The neighbours are rallying behind an online fundraiser designed to repay the kind southwestern Ontario city and its taxpayers. City of Sarnia staff were also left to clean up after the revellers, who left garbage, coolers and even a picnic table behind. News of the rescue, and the cost, made international headlines, with some criticizing Sarnia's decision to ship Americans home on city transit buses. Some partiers managed to stay in the U.S., but 1,500 were left stranded in Sarnia, landing in places like a chemical plant and gravel pit. He hopes the city realizes how much Americans respect their Canadian neighbours.

Source: CBC News August 24, 2016 17:09 UTC