Troy Shantz A group of Indigenous researchers have developed a website and smartphone app to help local First Nations residents identify and report harmful emissions from the Chemical Valley. The Land and the Refinery (www.landandrefinery.org) is a place to share research, archival documents, environmental data, and community knowledge about industry and the land, according to… Read more »
1 – Found in Asia and Africa, what dog-like carnivore is a noted scavenger with a human-sounding laugh? 2 – This Friday, what street between Front and Christina streets will be blocked off for a trial run as a pedestrian mall? 3 – The sacrum is a triangular bone in our bodies located… Read more »
Troy Shantz The Sarnia-Lambton oversized load corridor will be considerably more expensive to complete than predicted. City council agreed to soldier on with the project last month despite its estimated price tag rising to $16.9 million from $12 million. And it could go even higher, officials admit. “Once you get into a project like this… Read more »
Troy Shantz Unfinished. Unsafe. Unwelcoming. That’s how one senior described her first semester at the still-under-construction Great Lakes Secondary School in Sarnia. The school opened on Murphy Road last September, one full year behind schedule, after the contractor repeatedly missed deadlines on the $25.2-million renovation. Now, five months later, a 550-seat auditorium, two music rooms… Read more »
Cathy Dobson Five students have been commended for stepping up to rescue a victim and apprehend his assailant during a vicious assault at the Lambton College residence on Jan. 12. Winston Chan, Brielle McInnis, Dylan Climie, Kate Flanigan and Quinton Pluzak were recognized by Sarnia Police Chief Norm Hansen last week. Each was presented with… Read more »
A trio of local comedians and a painter from Bright’s Grove are the latest Sarnians to grab the television spotlight. Funnymen John Hollingsworth, Dave Lane and Chris Reid have been performing in Sarnia and across Canada as The Fidgets improv team for 13 years. Hollingsworth says they were ecstatic to learn a live show of… Read more »
Journal Staff Numerous exhibitions, a cake artist and a pedestrian street mall are among the new things on tap for the February First Friday cultural walkabout in downtown Sarnia. Most stores will stay open late on Friday, Feb. 7 and street and lot parking is free after 6 p.m. JUDITH & NORMAN ALIX ART… Read more »
Nicole Schultz uses music and a megaphone to encourage her fellow elementary school teachers picketing the Lambton Kent District School Board office in Sarnia last week. Teachers from 15 schools took part in the legal, one-day strike, said Shultz, a field marshal with the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario. Unless a provincial settlement is reached,… Read more »
Troy Shantz When Logan Chapman informed his mother he wanted to become a race car driver, she was reluctant. Understandably. He was 6 years old. “Mom,” he said. “I may look like you but racing is in my blood.” Nor has Logan’s passion diminished with age, Melissa Chapman said. “When he’s not racing he can’t… Read more »
Troy Shantz & George Mathewson City council has given final approval to replace the historic log cabin in Canatara Park with a new replica. Under the city’s watch, the 180-year-old pioneer building was allowed to deteriorate, despite it having a heritage designation. As a result, repairing it is now too expensive, according to a staff… Read more »
