Troy Shantz The pandemic has given birth to the birthday drive-by, but Patricia Greenwood’s family and friends from Michigan did her one better on July 9. Piling into a friend’s boat, they arrived from Port Huron on the St. Clair River and delivered a “float-by” for the Sarnia woman’s 80th birthday. “That’s pretty special. How… Read more »
Tara Jeffrey Baby Jake, we have quite the story for you when you’re older. We’ll tell you about when you were born, in a quiet hospital room at Bluewater Health at the peak of an unprecedented pandemic. You’ll hear all about Leslee and Emilia, the two nurses, who, behind face shields and masks, held your scared… Read more »
Troy Shantz When Ontario schools shut down suddenly this spring Christopher Blair was more than happy to spend his days in the garage. The St. Patrick’s student spent the next two months mechanically rebuilding and fully restoring a 1980 Pontiac Trans Am. The teen is “obsessed” with mechanical things, his parents say. “Everything he could… Read more »
Troy Shantz Leading a handcuffed person in serious mental distress through the hospital emergency department isn’t something police officers enjoy, says Const. Tim VanCowenberg. Which is why many have welcomed a pilot program underway in Sarnia in which a mental health team is deployed to de-escalate high-pressure situations and aid people in crisis. “You can… Read more »
Cathy Dobson A Toronto-based company wants to build a trio of nine-storey student residences on land it owns on the south side of London Road at Afton Drive. If approved, the Cantam Group housing project would be the first of its kind in Sarnia and create 234 units with 910 bedrooms, says the company’s local… Read more »
Cathy Dobson Lambton College’s biotechnology researchers have joined the race to find a vaccine for COVID-19. Collaborative work began in May with Toronto-based Mediphage Bioceuticals on a mini-string DNA-based vaccine engineered to artificially simulate an immune response. “Our role as a community college is to support the community, to keep it safe, and we take… Read more »
Journal Staff Numerous local businesses have not yet reopened and there’s no indication when they will, says the Sarnia-Lambton Business Development Corporation. “That is of concern. The longer they’re closed the greater risk that they’ll be unable to reopen,” said general manager Don Anderson. “They’re going to deplete their working capital.” The SLBDC is a… Read more »
When COVID-19 arrived here in March, Sarnia-Lambton quickly emerged as a hot spot with one of highest infection and death rates in all of Ontario. The virus swept through our senior homes, filled a hospital ward with the sick, and killed 25 of our friends and neighbours. Since then, however, this community has achieved a… Read more »
Tara Jeffrey A symbol of equity and inclusion stirred an unlikely controversy last month when the public school board was criticized for both the length of time and the way it flew the LGBTQ Pride flag. The Lambton Kent District School Board directed its schools to raise the rainbow flag from June 1 to 5…. Read more »
Troy Shantz Sarnia’s next round of lead testing is moving outdoors. City staff is sampling water from outdoor water taps this summer as they focus on the remaining 5,000 residences suspected of having potentially high levels of the heavy metal. Some 2,000 homes were sampled last year in Sarnia’s “lead zone,” an area bounded by… Read more »
