Sarnia born astronaut Chris Hadfield shows off a Sarnia patch while in space. Submitted photo.Sarnia born astronaut Chris Hadfield shows off a Sarnia patch while in space. Submitted photo.
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Hadfield wishes Saint-Jacques Godspeed

Sarnia's Chris Hadfield cheered on Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques as he blasted off from Kazakhstan Monday morning aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket.

The 48-year-old from Quebec City rocketed to the International Space Station with a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut and will spend six months aboard the station carrying out a range of experiments.

Hadfield was the last Canadian astronaut aboard the space station.

His five-month mission ended in May of 2013.

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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)

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.