Editor’s Note: This week we’re running our favourite people features of 2021, a reminder that even in difficult years good things happen. This one first appeared May 27. Troy Shantz A Sarnia woman is part of a Guinness World Record setting event involving painted rocks from around the world. A total of 21,970 hand-painted rocks… Read more »
Editor’s Note: This week we’re running our favourite people features of 2021, a reminder that even in difficult years good things happen. This one first appeared June 24. Tara Jeffrey Nico Williams was the only Indigenous kid in his class at Corunna’s Sir John Moore school when he was introduced to beadwork. “A substitute teacher… Read more »
Editor’s Note: This week we’re running our favourite people features of 2021, a reminder that even in difficult years good things happen. This one first appeared June 24. Cathy Dobson Every morning, Talice Connelly organizes her day. In a row of empty baskets she places specific items to indicate what she plans to do. A sweatband… Read more »
Editor’s Note: This week we’re running our favourite people features of 2021, a reminder that even in difficult years good things happen. This one first appeared September 9. Cathy Dobson Sierra Hathaway may be a little bit shy but when it comes to supporting her community she’s not the least bit timid. The 10-year-old Sarnia… Read more »
This week we’re running our favourite people features of 2021, a reminder that even in difficult years good things happen. This one first appeared September 9. Tara Jeffrey Dave McIntosh believes age is just a number. “My age says I should be retired but I still work as much as a 30-year-old,” said the 71-year-old… Read more »
Journal Staff Vehicle parking is no longer allowed anyone on Lakeshore Road between Murphy and Telfer roads. The stretch of Lakeshore from Modeland to Telfer was reconstructed over the past two years to include wider paved shoulders to encourage walking and cycling. Council made the move after City Hall received complaints of vehicles parking on… Read more »
Tara Jeffrey Bill Heartwell is hoping a calendar dedicated to his childhood home will strike a chord with history-loving Sarnians. “There’s been a lot of interest,” the Toronto-based architect said of the 2022 calendar, “Recollections of the Gurd Mansion,” dedicated to a long-gone home that was once the largest in Sarnia. “My grandfather bought the… Read more »
Journal Staff Sarnia will continue to provide free menstrual products in public washrooms on a permanent basis. City council has endorsed the idea following a trial period at arenas and park. Twenty-two dispensers were installed at nine facilities in January of 2020, and the pilot was extended a year because pandemic closures didn’t result in… Read more »
John Dickson Sarnia council, and the seemingly powerful Off-Leash Dog Parks committee advising it, are missing the point: the vast majority of citizens do NOT want dogs of any size on local beaches. Council decided recently to seek public input in January on a plan that would see dog owners bring their unleashed animals to… Read more »
1 – Of all of Santa’s reindeer, which one comes last in the alphabet? 2 – Theatre Sarnia’s holiday-themed production of what show was a big hit at the Imperial Theatre? 3 – In a thrilling game, what team won the recent 108th Grey Cup? 4 – Corunna’s Helen Smith and her family recently pitched… Read more »
