Phil Egan An award-winning Toronto filmmaker was in Sarnia last week to work on the macabre story of John McMillan, a.k.a. the ‘Wax Man.’ Cat Mills was intrigued after reading a Sarnia Journal story from 2018 entitled: ‘Wax Man’s plea to “Dig me up in 50 years” remains unfulfilled.’ It told the tale of Petrolia… Read more »
Troy Shantz & George Mathewson The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority appears ready to help local property owners get the permits they need to build shoreline protection and halt Lake Huron erosion. Angry landowners have claimed the Authority and its complicated permit-issuing process is preventing them from installing new protective infrastructure at their own cost…. Read more »
Troy Shantz Marilyn Gladu is carrying a message of inclusion into the most expensive leadership contest in Canadian political history. The Sarnia-Lambton MP is one of half a dozen declared candidates seeking to lead the Conservative Party of Canada. Each must pay an entry fee of $300,000 — one-third refundable — and get signatures from… Read more »
Seventeen-year-old Chloe Brescia is quick with answers on why she loves her character in Theatre Sarnia’s production of Fun Home. Brescia plays Alison Bechdel at age 19, when she goes off to college and her first same-sex relationship. “Alison was the first lesbian protagonist on Broadway,” says Brescia. “It’s a true story and I think… Read more »
Randy Evans & Ken Maczko Editor’s note: This concludes a three-part series. On Jan. 17, 1941, a game was played between St. Paul’s and the St. John’s Saints of the Sarnia Church Hockey League. The tilt had a rather unChristian-like grittiness. According to one report it featured a “free for all scrap which spiced the… Read more »
1 – How many on ice officials are used in a National Hockey League game? 2 – Local hockey star, Dustin Jeffrey, helped Team Canada win what championship recently in Davos, Switzerland? 3 – What is the cube root of 64? 4 – Until April 1, Air Canada will be providing how many… Read more »
Troy Shantz Mitch Mestancik is one of a small but growing number of local cleantech entrepreneurs whose pollution solutions are putting green in the bank. Mestancik is the owner of Sarnia’s first emissions-free lawn maintenance company. The fleet of battery-powered lawn mowers and trimmers at Electricut does the work of gas-powered equivalents but are cleaner… Read more »
Troy Shantz As men age they are disproportionately prone to depression and thoughts of suicide, a local mental health expert says. “Men are encouraged to be strong, not admit that they’re struggling, or do not want to seem weak,” said Sabrina Ferrari, a front line worker with the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). “Men are… Read more »
Cathy Dobson Sarnia native Sami Khan can’t quite believe he’ll share the red carpet in a few weeks with Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and other Hollywood stars at this year’s Academy Awards. Khan will attend the glittery affair in Los Angeles with Bruce Franks Jr., the subject of the film Khan co-directed with U.S…. Read more »
The crime known to police of the day as the “snatch racket” first unfolded in Canada right here in Sarnia – at what was then known as Sarnia Beach: today, Bright’s Grove. Before the kidnapping of brewery magnate John Sackville Labatt, abducting people of wealth for ransom was considered an American crime. Two years earlier,… Read more »
