Cathy Dobson Ihor Komirenko’s 11th birthday is one the Ukrainian boy won’t soon forget. He turns 11 on July 1st, and will be celebrating it in a new home and a new country that shares his birthday. What’s more, his mom is ready to deliver a baby sister, and her due date is also around Canada… Read more »
Journal Staff Sarnia-Lambton native Meghan Hunter is now an Assistant General Manager of the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks. Hunter joined the organization in 2016 and, after serving in various hockey operations and scouting roles, and will new oversee budgeting, team services, contract execution, team security and player services, the Blackhawks said. Hunter, who grew up in… Read more »
Tara Jeffrey Sarnia has asked Ontario to pressure the company responsible for an ongoing sewage stench that’s periodically plagued the city for nearly three months. The community has “lost its patience” with the ongoing smell, David Jackson told the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks in a letter last week. “The odour is unacceptable… Read more »
1 – What term means an unofficial do-over in golf? 2 – What historic church at the corner of Emma and Devine streets is closing its doors for good this Sunday? 3 – Natural blondes have more hair than natural brunettes. True or False? 4 – What south-end park will be enhanced this summer with… Read more »
Tara Jeffrey The more Lilly Nead heard about the war in Ukraine, the more compelled she felt to act. “It was really impacting me,” said the Grade 7 student at St. Joseph Catholic School in Corunna, which last month welcomed a new student from the Ukraine. “These families who came here to start a new… Read more »
Journal Staff City Hall hopes that placing a section of Finch Drive on a “road diet” will reduce speeding and vehicle collisions in the area. Council voted 8-1 recently to convert Finch into a two-lane road – with a single vehicle lane in each direction – between Wellington Street and London Road. On-street parking will… Read more »
Concrete work on The Bayfront apartment building in downtown Sarnia had risen just above street level in September of 2020, photo below. Last week, the enormous crane used to construct the 15-storey tower was dismantled, above. Officials with The Tricar Group say the one and two-bedroom units will be ready for rental this fall, about… Read more »
Randy Evans When the old Sarnia Jail was built in the 1850s its designers provided for 40 cells, with eight designated for women inmates. Apparently, they assumed men were 80% more likely to require incarceration. Because it was a Victorian-era jail the female cells were segregated from the rest, and it’s highly unlikely any area… Read more »
Tara Jeffrey The first project from Sarnia’s Waterfront Master Plan has received a green light. Council accepted a $318,670 proposal from Brook McIlroy Inc. to design a revitalized Ferry Dock Hill on the St. Clair River shoreline. The landmark Ferry Dock Hill building was demolished in 2020 after record high water levels damaged its foundations,… Read more »
Journal Staff The Rotary Club of Sarnia is helping a respected Ukrainian artist now living in Sarnia sell her work. The club has made authorized reproductions of Natasha Nikolenko’s paintings available as prints and cards, either framed or ready to send. Nikolenko, who was born without use of her arms and legs, arrived in Sarnia… Read more »
