by Dan McCaffery for the Sarnia Observer (2003) Humanity Saved! That’s how The Observer greeted the news that Germany had tossed in the towel, putting an end to the First World War on Nov. 11, 1918. The screaming headline, in the largest type size ever used by the newspaper up [...]
by Randy Evans for The Sarnia Journal (2014) One hundred years ago, Canada’s initial World War One recruiting drive was in earnest. All volunteers, Sarnia’s earliest enlistees were routed into military groupings based in centres other than their hometown. But this changed in 1915 with the formation of the 70th [...]
by Paul Morden for the Sarnia Observer (2015) A new exhibit at the Lambton Heritage Museum is sharing, while still gathering, stories about Lambton at War, along with artifacts from the community's military history. The new exhibit, Lambton at War, runs until Nov. 11 at the Lambton County museum, located [...]
by Dan McCaffery for the Sarnia Observer (2003) There were statesmen and scoundrels, war veterans, a noted investor and even a football hero. In fact, included among the 63 men who have sat in the mayor’s chair during Sarnia’s history have been some of the most colourful characters ever to [...]
