Tara Jeffrey Sarnia Journal The Covid-19 Unit is returning to Bluewater Health. “We are close to our internal ‘trigger’ for opening that unit,” hospital spokesperson Julia Oosterman told The Journal Tuesday, pointing to six covid-positive patients and an Intensive Care Unit that’s currently 100% full. “We believe a wave is coming,” she added. “We must
Paul Morden Sarnia Observer There will be a change in 2021 to non-emergency notifications on the MyCNN system for Sarnia users. Beginning in January, the system will no longer send text messages about non-emergency notices, such as streets closed for construction, because of changes by the system’s provider, Everbridge. City residents who have signed up
Tyler Kula: Sarnia Observer Various organizations in Sarnia-Lambton are coming up with a plan to make the area safer, more engaging and more responsive to people’s well-being. What that means, more specifically, is a work in progress, said Nancy Dubois, with DU B FIT Consulting. Work to develop priorities for the area’s safety and
By Colin Gowdy Blackburn News A crew member of a vessel that was docked in Sarnia in late September has died from COVID-19 complications. The Seafarers International Union Canada said in statement Thursday that it’s deeply saddened to announce the tragic passing of Chief Cook Renato Battisti after a battle with COVID-19 that was contracted while
By Colin Gowdy October 23, 2020 11:34am Four rail cars came off the tracks in Sarnia early Friday morning. City Emergency Management Coordinator Ron RealeSmith said CN Rail notified the Sarnia Dispatch Centre of the derailment in the Modeland and Plank roads area at around 3:30 a.m. “Four cars were involved and they were carrying LPG
Journal Staff Five members of a Great Lakes freighter that docked at Sarnia Harbour have tested positive for COVID-19, city and health officials confirmed today. They and 14 of their “close contacts” are currently in isolation at a Point Edward hotel. Ron Realesmith, manager of Sarnia’s emergency management office, said crewmates of the commercial vessel
The 150-bed field hospital that was set up in Lambton College’s gymnasium two months ago in anticipation of an overflow of COVID-19 patients was taken down June 17. Created in a joint effort among Bluewater Health, the City of Sarnia and Lambton College, the temporary facility was never used but was set up quickly
This story originally found at the City of Sarnia website here. Local community organizations including the Petrochemical Industrial Association, the Sarnia Construction Association, Bluewater Power, and Matthew Hay at BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. have contributed $85,000.00 towards a now-completed field hospital at Lambton College. Bluewater Health recently requested Sarnia’s Office of Emergency Management establish a
Cathy Dobson of the Sarnia Journal Original Story found here. Registration with Sarnia’s state-of-the-art phone alert system skyrocketed after it helped locate a missing boy in July. MY CNN (Community Notification Network) is a computer program that rapidly dials phone numbers to inform residents in emergencies. About 450 people registered in the two weeks after
