GUEST COLUMN: The indomitable Anna Mitton embraced ‘Rapids’ life
Tom St. Amand The letter he received from his wife in the spring of 1834 must have shocked A portrait of Anna Maria Penrose Mitton.
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City course enjoying explosive growth in junior golfers
Troy Shantz Although young Canadians are showing little interest in learning to play golf, one Sarnia course is bucking that trend. Canada has 5.
Interval Home gets grant for new van
The Women's Interval Home is getting $40,000 from the Judith & Norman Alix Foundation to buy a new van. Over its 30-year history the foundation has advanced more than $5 million to 40-plus community projects.
National medalists
The Twin Bridges Thunder Boom team travelled to Waterloo, Ont. for the national volleyball championships May 11-14 and came home with a silver medal in Division 2, Tier 1, after going 7-2 over the weekend.
Northern crowned “AAA” champs at Lambton-Kent meet
Journal Staff It all came down to the last event on the final day.
First Place
Nine swimmers from the Sarnia Rapids 1 team had first place finishes at the St. Clair Erie Aquatic League meet in Blenheim earlier this month.
The Sarnia Journal trivia challenge
1 - What member of Britain’s royal family announced recently he/she was withdrawing from all public duties? 2 - Theatre Sarnia’s current musical production is based on what Charles Dickens’ novel? 3 - Channel your…
Back to back champs
The Gregory A. Hogan Griffins junior girls basketball team went undefeated for a second straight year in winning back to back St Clair Catholic District School Board championships, downing St. Anne's 21-13 in the final.
Sesquicentenni-art
Two-year-old Cameron Gallant checks out the Canada 150 art installation created by local artist Roxanne Chumko, which was unveiled on May 1 at the Lambtron Mall. Chumko, a drywaller by trade, has also been an…
Original photo of Adolf Hitler
It isn’t every day someone walks into The Journal office with an original, unpublished photograph of Adolf Hitler. But such was the case recently when Sarnia’s John Helle arrived with a page from the family…