Councillors fiddle while road yearns
George Mathewson Last summer, this newspaper gave city council a grade of “F” for ignoring Sarnia’s crumbling roads. Not a single residential street was resurfaced in 2015.
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Week of June 23
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“Community is a group of people helping each other”
Tara Jeffrey When eight-year-old Melanie Wellington asked if her Grade 3 class could hold a fundraiser for a good cause, her classmates stepped up with big ideas and even bigger hearts.
Tickets going fast for Simply White Dinner encore
Cathy Dobson White dress, white lilies, white balloons and, yes, even white gloves and white fascinators. Sarnians went all out for the first Simply White Dinner in Sarnia-Lambton and now, two years later, have a…
I got it!
Four-year-old Laylah Stokes, right, prepares to kick the ball during a Tim Bits U5 soccer game at Parkdale Park in Corunna, recently. Also involved in the action are, from left, Estelle Torres, 5, Jaxon Fournie,…
Bigras had great season in U.S. college baseball
Barry Wright Mitch Bigras says it was a fun ride. The Boston College sophomore and his teammates came within a whisker of the school’s first trip to the College World Series in nearly five decades.
Sarnia’s burgeoning bio-chemical industry welcomes new cash
Pam Wright A $3-million government infusion is helping Sarnia’s growing bio-chemical industry continue to build on its momentum.
Young actor comes full circle
Heather Wright Special to The Journal Sarah Caraher was nine or ten when her parents took her to see singer Colm Wilkinson at Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia.
GUEST COLUMN: Almost Floating: the band in the basement
Adrien Potvin When my dad told me Almost Floating would be hitting the stage for the first time since 2009 (and for the last time together), I knew it’d be special.
Schools team up for one wet Ride Don’t Hide
Journal Staff More than 150 students from two city elementary schools joined forces to complete a wet but fun Ride Don’t Hide event on June 9.