Marg Johnson As a parent, I can honestly say I remember moments when I understood why some animals eat their young. They can, without much effort, drive you crazy. Case in point. My son, Bud, is a tactile person. That’s to say he wouldn’t wear anything on his body he didn’t first feel for softness…. Read more »
The story is little known today, largely forgotten, even in Sarnia. But speaking of the “Wanstead Wreck” a century ago would evoke the same chill as the words “Lac-Megantic” rail disaster do today. It happened at night, in a blistering blizzard, 33 kilometres east of Sarnia in the former hamlet of Wanstead, today regarded as… Read more »
A royal flush Sir: Concerning royalty, somebody once stated that there are only four recognized kings: the king of spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds. The rest are jokers. Ken Lockrey Sarnia Employment opportunity at Bruce nuclear generating station Sir: A recent job posting has come to my attention from AECON and the… Read more »
Is it just me, or has the practice of New Year’s resolutions fallen by the wayside? This year I haven’t heard a single person in my circle of friends and family say: “My New Year’s resolution was to … “Sign up at a health club and stick to it.” “Start doing volunteer work in town.”… Read more »
Steve Loxton & Mark Andrews For decades, Sarnia councils have neglected, ignored, or short-changed shoreline protection along one of our community’s most priceless public assets; the right-of-way on old Lakeshore Road in Bright’s Grove. Now, record high lake levels are teaching us expensive lessons about the high costs of neglect. Recently, new funding was finally… Read more »
“How did you score one of these?” the bookseller asked, obviously impressed. “He got it by spending a fortune at your Oakville store,” my wife blurted out in response. The clerk at the mall bookstore had glanced at the back of my Chapters card, to see if the discount card was still valid. It was,… Read more »
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 »
