Six year old dies in Sombra accident
Brigden Public School rocks
February 25, 2023
Keegan Hornbostel of LCCVI’s band was given the rock star treatment at Brigden Public School Feb. 16. The elementary school students were getting into Hornbostel’s guitar riffs during the bands version of the Kansas classic Carry On My Wayward Son. Each year, students in the music programs – including the band, choir and drum line – pack up their instruments in a U-Haul and travel to the elementary schools in the region. Jessica McKay, the head of the music department, says it gives the young students a good idea of some of the things they can do once they reach high school.
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Six year old dies in Sombra accident
April 30, 2025
A six-year-old from Walpole Island First Nation has died after an accident in Sombra. Just before 7pm last night an SUV with four people inside crashed at the corner of the St.Clair Parkway and West Smith Line. All four passengers were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The six-year-old died in hospital. The conditions of the others was not clear.
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