The Sarnia Gazette

by Dan McCaffery (2015) "For decades politicians trembled every Wednesday when it hit the streets.” That's how The Observer led off a story in the summer of 1995, reporting on the demise of the legendary Sarnia Gazette weekly newspaper. It was August 19, 1995 to be exact, and the final [...]

2015-08-13T19:47:06-04:00August 13th, 2015|Comments Off on The Sarnia Gazette

John Raeside Gemmill and the Sarnia Observer

by George Mathewson    for the Sarnia Observer (2003) John Raeside Gemmill had lofty hopes when he started (the Observer). From a home-based printing plant at Davis and Christina streets he cranked out a lively weekly that struck a chord immediately. Within a month, one of every 12 residents in the [...]

2015-08-23T01:27:31-04:00June 22nd, 2015|Comments Off on John Raeside Gemmill and the Sarnia Observer
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