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U.K. men who came to Southwestern Ontario for ‘crime tourism’ deported

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A Sarnia judge had a farewell message for a pair of U.K. men who, apparently unsuccessfully, tried scamming several local homeowners out of money with fraudulent cleaning and repair jobs while on a vacation in Canada. “Go home,” Justice Paul Kowalyshyn said Thursday in a Sarnia courtroom. “Don’t let the door of the plane hit you […]

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Mystery men: Police offer new details on arrested, but unidentified, duo

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SARNIA – Sarnia police and Canadian border investigators were still trying on Thursday to identify two unknown men arrested earlier this week amid a probe into allegations a homeowner was asked to pay for eavestrough work that wasn’t done. Sarnia police previously said the men produced identification from another country after a homeowner on Franklin […]

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Man gets 20 months in jail for violent home invasion amid drug-fuelled spiral

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A Sarnia judge said drugs like crystal meth do terrible things, even to healthy people with no prior mental health issues. But when people like John Keohan, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia about a decade ago, use them? “It is like a spark to gasoline,” Justice Mark Poland said. “I couldn’t agree more, your honour,” […]

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Lambton College international student killed in stabbing

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An international student from India who was studying at Lambton College was fatally stabbed in an altercation Sunday at a Sarnia rooming house, multiple sources say. Gurasis Singh, 22, was in his first year studying business management, the Sarnia-based college confirmed in a statement Tuesday. “Students are at the heart of Lambton College, and the […]