Written by BRIAN BOLT, The Sarnia Observer (2000) One of the oldest commercial shopping districts in Sarnia is today enjoying a renaissance as the home of smaller, independent owner-operated stores and services. Mitton Street has been a shopping area in the city for 130 years. It was thriving through the 1950s [...]
By Barbara Simpson, Sarnia Observer written Tuesday, September 8, 2015 For Anita Hobbs, Queen Elizabeth II holds a special place in her heart. Growing up in London, England, Hobbs – now a British expat-turned-Sarnia-resident – was just a young girl like then-Princess Elizabeth when The Blitz – an eight-month period of [...]
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Sarnia Observer: November 16 1940 This Story was researched by Katie Braet, co-op student in 2016. THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT, by Robert Sherwood. Few lays written in our time have made such a stirring impact upon the minds and emotions of audiences as “There shall be no light”. In [...]
Three Ancient Vehicles from Lucas Livery are Being Delivered Today. This story was published in the Sarnia Observer: April 26, 1929 and researched by Katie Braet, co-op student in 2016. Henry Ford has at last focused the sunshine for his patronage on Sarnia. For some time the motor [...]
Story by Katie Braet. Coop Student in 2016 at the Sarnia Historical Society. Although Canada is not known for the use of the death penalty, much less the small quiet town of Sarnia, unbelievably there are cases in our town's past where the accused has received such a punishment. The [...]
Sarnia Observer: February 6th 1880 Of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy on Sunday Last - Large Congregation- Sketch of the Sermon Delivered by His Lordship, Rt.- Rev. Bishop Walsh and of Father Kilroy’s Lecture On Sunday last the new Roman Catholic church of this town - a full [...]
Sarnia Observer: January 30th 1880 Magnificent and Imposing Edifice. One of the Finest in Western Canada Readers of The Observer are aware that, during the past two years, a new house of worship has been in process of erection in this town for the congregation of the Roman Catholic [Church]. [...]
Story written George Mathewson for the Sarnia Journal Posted November 11, 2014 Volunteers restoring the steam engine in Centennial Park have made a surprising discovery about its past. The massive locomotive has welding marks – like scars from major surgery – that confirm it was once involved in a violent collision. [...]
Written by Paul Morden for Sarnia Observer Allison Rowell has written only one song in her long musical life, but my oh my was it a hit. She was a student at Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School (SCITS), the city's high school on Wellington Street, in the early 1950s [...]
