Sting visiting Point Edward Arena
The Sarnia Sting’s regional community tour is making a stop at the Point Edward Arena on Feb. 10. The Sting team will practice at the arena from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., which is open…
Journal Staff
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Articles by Journal Staff
Chillaxing: Fishing through the ice means going with the floe
George Mathewson It’s a grey day on Sarnia Bay and groups of people are standing around staring into holes. Quiet reigns out here on the ice, and the snow falls softly. But all eyes are…
Golden Girl bowling ‘em over at 93
Barry Wright Laura Paquette walks confidently up to the line at Marcin Bowl, reaches back and proceeds to throw a strike. Nothing unusual about that, perhaps, except Paquette is 93 years old.
The Sarnia Journal trivia challenge
1. What company’s advertisement included the line “Good to the last drop”? 2. What Sarnia born NHL player, who scored a staggering 608 goals in his career, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame…
GUEST COLUMN: The siren call of garden catalogues
Ginny Schleihauf Garden catalogues sing the song of the sirens.
City hall’s new building boss probes charges of red tape, delays
Cathy Dobson Sarnia’s new planning and building director says she’s heard the “anecdotal tales” about her department frustrating developers with red tape and delays. Now she wants evidence.
What’s Happening, week of Jan. 29
What’s Happening events must be open to the public, of general public interest, 60 words or less, and received at least two weeks prior to the event.
Mayor pushes for conduct watchdog
Cathy Dobson Mayor Mike Bradley insists nothing specific is driving his campaign to hire an integrity commissioner for Sarnia council, but he is pushing hard for it.
Lung transplant recipient who boosted donor list may soon need help herself
Tara Jeffrey Tara Bourque wants to leave her mark on this world, one organ donor registration at a time.
Letters, week of Jan. 29
Our laws and culture not based on Christianity Re: Letter of Jan. 22, ‘Our culture based on Judeo-Christian values.’ In it, Rick Kneller states, ‘Our democracy, judicial system and social mores are firmly based on…