When I was in the travel business in Toronto decades ago, we used to say that the only business riskier than running a travel company was owning a restaurant. In the wake of the global pandemic known as Covid-19, no two industries have been harder hit. For someone like this writer, who spent forty years… Read more »
Brian Vickery says he’s going back to his roots by opening up a new deli and grocery in downtown Sarnia. The local businessman has co-owned a number of successful restaurants over the years, including Dockside at Sarnia Bay Marina and Los Puntos in Point Edward. He’s no longer involved in either operation, having struck out… Read more »
1 – What popular newspaper number game is based on three by three grids within a nine by nine grid? 2 – The Village of Point Edward Council recently voted that masks are mandatory in indoor public places for anyone what age and older? 3 – Math: How many prime numbers are there between 1 and… Read more »
The Blue Water Bridge border crossing will remain closed to non-essential travel for another month, officials said Friday. The decision by U.S. and Canadian officials to close the border until at least Oct. 21 comes as both countries continue to fight the spread of COVID-19. The border closure, which was scheduled to expire on Aug…. Read more »
Troy Shantz Only a decade after taking up the sport, 87-year-old Elizabeth Lawton did what most golfers can only dream of – scored a hole in one. “They were saying, ‘It’s in, it’s in! I didn’t believe it,” recalled the Sarnia woman, who notched the ace Aug. 19 on the ninth hole of the Camlachie… Read more »
Shawna Kolkman Lately, everyone has been talking about the degree of seriousness of COVID-19, how inconvenient it is to wear a mask, and the number of deaths in our community. But few are talking about the very real health detriments caused by ‘social distancing,’ a problem that’s increasingly impacting those most frequently affected by this… Read more »
Tom Slater and Tom St. Amand This is a follow-up to the Parsons and Muiden Monument articles in The Journal’s August 27th issue. With a few hundred Dutch citizens from Muiden looking on, organizers and dignitaries officially unveiled the Muiden Halifax Monument on Saturday, September 5th. This hour-long ceremony was the culmination of nearly three… Read more »
People flying in and out of Sarnia Airport have been struck by this message cut into a cornfield at Korny Korner’s Farm on Blackwell Sideroad, saluting the area’s frontline workers. The farm market operated by the Thurston family is open, along with the Farm Adventure, Corn Maze and food trailer. Pumpkin Fest weekends begin this… Read more »
Troy Shantz A pile of discarded headstones belonging to Canadian war veterans was the last thing Marita Otten expected to see on her morning walk through Lakeview Cemetery recently. “Curiosity just brought me to look at it closer,” said Otten, who spotted the stones in a junk heap during her regular walk through the Colborne… Read more »
Cathy Dobson Point Edward Village council is formally objecting to the proposed location of a 50-metre telecommunications tower that promises to greatly improve cell phone service for area users. Signum Wireless wants to build a steel tower roughly 10 storeys high on the north side of Bridgeview Marina property at 1 Marina Rd. The tower… Read more »
