Journal Staff City Hall wants to hear what residents have to say about graffiti. A draft graffiti policy is available for review and public comments until March 15. The proposed policy seeks to minimize graffiti on both public and private property through engagement, reporting and prompt removal. But it also recognizes certain public spaces could… Read more »
Troy Shantz Max Laur swapped his hockey stick for a javelin several years ago and hasn’t looked back. “It is a testament, especially in this area, for boys to quit hockey,” said Laur’s long-time coach Maggie Mullen. “He wanted to focus on throwing and he has had his eye on the prize for a long… Read more »
Randy Evans TOP THIS – For Norm “Red” Armstrong, Dec. 15, 1962 was a day of firsts. The former Sarnia Legionnaire donned the blue and white of the Toronto Maple Leafs and skated out into his first NHL game. His first shift came at 14:93 of the third period. Twenty-five seconds later he scored his… Read more »
Cathy Dobson In the grip of winter, most of us aren’t thinking about the upcoming bicycling season, but Sarnia’s Andrew Colborne is thinking of little else. He is getting ready to open a new bicycle shop at 137 Michigan Ave. in Point Edward by mid-March. The timing is ideal, he says. Pandemic-weary Sarnians have bought bicycles… Read more »
Journal Staff A population of endangered snakes in Point Edward will be relocated this year to Canatara Park. The Butler’s garter snakes will be captured by wildlife technicians at 1600 Venetian Blvd. and moved to enhanced habitat at the Sarnia park’s south end. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Sarnia city council have each approved… Read more »
1 – What is the world’s smallest ocean? 2 – ServiceOntario is now located at what building complex on North Christina Street? 3 – Jeff Bezos recently announced his resignation as CEO of what company? 4 – What Sarnian, with skating partner Kirsten Moore-Towers, won gold at this year’s Skate Canada Challenge? 5 – If… Read more »
Cathy Dobson Three-quarters of Sarnia’s employers downsized their workforce over the past year, but some have begun rehiring, according to two studies to be released next month. New research indicates some local jobs are likely gone forever, but new ones will be created through the permanent changes businesses make after the pandemic. Post-pandemic jobs… Read more »
Journal Staff Sarnia-Lambton is getting another 8,200 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, but most residents won’t get a shot for at least several months. A first shipment of 3,500 doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrived in Sarnia on Monday and is being given to high-priority health-care staff, Lambton Public Health says. An additional 3,500 Pfizer doses… Read more »
Marg Johnson In so many ways, the Lambton County that I know now as a retired person is not so very different from the Lambton County that formed me. Back then, Arthur Street in Point Edward was a sheltered place. Our story-and-a-half home was the base for many neighbourhood games of hide & seek, kick-the-can… Read more »
Bob Boulton Some days, I wonder if what I learned at school had much value. I still struggle with long division. Then I remember Mr. Davis. Before they replaced Johnson Memorial, my old school, Mr. Davis was our crossing guard at Russell near Talfourd. My world then was in apple-pie order. My mother walked me… Read more »
