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

Kett has sights set on Team Canada

Barry Wright Dylan Kett has a plan. The 17-year-old student at Ecole Secondaire St. Francois Xavier in Sarnia wants to wear the Team Canada jersey for our national sledge hockey team at the Paralympic Games…

ALZHEIMER’S: Act quickly for wandering patients

Journal Staff Saturday is a trigger for Patricia Wright. The entertainment options are the slimmest that day at the assisted living home where 83-year-old lives. So Saturday is the day she tends to wander.

Act quickly with wandering Alzheimer patients

Journal Staff Saturday is a trigger for Patricia Wright. The entertainment options are the slimmest that day at the assisted living home where 83-year-old lives. So Saturday is the day she tends to wander.

Lawrence House juried art show now open

A new exhibition has opened at the Lawrence House Centre for the Arts. The Floyd Gibson Members' Juried Show features works by Lambton County artists in a variety of mediums, with cash prizes donated by…

Bluewater Anglers meet

The Bluewater Anglers annual general meeting will be held Jan. 13 at the Point Edward Optimist Centre. A new slate of directors will be elected and guest speakers will discuss ice fishing and using the…

Sports fields now smoke-free

All public sports fields and playgrounds in Sarnia are now smoke-free. On Jan. 1 smoking became illegal anywhere within 20 metres of soccer fields, baseball diamonds, splash pads, beach volleyball courts, playgrounds and other areas.

The Journal loves a good quote. Here are 10 that caught our eye in 2014 10 - “Picasso could paint all the buildings downtown, but if he doesn’t have permission it’s still graffiti.” - Sarnia…

Busy photographer recorded city’s early history

John Rochon John Philip Barron was the most prolific of Sarnia's early photographers. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland on Jan. 7, 1842 to William Barron Jr. and Annie Lumsden, he emigrated with his family two years…

Saying goodbye to an historic church

Heather Wright Special to The Journal The final service held last week at Christ Church in Camlachie was an especially poignant one.

OPINION: Homeless court fight a pathetic waste

George Mathewson Sarnia’s dogged court fight to prevent The River City Vineyard church from giving homeless people a hot meal and a bed for the night has cost taxpayers $163,730.39. So far.