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Phil Egan My late father, Joe Egan, was a meat and potatoes kind of guy. My mother was more adventurous, and loved Chinese food.

A new executive director has been found for the Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park. Katherine Albion joined the Park shortly after graduating from Western University in 2007 with a Ph.D. in…

Journal Staff Veolia Environmental Services has been acquitted of criminal negligence charges after a fatal explosion at the Scott Road facility in October 2014.

Journal Staff The director of the public school board is in line for a big pay increase. Under Ontario’s executive compensation program, Jim Costello could see his salary rise by…

Cathy Dobson About 1,000 local high school students will attend the new Great Lakes Secondary School on Murphy Road this September, if construction stays on schedule. A $21.7-million reconstruction of…

Phil Egan While researching Sarnia’s old inns and hotels recently I came across plans for a great hotel that never got off the ground. It was 1929 – a year…

Troy Shantz A year ago, the old Sarnia General Hospital building was a hub for vagrants and copper thieves. But as 2017 comes to a close, a new chapter is…

Cathy Dobson Bluewater Health will address Sarnia’s devastating opioid problem in the coming weeks by opening as many as seven temporary beds to manage addiction withdrawal.

Troy Shantz Many athletes listen to music before competitions. Zach Vanderwal makes his own. Vanderwal is both a forward with the Sarnia Legionnaires and a rapper who writes and records…

George Mathewson Robin Lane was one of the final pieces of the Streets of Sarnia puzzle, and it wasn’t a perfect fit. Researchers Tom St.