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Hospital starts Ebola screening

Hospital starts Ebola screening

Bluewater Health is seeking assistance from the public in its efforts to protect patients and staff from the Ebola virus.
Torontonians cashing in their chips help drive record home sales

Torontonians cashing in their chips help drive record home sales

Marco Vigliotti Low interest rates, affordable prices and a swelling tide of seniors moving from the Toronto region are credited with propelling Sarnia home sales to unexpected record heights.
From preacher to atheist; how the former Rev. Bob Ripley lost his faith

From preacher to atheist; how the former Rev. Bob Ripley lost his faith

Marco Vigliotti As a senior minister with the Metropolitan United Church and well-known syndicated religion columnist, Bob Ripley's personal and professional life for the past three decades was defined by his faith.
CANDIDATE FORUM: School board trustees

CANDIDATE FORUM: School board trustees

This week, The Journal features the men and women seeking to represent the Sarnia area as trustees on the four publicly-funded school boards.

What's Happening, week of Oct. 23

What’s Happening events must be open to the public, of general public interest, 60 words or less, and received at least two weeks prior to the event.
Colourful mural created for children grieving a loved one

Colourful mural created for children grieving a loved one

Cathy Dobson The freshly-painted pandas, parrots and butterflies adorning the wall in the children’s room at St. Joseph’s Hospice are a colourful and lasting gift from the Sarnia Artists Workshop.
Cleaning business started with a plan

Cleaning business started with a plan

Cathy Dobson Chelsey Hart didn’t just write an adequate business plan. She mastered it.
Stone cairn marks city’s ‘other’ Centennial

Stone cairn marks city’s ‘other’ Centennial

John Rochon The stone cairn on the northeast corner of Front and George streets commemorates not the declaration of Sarnia as a city, but the Centennial of the naming of Sarnia.
Learning to skate isn't easy

Learning to skate isn't easy

Kyleigh Beauvais-Chad, a student at P.E. McGibbon School, recovers from a tumble during an RBC Learn to Skate session at the Sarnia Arena.
Winner of Humane Society raffle gives back the grand prize

Winner of Humane Society raffle gives back the grand prize

Marco Vigliotti When Sarnia’s Michele Stokley won the diamond ring grand prize in a Sarnia Humane Society raffle last week it appeared to be a typical end to another successful fundraiser.