It has been a banner year for Sarnia authors, from sports to history, and children’s books to poetry. To help match local readers with local writers The Journal has prepared a compendium of 2014 titles. Here, in no particular order, is Part One: Cribbin Six: Moments of Heart & Mayhem [...]
Chris Hadfield’s bestselling book An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth is being turned into a family comedy on the U.S. network ABC, the Globe and Mail reports.The proposed series will focus on a post-mission astronaut readjusting to life on earth. The Sarnia-born Hadfield will serve as a consulting producer [...]
Gallery in the Grove has achieved a major milestone in community building.The volunteer-run gallery recently distributed five more $1,000 scholarships to local students hoping to pursue a post-secondary education in the arts. That pushed to more than $100,000 the amount the small organization has distributed to students since its inception [...]
Don Gutteridge’s memories of growing up in Point Edward are so colourful and rich, he chose his hometown as the backdrop for his latest historical novel. “Lily’s Story” is a sweeping period piece that recounts many key events in the history of Point Edward and Lambton County during the life [...]
Point Edward is giving Sarnia a birthday present. The village has offered a gazebo to help the city mark its first 100 years as a city. The details are still vague, but Point Edward said it wants to recognize its long and neighbourly relationship with the city with a gift. [...]
Rev. Anne Belnap, deacon of the All Saints Anglican Church, at the Inn of the Good Shepherd. Word is out that Anne Belnap shoots from the hip. She’ll listen to your troubles. She’ll take up your cause. She will even help you fill out complicated government forms and never charge [...]
The Howard Watson Trail is a wonderful asset for local nature lovers and runs uninterrupted for 16 kilometres through Sarnia to Camlachie – or just about. Where the former CN right-of-way meets Wellington Street the trail is suddenly blocked by a series of dirt mounds, worn into a bumpy path [...]
Janet Thompson holds a photo of the Sarnia General Hospital School of Nursing class of 1954. George Mathewson In June of 1954, twenty-one young women crossed the SCITS Auditorium stage to receive pins and diplomas from the Sarnia General Hospital School of Nursing.Five members of that graduating class are deceased [...]
This year’s Jim Stokley Scholarship winners are Amanda Griffith, left, and Amanda Graham, right. With them are Stokley’s children, Cory, 9, and Paige, 16. George Mathewson Photo A scholarship established in memory of the late businessman and Bayfest co-founder Jim Stokley has paid dividends for two local students.Amanda Griffith, 30, [...]
As special features go, Mulberry House is a gem. Few houses have front steps made from discarded headstones, and intricate stone carvings over the front windows. Canada’s second Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie reputedly built the house at 197 London Road years ago. For many years, it was the home of [...]