Lawn bowling tourney winners
Sandy and Nick Symes of Sarnia display the championship plaque after winning the Mott Memorial Members and Merchants Tournament at the Sarnia Lawn Bowling Club on Labor Day.
Journal Staff
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Baby in speeding vehicle
A Sarnia man has been charged with multiple offences after being stopped for speeding on Modeland Road with a six-month-old child in the back seat The vehicle was clocked doing 118 km per hour in…
Heart doctor passes
A Sarnia cardiologist with an international reputation for excellence died last week while travelling in Spain. Dr. Bal Sahay, 73, had practiced in Sarnia since 1989 before retiring in 2012 from a distinguished career that…
Coach has 40 years in SMAA
Barry Wright When the leaves begin to turn and the air starts to cool, you'll know where to find Jamie Dekelver. He'll be roaming the sidelines coaching SMAA minor football. “I started (coaching) when I…
Greekfest: Time to get your Greek on
Journal Staff Sarnia’s Greekfest attracts crowds for a lot of reasons – the food, the music, the ouzo. But something else keeps them coming back to the tents erected in the St. Demetrios Church parking…
Fantasy in stone: Man’s beach creation is one-of-a-kind
George Mathewson Roger Laflamme has been dragging rocks from Lake Huron and adding them around his beachfront home on Devonshire Road for the past seven years.
Tinkering done to ease congestion around busy commercial zone
Cathy Dobson Sarnia’s most clogged commercial zone does not require a new vehicle entrance, although a few strategically-placed signs could improve traffic flow, says a study commissioned by SmartCentres.
GUEST COLUMN: Toronto soaks up the funding
Bryan Trothen The Ontario government is putting $100 million into rehabilitating Ontario Place, the Toronto waterfront facility that has been closed since 2012 after running up a $15-billion debt because visitors stopped coming and revenues…
Ebola screening underway at Lambton College
George Mathewson Lambton College has implemented screening protocols as the Sarnia campus welcomes about 55 students from Nigeria, a West African country struggling to contain an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.
Brewery rising to meet city’s untapped thirst
Cathy Dobson Just four months after its launch The Refined Fool Brewing Co is doubling in size, evidence that Sarnians have a thirst for local brewed craft beer.