New transitional housing opens at former SCITS
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Sarnia Legionnaires open new GOJHL season Thursday at home
September 10, 2025
Barry Wright/The Independent
The Sarnia Legionnaires lift the curtain on a new Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League season this week.
They host the Strathroy Rockets on Thursday at Pat Stapleton Arena. Game time is 7:10.
Captain Will Hull of Oil Springs leads the Rockets. The veteran rearguard is entering his fifth season with Strathroy.
Under the guidance of new head coach Mike Bondy, Sarnia looks to improve on its 10th place finish in the conference last season with a record of 17-29-4.
Among transactions by the Legionnaires leading up to the home opener, they’ve signed Sting under-18 draft choice Olivier Romain, Russian forward Anton Smirnov and goaltender Justin Audet while releasing last year’s leading scorer Carter Fogarty to Pickering of the OJHL.
Meantime, Watford’s Blake Verberne has signed with the Chatham Maroons. The former LCCVI and Lambton Jr. Sting goaltender played last season with Dresden of the PJHL.
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Cathy Dobson/The Independent A beloved historic building in Sarnia’s south end is slowly transitioning from a vacated high school into a sober haven for people displaced by life’s challenges. The latest tenant to lease a portion of the 104-year-old former SCITS building is The Anchor, a non-profit that offers 20 bedrooms and living facilities for people in transition, says CEO
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Heather Wright/The Independent The investigation of the actions of Sarnia Police Chief Derek Davis is now a criminal matter. That’s according to a letter from the Law Enforcement Complaints Agency sent to the owner of The Sarnia Journal. It was provided to The Independent by Nathan Colquhoun and verified by the LECA as authentic. Colquhoun filed the complaint to the
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One person arrested on roof of Harbour Road business
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The Independent A man is facing charges after the K9 unit tracked him to a roof of a business on Harbour Road. Sarnia Police were called to the business on the waterfront around 1:30 pm July 30 after someone entered the building without authorization and was still inside. The officers called out for the person to leave, but didn’t receive
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The Independent One person has died in a crash at the corner of Courtright Line and Nauvoo Road. Lambton OPP, Brooke Fire Rescue and Lambton paramedics were called to the scene just before 7:30 am this morning. Police say the only person in vehicle, a 21-year-old from Newbury, was pronounced dead at the scene. Lambton OPP and the OPP Traffic
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