The Sarnia Journal

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Journal Staff

Journal Staff is the collective byline used for articles credited to The Sarnia Journal newsroom.

Articles by Journal Staff

Lakers make waves in Hamilton

The Huron Lakers major atom #1 basketball team came away with Division 1 silver at the Blessed Sacrament tournament Feb. 18 in Hamilton.

Gold medals at meet

Jack Girardi, 12, left, and Ian Wallace, 8, of the Sarnia Rapids team, had first-place finishes at the 12 & Under Celebration meet in London recently. Girardi took gold in 100M backstroke while Wallace won…

Tops in the pool

Ten members of the Rapids 1 swim team had first-place finishes at the St. Clair Erie Aquatic League meet in Leamington, Ont.

SWOSSAA champs

Jubilant members of the Northern Vikings senior boys basketball team celebrate their victory over Windsor’s Holy Names Knights at the Southwestern Ontario high school basketball championship on Feb. 22.

The Sarnia Journal trivia challenge

1 - What Roman Emperor allegedly “fiddled while Rome burned”? 2 - What is the only Great Lake that doesn’t share its name with a Sarnia street? 3 - What is the male part of…

Woods says acceptance speech at Juno Awards unlikely

Tara Jeffrey Donovan Woods says it was his dad who got him hooked on Leonard Cohen. “That was some of the first music he introduced me to,” said the Sarnia native and Northern Collegiate grad.…

Heavy flaring from Imperial Oil stacks

Social media was abuzz late Thursday with videos and images of large flames at Sarnia’s Imperial Oil site following reports of an “operating issue” at the plant. Imperial says the issue occurred around 6:20 p.m.

Classic cocktails featured at new downtown lounge

Cathy Dobson The seeds were sown for the new Mixx Lounge on Front Street during a “foodie” trip to Cleveland when a group of Sarnians found themselves sipping on classic cocktails and enjoying some soft,…