What’s Happening, Week of Aug. 7
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OPINION: Sunday hunting is a bad idea
Sarnia is one of a dwindling minority of Ontario municipalities that does not allow Sunday gun hunting, but that could soon change.
Letters, week of Aug. 7
A link between strep and mental illness? I was intrigued by the role strep throat (streptococcus) played in the onset of Jonah Henrikson’s Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in Cathy Dobson’s recent story, Diagnosing Jonah.
‘Mobile market’ back in action
The Inn of the Good Shepherd’s summer ‘mobile market’ is back on the streets. The market is a truck that brings fresh produce to residents who may otherwise go without.
On golden pond: Local club shares a passion for backyard aquatics
Ron Urry was attacking a dead oak tree in the backyard when inspiration struck. “I was digging out the roots and (wife Elsie) said to me, ‘You’ve already got a six-foot hole in the ground,…
We all scream for ice cream
Sixteen-year-old Antonio Adamo isn’t old enough to remember the Dickie Dee Ice Cream man or the sound of a Dickie Dee bicycle bell coming down the street on a hot summer day.
It works! Grand Bend tornado first true test of new emergency warning network
Decades of trial and error in Sarnia-Lambton have finally resulted in an emergency notification system that works. The challenge now is to get more residents to register.
Express headed to provincial softball championship
Sarnia will be represented when the Enniskillen Express compete at the Provincial Women's Softball Association Tier Two Championships in St. Catharines on Saturday.
Centennial Park grass cutting
The long-awaited grass cutting in Centennial Park is set to begin Thursday, Aug. 7. The company hired by city hall, General Maintenance Services, is expected to take two days to cut within the fenced-off park,…
Diggers checking Enbridge pipelines for potential cracks
Heather Wright A new road has appeared in the middle of a Sarnia cornfield on Mandaumin Road. If you look hard, way back in the knee-deep stalks, you might just see construction workers digging into…