Journal Staff A proposed waterfront “SARNIA” sign has been upsized after council approved larger, illuminated letters for the fixture coming to Centennial Park. The block-letter style design, made popular in cities like Toronto and Ottawa, will now have six-foot letters – up from four-foot – made of polycarbonate, internally illuminated, and able to be programmed… Read more »
Tara Jeffrey Two smelly sludge lagoons that have sparked countless complaints about a foul smell over the city were sold by Sarnia to a private company for $1 just two years ago. Sarnia council not only sold the 30-acre Scott Road Sewage Lagoon site to Brantford-based Wessuc Inc. for a buck, it also gave the… Read more »
Journal Staff Twelve participants at this year’s Lambton County Music Festival were chosen to advance to the provincial competition. The festival’s 91st competition attracted 81 contestants and 170 entries, and awarded more than $10,000 in awards and scholarships. Adjudicators advanced six local vocalists to the Ontario Music Festival Association finals: Zoey Ryan, Karissa Kern, Noah… Read more »
Journal Staff Sarnia council has designated a huge piece of land just south of Bright Grove as a settlement area for future housing in the city’s new Official Plan. The roughly 530 acres (215 hectares) lies south of Lakeshore Road between Waterworks and Brigden side roads, and includes large tracts of farmland and part of… Read more »
Phil Egan When I was nine or ten and living near Christina and Devine streets I would often trade comic books with a pal named Pat Ryan. Pat lived across from Sam Lampel’s junkyard (now Rainbow Park), on Christina Street. It was inside one of Pat’s comic books that I discovered the Garcelon Stamp Company,… Read more »
Tara Jeffrey The smallest of King George’s ‘Knights’ deserve much more in a schoolyard, says Adam Carswell. “I’ve been a principal since 2006 and I’ve never seen a worse playground,” he said of the outdoor kindergarten area. “It’s just a mud pit out here some days. A lot of the time the kids can’t even… Read more »
1 – Parachutists carry how many parachutes when skydiving? 2 – Get Moving: If Sarnia wins the ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge for the month of June, the city will be awarded how much money to support physical activity initiatives? 3 – An ECG examines which bodily organ? 4 – After 31 years, Elaine Hayter is… Read more »
Phil Egan Saturday home mail delivery ended in 1969, but moving the mail has been a priority since the earliest days of old Port Sarnia. Having an insatiable curiosity about your hometown’s past means always being on the lookout for obscure material about its history. I stumbled upon one of these recently in the form… Read more »
The Sarnia Twin Bridges 15U girls’ volleyball team won a gold medal in Division 5 at the National Championships in Edmonton, an event that drew 800 teams to Alberta’s capital. Pictured are, from left, back row: Alyssa Watson, Jenna Daye, head coach Brian Maxfield, Christine Hotke, Jacqueline Kennedy-Neely, Mya Karlsson, Belle Grondin and Andie Armstrong…. Read more »
Tara Jeffrey Local individuals and families seeking a fresh start after leaving abusive relationships, shelters or other distressing situations now have some additional support. The Fresh Start Project is a non-profit first launched in 2020 in the Toronto area to help folks transition from life emergencies to a stable apartment or house. It relies on… Read more »
