My wife Laurie and I were driving around the south end on the weekend, near the house I lived in as a child. Halting for a stop sign at the corner of Richard and Stuart streets, Laurie suddenly exclaimed, “Oh Phil, look at that incredible nativity scene!” I peered out the passenger side window. All… Read more »
Tech great, but people make health care Sir: After reading Phil Egan’s Nov. 21 article (New device to make stethoscope a museum piece) it prompts me to communicate my latest ‘adventure’ regarding our public health system. This past week I experienced the latter first hand through spending several days at the local hospital. My experience is not one… Read more »
He arrived in the nick of too late for the Imperial Oil tower collapse but just in time for a train derailment in the St. Clair Tunnel. Less than three weeks after arriving from Cambridge where he served as deputy chief, Sarnia’s new Fire Chief Brian Arnold found himself dealing with a tangled 40-car derailment… Read more »
Bob Boulton Winter has returned to Sarnia-Lambton. Again. I am positive about this and it’s no use kidding ourselves. We are doomed. I alternate between bitterness and befuddlement at the annual invasion of snow and cold, but this year was extra special. One day, there I am, looking at my green lawn and patting myself… Read more »
Why so few votes for Christian Heritage? Sir: Reviewing this past federal election, and previous elections since 1986, one has to be puzzled by the pathetic low polling of the Christian Heritage Party of Canada (CHP). By virtue of what they stand for they have, in my opinion, the only legitimate claim to the throne…. Read more »
Marg Johnson Ontario took the bold move on Nov. 4 of restricting student use of mobile devices in the classroom. Going forward, cellphones and tablets can only be used during instructional time when approved by the teacher, or for health and medical purposes. It’s a solid strategy, and if it manages to withstand a full-out… Read more »
Following the surprise success of the 2018 biographical documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” the world has gone Mr. Rogers crazy. Much as he and his television show were a salve to children during challenging times of life, adults confronting climate change, political discord and the #metoo movement seem to need his calm, positive and… Read more »
It may have been the strangest thing we ever sent to the U.S.A. We’ve shipped our southern neighbours crude oil, gold, timber, potassium chloride, comedians and natural gas. But in 1964, we sent them Ookpik. Its arrival at an international trade fair in Philadelphia had been heralded for weeks on posters around town. “The Ookpik… Read more »
Remembrance edition triggered memories Sir: Thank you so very, very much to all concerned for their effort in publishing “Sarnia Remembers: A special tribute to our local heroes.” I am an army brat. Our father was posted to Germany twice in the late 1950s to cook for the officers. While my memory these days isn’t… Read more »
Canada’s favourite national pastime has been in the spotlight this month, and it hasn’t been pretty. You can’t log onto social media without running into a debate about Don Cherry’s firing for comments suggesting newcomers to Canada don’t wear poppies; or media personality Jess Allen’s description of hockey players, in her experience, as “white boys” and… Read more »
