Police Watch

All too easy when self-isolating to pack on the pounds Sir: Could COVID 19 become the new Freshman 15? The well-known phenomenon of the Freshman 15 suggests that first-year university…

Troy Shantz Sarnia Police have charged a 72-year-old man with failing to self-quarantine after returning from a trip out of the country.

Journal Staff Ontario has given law enforcement officers temporary new powers under the COVID-19 emergency measures and Sarnia has set up a hotline to report potential offenders.

The bread and soup shelves were empty. The white milk in the dairy cooler was gone, although some chocolate was left. “It could be worse,” I said to the harried…

City Police are treating the death of a 29-year-old Sarnia woman on March 14 as a homicide. Officers arriving in the 100 block of North Palmerston Street found the woman…

Are county councillors victims of ‘stupid gas? Sir: Many of us have seen those old Batman episodes from the 1960’s TV series where the Commissioner, his police officers and even…

On Nov. 6, 1932, a story in the Canadian Observer announced to a startled city that Fire Chief Burton J. Batty was “missing.” Foul play was feared.

1 - Madagascar is the largest island in what ocean? 2 - What local historian has written, “Keeping the Peace,” a book on the history of Sarnia’s police department, available…

Gary Shrumm & Randy Evans Historian and columnist Phil Egan told Journal readers earlier how members of the Ku Klux Klan desecrated Sarnia’s St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in 1924.

Cathy Dobson Phil Egan is in turn awestruck, outraged and amused while describing the notorious criminal cases in his new book.