Cathy Dobson With many Sarnians stressed out trying to find time to eat right, chef Marc Piquette has a solution that appears to be catching on. His new business, Piquette Frozen Meals, serves up nutritious, well-balanced dinners for $7 each. “A lot of my customers are plant workers and professionals who don’t have time to… Read more »
Coaches Jason McIntyre, left, and Mark Warburton, are both 5th degree black belts coaching at Sarnia Olympic Taekwondo Martial Arts Academy. Glenn Ogilvie Cathy Dobson Six weeks after opening a new taekwondo school at Paterson Memorial Presbyterian Church, Mark Warburton already has 50 students. Six days a week, and some Sundays, he and fellow coach… Read more »
Cathy Dobson The new owner of Ah! Some Art says she isn’t going to tinker with a successful formula that has kept the funky gift shop in Point Edward thriving the past 20 years. “It’s worked this way for a long time, so I’m going to keep it much the same,” said Liz Koetsier, who… Read more »
Cathy Dobson Gary Maybery says his competitors better look out because another wood smoker is in town now and the ribs are fall-off-the-bone delicious. The veteran cook, who worked 15 years in steakhouses and other food operations, admits he was surprised when a new barbecue smokehouse opened in Sarnia just days before his Saucy Pig… Read more »
Cathy Dobson The longtime owner of Sarnia Lazer Blast has high hopes that adding a rock climbing attraction will take his venture nowhere but up. “I think it will give new life to the business,” says Fred Herbert. “The laser tag doesn’t really make it on its own but I think people will come if… Read more »
George Mathewson City councillors crossed their fingers and took a deep breath and when voting to assume ownership of Sarnia Harbour last year. After all, operating Great Lakes shipping wharves, warehouses and water lots has been the federal government’s job, beyond the city’s normal scope of road repairs and garbage collection. But now, 10 months… Read more »
Cathy Dobson A one-man marketing company has purchased one of its competitors, added four employees, and moved into new offices at 203 Christina St. North. Chris Gardner of Cipher Interactive is the man behind the acquisition. He was raised in London, married a woman from the Sarnia area, and worked in Toronto for nine years… Read more »
Cathy Dobson The first Mary Brown’s Famous Chicken & Taters franchise this side of London has opened. The restaurant at 1149 Confederation St. is owned by Doug and Corinne Loucks, who say it’s the 110th Mary Brown’s location and the only one in this region. Doug Loucks, a former general manager of the Holiday Inn… Read more »
Cathy Dobson A lot of people have good ideas for new products but they never get to market, says 24-year-old Jordon Sansom. “It takes a lot of convincing. I had to convince my company that fruit infusion bottles would be the next big thing.” Sansom, who grew up in Camlachie and graduated from Northern Collegiate, launched… Read more »
Cathy Dobson One of the most successful redevelopments in downtown Sarnia belongs to a young woman who used her parent’s lottery win to buy real estate on Christina and Front streets. Celina Hines could have been spent the windfall on any number of things but chose to bet on historic but dilapidated buildings. “There is… Read more »
