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Journal Staff Saturday is a trigger for Patricia Wright. The entertainment options are the slimmest that day at the assisted living home where 83-year-old lives. So Saturday is the day she tends to wander.

A new exhibition has opened at the Lawrence House Centre for the Arts. The Floyd Gibson Members' Juried Show features works by Lambton County artists in a variety of mediums, with cash prizes donated by Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley.

All public sports fields and playgrounds in Sarnia are now smoke-free. On Jan. 1 smoking became illegal anywhere within 20 metres of soccer fields, baseball diamonds, splash pads, beach volleyball courts, playgrounds and other areas.

The Journal loves a good quote. Here are 10 that caught our eye in 2014 10 - “Picasso could paint all the buildings downtown, but if he doesn’t have permission it’s still graffiti.” - Sarnia Police Const.

John Rochon John Philip Barron was the most prolific of Sarnia's early photographers. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland on Jan. 7, 1842 to William Barron Jr. and Annie Lumsden, he emigrated with his family two years later to Canada, settling in St.

Heather Wright Special to The Journal The final service held last week at Christ Church in Camlachie was an especially poignant one.

1. What 60-year-old Christmas classic features the characters Betty and Judy Haynes and such songs as “Let it Snow” and “Sisters”? 2.

Marco Vigliotti Alfred Ruffilli vividly remembers the carefree drive he took around Sarnia on a Saturday afternoon some 75 years ago that led to his first date with Noreen.

George Mathewson Susan Averill was headed to her blue box with an armload of empty bottles when the inspiration struck. Stopping short, she stuck five of them on the branches of her young catalpa tree. Tada! Sarnia’s “bottle tree” was born.

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