Lifeguard monitors Canatara Beach (BlackburnNews.com Photo by Dave Dentinger)Lifeguard monitors Canatara Beach (BlackburnNews.com Photo by Dave Dentinger)
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Area Beaches Given Green Light For Swimming

Area beaches have a clean bill of heath for swimming this weekend.

Lambton Public Health regularly tests waters at Grand Bend, Highland Glen, Brights Grove, Canatara, Pinery Provincial Park and Ipperwash Main Beach.

There are no beaches posted with warning signs at this time.

While no sampling occurs along the St.Clair River, caution signs advising high bacterial levels following heavy rainfall are permanently posted at Branton Cundick Park and Brander Park.

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

New military crosswalk in Sarnia to be unveiled

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

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