Who's There ?

  Sarnia Police investigating an early morning break and enter.     Around 3:30,  a woman awoke to find an unknown male in her Gordon Street home.  It appears the man was going through a jewellery box.    Thinking it might be a family member, the lady shouted out to him.  He then fled through the back door.  He's described as a male wearing dark clothing and a hoodie.  Anyone with information is asked to call city police or Crimestoppers.

Not This Year

There won't be a Mackinac Festival under the Bluewater Bridges in Point Edward this summer.   Optimist spokesman Glen McKinnan  says they're taking time off to regroup.    McKinnan says the Point Edward Optimists hope to resurrect the Festival in 2011 if finances look better.

Educational Assistance

  A former English teacher has left a significant gift to SCITS high school.    Principal  Linda Jared says an endowment fund has been set up by the late Catherine Wilson.    Jared says this year the Catherine Wilson Foundation will donate 15 thousand dollars to be split up into five - 3 thousand dollar scholarships.    Another 15 thousand will be applied toward the use of late busses in the athletics program and the purchase of library books.  Jared says the school is seeking board approval to have the library at SCITS named in Ms. Wilson's honour.

HST Protest

    Members of Aamjiwnaang First Nation  closed a portion of Tashmoo from  Cabot Canada to Churchill Road today.   In Ontario, First Nations are currently exempt from PST and partially exempt from the GST, but this won't be the case under the proposed HST arrangements.

       The HST to be implemented in July will add an 8% tax to a wide variety of goods and services currently exempt from the combined tax

High Speed Chase

City Police have two Sarnia youths in custody following a short pick-up pursuit on Murphy Road late last night.  Speeds hit 130 kmh before police terminated the chase.  Public complaints lead officers to the Cardiff Place, Ascot Circle neighbourhood, where the occupants fled on foot.  One of the suspects, a 14 year old male was arrested in the Murphy-Wellington area.  The other, a 16 year old,  was located by a police tracking dog hiding under a deck on Fairview Crescent.  Investigation linked the pair to break ins to a home on Beverly Drive and another on Giffel where they found keys to the pick-up.  Both were to appear in court Wednesday for bail hearings.