Randy Evans & Gary Shrumm Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series When the Sarnia Curling Club built St. Andrews Rink in 1892 its winter activities were restricted to curling and public skating. But two years later the club offered hockey enthusiasts ice time at the downtown facility, and it ushered in… Read more »
The crime known to police of the day as the “snatch racket” first unfolded in Canada right here in Sarnia – at what was then known as Sarnia Beach: today, Bright’s Grove. Before the kidnapping of brewery magnate John Sackville Labatt, abducting people of wealth for ransom was considered an American crime. Two years earlier,… Read more »
Randy Evans Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series For the Sarnia Hockey Club, it was huge progress. In the winter of 1894, its players were granted permission to move indoors to the two-year-old St. Andrews Rink, across the street from St. Andrew’s Church in downtown Sarnia. Indoor hockey! The sport had… Read more »
People, not God, cause human misery Sir: In his Dec. 19 letter, Paul Pinel stated Hitler was a Christian and implied Stalin was also. While it is true both these men had some religious upbringing, it ends there. Stalin’s father was a very cruel alcoholic, according to Wikipedia. His mother was a deeply religious woman… Read more »
He was a young Englishman who came to Canada with no idea of what to do with his life. Born on Jan. 17, 1893 in Sussex, England, Sidney C. Pratt was a boy of 17 when he arrived in Lambton County to visit an aunt in Aberfeldy, a now-dispersed hamlet in the former Euphemia Township…. Read more »
Atheists are in denial Sir: I am responding to the Dec. 19 letter from Paul Pinel, “This atheist is curious about but not afraid of the hereafter. “ The atheist dost protest too much, methinks. The first atheist I heard speak was Charles Templeton. He used to preach with Billy Graham until, as he tells… Read more »
Marg Johnson Parenting is hard enough without living in the fishbowl of today’s media (especially Facebook) where everyone has an opinion and yours is definitely wrong. I am speaking for the parents who are doing the best they can. I am speaking for parents who are at their wits end and finally have the courage… Read more »
Michael Janssen peered into the night sky over central Sarnia shortly before Christmas and spotted something very strange indeed. It was clear, around 7 p.m. “There were lights in the sky. It looked like they were connected, four lights in a row. They were moving,” he said. “Then they disappeared.” Janssen considered the possibilities: aircraft… Read more »
The Squirrel Man offers readers a grateful Merry Christmas Sir: A ‘Good Day’ to each and everyone reading The Sarnia Journal. The paper is well known, and through it I have met and talked to people in Quebec, Alberta, Saskatoon, and other places. I even have a friend in Cranbrook, B.C. and another in Belgorod,… Read more »
Bob Boulton Not everybody celebrates Christmas, and for some it’s a season of conflicted feelings. Speaking for myself, though, the night before Christmas is magical. And Christmas morning itself is by leaps and bounds the most exciting morning of the year. But I am nonetheless ambivalent about some things – gifts, for instance. Giving gifts… Read more »
