A Trans Canada Air Lines DC-8, like the one that crashed killing five Sarnians. Submitted Photo Debris found at the crash site of TCA Flight 831 near Montreal. Roger Boisvert photo collection—Ville de Blainville When a Trans Canada airliner crashed in a muddy field just over 50 years ago – [...]
A retired Sarnia Police constable has been recognized by the Ontario Women in Law Enforcement for outstanding community service work. Heather Emmons retired in February following a 28-year career with city police. One of only two women officers when she started, Emmons was active with many groups devoted to such [...]
It took a ceremony at city hall to accomplish what Louise Strangway wouldn’t allow while still alive – public recognition of her kindness. Recipients from five local organization rose one by one to accept cheques of about $200,000 each on May 16, their share of a remarkable $1-million bequest from [...]
Sarnia pharmacist Lamar Hanna was at work when he began feeling unwell. It was shortly after Super Bowl Sunday and he brushed it off as fatigue.“But I knew something was weird because I don’t normally get headaches,” said Hanna, 30, who together with wife Jessica are the pharmacist-owners of Centrepoint [...]
City Hall was a busy place Wednesday when Sarnia officially marked the 100th anniversary of its incorporation as a city, on May 7, 1914.Here, children from the Aamjiwnaang First Nation Junior Kindergarten and Day Care sing O Canada and happy birthday in Anishinaabwmowin. Looking on are Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley, [...]
Joe the Cat has been released from the Blue Cross Animal Hospital and into the care of the Sarnia and District Humane Society.Joe, who caused an international furor over animal cruelty after being shot 17 times with a pellet gun, lost an eye but has otherwise full recovered from his [...]
Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie will headline the second annual Festival of Good Things in Sarnia. Submitted Photo Gord Downie is joining the revolution.The lead singer and lyricist of Canadian superband The Tragically Hip is coming to Sarnia to headline a new festival celebrating all that’s good in our community. [...]
It’s critical that a residential facility open soon to help Sarnians with serious addictions, says Mayor Mike Bradley.Sarnia’s alcohol and drug problem is “significant and deep,” he said. As a new outpatient detox program launches this month for those with mild to moderate addictions, the people who need residential withdrawal [...]
Sarnia resident Joyce Williamson identified herself in a 1956 photo of teens jive dancing at Kenwick-on-the-Lake in Bright’s Grove. Glenn Ogilvie A photo published in The Journal of teens jiving at a 1956 “rock and roll night” tripped memories for many Sarnians of a certain age. Joyce Williamson, 75, recognized [...]
Lawrence House Centre for the Arts board members Lynne Brogden, left, and Susan Chamberlain stand at the historic former home’s staircase. Glenn Ogilvie After teetering on the brink of closure, the Lawrence House Centre for the Arts is solidly back in the black. “I couldn’t have imagined it would be [...]