By Rany Xanthopoulo First Monday (2015) The origins of the Chinese Community in our area dates back to the mid- seventies. Dr. George Lichong and Mr. Chuck Woo were the original founders and their aim was to keep the culture ties and traditions alive and to help new immigrants to [...]
by Paul Morden for the Sarnia Observer (2010) Nicole Chénier-Cullen has written the memoirs that her late husband Bud Cullen never had the chance to. "I Found My Thrill on Parliament Hill" tells the story of her life working for cabinet ministers in Ottawa, and the love story that came [...]
by Tara Jeffrey for the Sarnia Observer (2014) The city of Sarnia has been shaped by number of notable politicians, from familiar figures like former prime minister Alexander Mackenzie, to long forgotten names like 19th century mayor Thomas George Johnston. Some notable names from the history books include: Cameron was [...]
by Skip Gillham special to the Observer (2012) The former tanker Imperial Sarnia, once common around the local waterfront, is headed for scrapping in Port Colborne. Known as the fuel storage barge Provmar Terminal II at Hamilton since 1987, the ship was due at the scrap berth of International Marine [...]
by Carl Hnatyshyn Sarnia This Week (2015) If you’ve lived in Sarnia anytime over the past half-century and have spent time riding down Lambton’s open roads on a chopper, chances are that you’ve heard of Ray McQuinn and Motorsport. That’s because for over 50 years, McQuinn and his team have [...]
by Tyler Kula for the Sarnia Observer (2014) As far as Al Bedard remembers, there was virtually nothing a shopper couldn’t find during its heyday in the 1960s and 70s.The once-prominent shopping sector in an era before Sarnia Township’s amalgamation with Clearwater, boasted everything from lawyers and doctors, to hardware [...]
by Scott Stephenson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) The last big construction boom in the Chemical Valley occurred almost 30 years ago [Editor’s Note-story written in 2003], fueled by the creation of Petrosar. As the country moved out of the 1960s and into the 1970s, Sarnia’s petrochemical industry was ailing. [...]
