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Registration open for Lambton County Library’s 2024 Summer Reading Challenge

Wyoming, ON – Registration is now open for Lambton County Library’s free annual Summer Reading Challenge, and this year the library is challenging the community to read 40,000 books.

The Summer Reading Challenge runs from Tuesday, July 2 to Sunday, August 11, is available to people of all ages, and incentivizes people to read and take part in free activities and games for a chance to win prizes.

“While it is fun to have a two-month break from studies at school, it is still important that students...

First Heat Warning of 2024 issued for Lambton County

Point Edward, ON - With the prediction of hot and humid weather expected for today, June 17, and Tuesday, June 18, Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a Heat Warning for Lambton County.

Heat warnings are issued when two or more consecutive days of daytime maximum temperatures are expected to reach 31°C or warmer and nighttime minimum temperatures are expected to sit at 20°C or warmer or when two or more consecutive days of humidex values are expected to reach 40°C or higher. In high...

Lambton Heritage Museum hosts art installation Hope and Healing in Canada

Grand Bend, ON – Lambton Heritage Museum will host an art installation by Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers as part of her Hope and Healing in Canada series. The art exhibit will be displayed on the Museum grounds from June 12 to September 1.

Chambers’ distinctive installations are created with red wool, silk, and cotton yarn that has been crocheted, knit, or woven. Her work has been displayed in dozens of locations across Canada, including the Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery in Sarnia in 2022....

Art & Ideas – In Conversation with Siobhan Humston

Sarnia, ON – Join the Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery on June 20 at 7:00 p.m. for an Art & Ideas lecture with artist Siobhán Humston.

Siobhán Humston will lead a tour of her exhibition, In the Garden of Exquisite Unknownanddiscuss her creative process and methodology.

The program will take place in the exhibition space and there will be time throughout for participant questions. 

Registration for this event is required and can be completed through the Art & Ideas page of the JNAAG website.

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Household Hazardous Waste Mobile Depot coming to Sarnia on June 15, 2024

Wyoming, ON - The County of Lambton Public Works Department and Clean Harbors Canada Inc. will be hosting a mobile Household Hazardous Waste collection event in Sarnia this weekend to offer an additional opportunity for Lambton County residents an opportunity to dispose of their household hazardous waste at no cost.

The one-day only mobile Household Hazardous Waste Collection event will be held on Saturday, June 15, 2024 from 9:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at Lambton College Parking Lot 11, located at...