There is risk of injury due to slips and falls.

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 X using #ONStorm.

For more information about the alerting program, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/colour-coded-alerts.

You can expect partly cloudy with rain in the morning, with snow in the afternoon

The day will start with snow through the late morning hours, transitioning to partly cloudy

Lambton Public Health reported over 100 new cases since its last report.
On Friday, the health unit reported 105 new lab confirmed infections since Wednesday's update.
Since March 2020, there have been 10,463 cases reported in Sarnia-Lambton and 133 related deaths.
There are three active outbreaks, up from one. The latest two were declared at Huron House Boys Home and Trillium Villa Nursing Home in Sarnia.
Bluewater Health has nine COVID-positive patients in hospital, up from seven on Wednesday.

Trillium Villa Sarnia (Photo via Google Maps)

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Freezing temperatures (Image by Михаил Руденко / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images)

An Ontario Provincial Police cruiser. (Photo by OPP)

Sarnia Command Centre stationed outside of a residence on Queen Street, near Devine Street, for a homicide investigation. February 23, 2024. (Photo by Natalia Vega)  

Myles Vanni speaking behind podium at the Kiwanis Club of Sarnia-Lambton Golden K meeting

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