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Sarnia’s Remembrance Day services cancelled

September 30, 2020

Journal Staff This year’s Remembrance Day services in Sarnia including the parade and traditional wreath-laying ceremony at the Veterans Park Cenotaph have been cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Art gallery, Lawrence House, reopen to the public this weekend

September 30, 2020

Cathy Dobson There’s good news this week after the pandemic abruptly shut down Sarnia-Lambton’s cultural centres seven months ago.

Long-term care homes unprepared for second wave, local health advocate says

September 30, 2020

Cathy Dobson The Ford government has done nothing to prepare Ontario’s long-term care homes for a second wave of COVID-19 infections, says the chairperson of the Sarnia Lambton Health Coalition.

Sarnia-Lambton not immune to provincial COVID surge: Ranade

September 29, 2020

Journal Staff Local residents should prepare to see an increase in COVID-19 cases, says Lambton’s Medical Officer of Health. “Right from the first day of this we said just because…

There will be no more warnings for big parties, city police say

September 29, 2020

Troy Shantz Partiers can expect to pay hefty fines if city police are forced to break up another youth gathering like the one at a Bright’s Grove beach last week,…

COVID-19 leaves Legionnaires season in jeopardy

September 28, 2020

Troy Shantz If fans aren’t allowed in the stands this season, the Sarnia Legionnaires won’t play, says the team president. “I’ve already told the league that we will not play…

GUEST COLUMN: Pondering our new ‘COVocabulary’

September 27, 2020

Susan MacFarlane If someone asked me in 2015 where I pictured myself in five years, it certainly wouldn’t have included a mask or hand sanitizer. Nope, not even remotely on…

GUEST COLUMN: My what-I-don’t-know list has grown during pandemic

September 25, 2020

Bob Boulton Since the arrival of self-isolation, social distancing and the Quarantine-15, my mind has been crowded. Big thoughts, little thoughts, all smooshed together. Bob Boulton There’s my closet, for…

First human case of West Nile virus confirmed

September 25, 2020

Journal Staff A Lambton County resident has tested positive for the West Nile virus. It’s the first local lab-confirmed human case of the virus this year, Lambton Public Health said.

Sarnia’s road budget has some huge potholes

September 24, 2020

Troy Shantz Sarnia spends about half what other municipalities invest in road repairs, a staff report says. The average Canadian municipality spends 1.1 per cent of its road replacement value,…