Articles By: JD Booth

Ramsden, Edward ‘Ed,’ (May 14, 2013)

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Ramsden; Edward “Ed” – Peacefully on Tuesday May 14th, 2013 at Bluewater Health in Sarnia, at the age of 65. Ed was the beloved husband of Ruth (n. Berdan) for 18 years. Loving father of Crissty and her husband Terry McKay, Anissa and her husband Rob Iacobelli, Brooke and her husband Tim Worsley and Bri-anna. [...]

Local radio station will have us trying to break ‘air guitar’ Guinness world record

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By AARON ZIMMER Marketing Manager, Blackburn Radio Sarnia It has been 13 years since Sarnia has been in the Guinness Book of World Records. In 2000, “The Big Kiss” took place at the RBC Centre and Sarnia broke the record for “Most Couples Kissing Simultaneously.” That record has since been broken. This summer, Sarnia will [...]

OPINION: Windmill power no matter what—even if it means killing eagle habitat?

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OPINION: By MATT McEACHRAN I don’t know about you, but I’m one of those people that like to pay a lot more for my hydro; it’s a small price to pay to save the environment. Hundreds of thousands of jobs lost due to Ontario’s high electricity prices?  No problem. An economy tanking in part because [...]

Busy Tuesday has Sarnia Police on their toes, two accused behind bars

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Sarnia Police were kept busy yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) when they made two arrests of two adult males who were involved in two separate incidents within two hours of each other. The first incident occurred in around 1 p.m. in the 100 block of Davis Street when a 59 year old Sarnia man went looking for [...]

Fiddler on the Loose opens tonight to launch 2013 season at Victoria Playhouse Petrolia

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The Victoria Playhouse Petrolia 2013 Season opens on Wednesday, May 15th with the first preview show of this energetic new production that centres around the extraordinary talent of Fiddler Jesse Grandmont from London, ON and the supremely talented divas Stephanie Cadman (Fiddler, Step Dancer and Singer), Diane Chase (Canadian Country Music Star), and Janelle Murray [...]

Law enforcement Torch Run in support of Special Olympics warms the soul

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About 40 chilly participants gathered at Centennial Park Tuesday morning around 10:30 a.m. to run the five kilometer trek through central Sarnia in support of the Special Olympics.  Sarnia Police Chief Phil Nelson addressed the group before they headed off on foot and on bikes. The tolls collected by volunteers on Saturday, May 11 at Lowe’s [...]

Hit and run suspect is being sought by Sarnia Police

Sarnia Police are searching for a 22-year-old Sarnia in connection with a hit-and-run collision on Afton Drive that occurred around  9 p.m. Sought is Brandon William Scott McNevan, who is said to have been the driver of a vehicle who fled the scene after striking a parked pick-up truck. McNevan faces charges of Breach of  Undertaking [...]

LSSAA Scoreboard, Tuesday, May 14, 2013

JUNIOR BOYS RUGBY Regular Season St. Chris – 7 LCCVI – 5 Regular Season SCITS – 33 Stat line: Tries: Alec Segers (2) Austin Hewton (2) Colton Osborne Converts: Dimitrios Hatzisavvas (2/3) Alec Segers (2/2) St. Clair – 7 SENIOR BOYS RUGBY Regular Season St. Chris – 19 LCCVI – 0 SENIOR BOYS SOCCER Regular [...]

Bluewater Health and cancer awareness charity are teaming up

Get The Ball Rolling and Bluewater Health announced today that they have formed a partnership that will help enhance the Keep The Ball Rolling testicular cancer awareness program. The partnership includes Bluewater Health endorsing the Keep The Ball Rolling website, an on-line educational resourcefor patients, families, and healthcare providers. Additionally, proceeds from the annual Get [...]

Bluewater Health one step closer to having addiction service in place

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Sarnia-Lambton is one step closer to seeing a withdrawal management service with the hiring of a project manager. The announcement in the form of a joint media release by Bluewater Health and the Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network named Deborah Hook to the position, effective Tuesday. Hook was most recently director of the Ottawa [...]