The Journal office and website are closed this week to give all our staff a well-deserved week off this summer. The office and online operations will resume on Aug. 3, with the next print edition coming out Aug. 12. See you then!
Troy Shantz Sarnia’s Will Hornblower was forced to sit out the first stop of the Canadian Sport Bike series last month following a brutal crash at Grand Bend Motorplex. The defending Canadian champion is recovering from a fractured sternum and ribs, concussion, and stage-three shoulder separation after being thrown thrown from his 600cc motorcycle on… Read more »
Troy Shantz Captain Kidd is returning to Corunna but he’ll be dropping anchor at a new location this year. The 36th annual event will run July 30 to Aug. 1 at the patio and parking lot of Bad Dog restaurant, 368 Lyndoch St. “The appetite of the general public for a virtual event is waning,… Read more »
1 – The astronomical symbol of what planet is a trident? 2 – Sarnia’s Julia Greenshields will be representing Canada in what sport at the Olympics in Tokyo? 3 – “Steeltown” is one of the nicknames of what Ontario city? 4 – Brenda Lorenz, Mary Jean O’Donnell, and Sharon Nethercott have designed a 21- kilometre… Read more »
Journal Staff The Sarnia Sting have signed three top draft picks and are offering lower ticket prices for the upcoming OHL season. Fans will be able to attend regular season home games for $15 plus tax in a newly created “energy zone,” and $22 plus tax for regular seating, the team said last week. The… Read more »
Nadine Wark As a young girl growing up in Corunna, freighters passing by on the St. Clair River were a familiar sight. If I wasn’t hearing them, I was seeing them between the trees, or getting closer to them at the ferry dock. Back in the day, these mammoth ships would pass between the Corunna… Read more »
Journal Staff Sarnia is reducing the speed limit on a stretch of Old Lakeshore Road in Bright’s Grove. The current 40 km/h will be lowered to 30 km/h from Waterworks Road to a point just east of Remo Drive to better protect walkers and cyclists. “This is a great idea to lower the speed limit…. Read more »
Boat traffic is once again using Cow Creek after its sand-clogged mouth was cleared over three days earlier this month. Heavy equipment dug a channel two metres deep and eight metres wide and piled the clean sediment on shore, allowing the backed-up creek that winds through Bright’s Grove to flow freely again. The city is… Read more »
Journal Staff Pedestrian-friendly street closures are continuing in downtown Sarnia on weekends until Sept. 5. Christina Street is closed to vehicle traffic between George to Cromwell streets, starting Friday evening and continuing until 8 p.m. Sunday. Sarnia council approved the move at the request of the Sarnia-Lambton Chamber of Commerce. “We are responding to many… Read more »
A radio-controlled truck operated by Aiden Breyer soars over a ramp at Canatara Beach. Breyer and friends Luke Vanderburgt and Josh Berger visit the beach regularly to drive RC trucks and hang out with others. The scale-model vehicles, which can cost hundreds of dollars, have become a pandemic hobby for the group. “Pretty expensive hobby,”… Read more »
