Doug Ford’s PC government has failed true conservative voters Sir: I have been extremely disappointed with the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party governing this province and can no longer support it for numerous reasons: 1) Doug Ford and the PCs were against the carbon tax, then caved, and allowed a carbon tax to be implemented. 2)… Read more »
Phil Egan Hearing the story of Wilmer (Bill) Arnold makes me wonder. When did he learn about the tragedy he’d just missed? As he strolled toward the river or waited at Ferry Dock Hill for the boat to Port Huron, could he hear the furious volley of gunfire behind him? And what did he think… Read more »
Phil Egan In 1958, when I was 11 years old, my weekly allowance was five cents. It was enough to buy a chocolate bar or an ice cream cone, but 10 cents short of admission to Sarnia’s three movie theatres. I was the oldest of seven children at the time – soon to be 10… Read more »
Cuban boycott would only hurt the innocent Sir: The April 7 letter “Cuban vacations help support war in Ukraine” had merit, but boycotting an entire nation is not the answer. It may be true that Cuban resort hotels are owned by government entities, but to cancel a whole country of individuals who rely on the… Read more »
Nadine Wark Listening to a popular music service recently brought back memories of my teen idols from the 1960s. As a young girl, I could appreciate the music of my parents’ generation, including the vocalists and orchestra musicians on their old 78-rpm records. And many of them have endured. I still enjoy hearing songs like… Read more »
Phil Egan On a summer day in the late 1950s, my father drove me to an air show at Selfridge Air Force Base near Mt. Clemens, Michigan. I was only 10 or 11 – too young to know how my father had grown up spellbound by the flying exploits of Charles Lindbergh, or that his… Read more »
Norma West Linder When we celebrate Easter Sunday we hope to say goodbye to Old Man Winter, but weather can be unpredictable this time of year. I recall the late ‘60s when there was so much snow in our front yard my kids made a giant Easter Bunny rather than the usual snowman. A photographer… Read more »
Bob Boulton Nobody called her Florence. She was always Mrs. Cuthbertson, her name spoken softly to avoid summoning her in person. She lived on Wellington Street, next door to us and behind Paterson Memorial Church, and we knew if a baseball was hit over the fence into her back garden it was gone. At best,… Read more »
Remembering Al Brogden, a mentor from a more collegial era Sir: Al Brogden passed away recently. I served with him on Sarnia Council in my first term, back in 1997. I was the greenest of green politicians at the time and I sat next to Al up there in the big chairs. When I was… Read more »
Phil Egan The Sarnia Historical Society launched its most recent book in March of 2020, just as the world was shutting for the COVID-19 pandemic. Keeping the Peace is a 160-year chronicle of the Sarnia Police Service, but it also contains stories about the exploits of other local forces active over that period. They include… Read more »
