The main tree is lit up at Bright Lights Windsor, Jackson Park, December 6, 2019. Photo by Mark Brown/Blackburn News.The main tree is lit up at Bright Lights Windsor, Jackson Park, December 6, 2019. Photo by Mark Brown/Blackburn News.
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Local festivals among Ontario's top 100

Five local festivals made the 2025 Top 100 Festivals & Events in Ontario list.

Amherstburg Open Air Weekends, Amherstburg River Lights Winter Festival, Amherstburg TRUEfest, Amherstburg Uncommon Festival and Bright Lights Windsor all made this year's list.

Every fall event submissions are sent to Festivals and Events Ontario to be judged by an independent panel of judges.

The awards were given out this week during the FEO's annual conference “SYNERGY” in Kitchener, Ontario.

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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

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