Troy Shantz Problems that dogged the $13.5-million Centennial Park remediation project can be traced to Sarnia not having an internal project manager on the job, the CAO has concluded. “We did not have the proper tools, positions, staff and resources in-house to actually manage this project efficiently and effectively from start to end. That’s what… Read more »
I interviewed Mitch Albom minutes after finishing his latest non-fiction book about a little Haitian girl he and his wife took in, and then lost to brain cancer. I was still wiping away tears, I explained to him. “I’m glad you were moved by it,” he said. “But I hope you didn’t just find it sad. I… Read more »
Troy Shantz & George Mathewson Sarnia needs to spend $2 million a year for the next 10 years to save the Lake Huron shoreline or face “catastrophic” property losses, the city’s engineering director warns. “Our needs currently outweigh our ability to repair,” David Jackson noted in a sobering report to council last week, which identifies… Read more »
It was a time of peace, growth and prosperity; but also one of rumour, fear and paranoia. And they combined to produce one of the most frightening incidents in Sarnia’s history. The era before the ‘Cold War’ had had its own moniker– the ‘Red Scare.’ From the late 1940s to the mid-1950s, communists, known as… Read more »
1 – Which colour is associated with the blood of aristocrats? 2 – What organization is interested in purchasing the vacant SCITS building? 3 – In which royal palace would you find the Hall of Mirrors? 4 – A rare white squirrel was seen and photographed earlier this month in what city park? 5 –… Read more »
Phil Egan As an old travel and tourism guy who spent 39 years in the industry I was attracted to an item contained in the recently opened time capsules from Sarnia General Hospital. It was a 36-page Sarnia tourism brochure about 8.5 by 5.5 inches in size. Though undated, the contents suggest it was printed… Read more »
Cathy Dobson The owners of Great Lakes Refill Co. knew they had the business case for a big expansion within six months of opening. Sisters Melissa Matthews and Lisa Ladouceur started their one-stop eco-friendly store in September 2018 in a small kiosk at the Downtown Market. “By January, we’d hit the sales level that told… Read more »
Troy Shantz Thirty-five years ago a groundbreaking youth program began in Sarnia that proved so effective it now helps at-risk kids in 18 Ontario locations. Rebound was a direct response to the new Young Offenders Act of the 1980s, which gave municipalities the option to divert youth accused of petty crimes out of the overburdened… Read more »
Cathy Dobson More than 50 years after Gus and Sam Derlis began working at the Cromwell Grill, hundreds of loyal customers packed the downtown diner last week to say goodbye. They shook hands, reminisced and shared cake with the brothers, who have been at the diner almost every day since arriving as teenagers from Greece…. Read more »
Cathy Dobson When Anne Denman arrived at MP-elect Marilyn Gladu’s victory party a few hours after polls closed on Oct. 2 it was clear her candidate had won a second term. Denman was exhausted but elated. As a key volunteer with the local Conservative Party, she spent the entire election campaign focused on getting the… Read more »
