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Powell, Stephen Philip, (April 4, 2013)

POWELL, Stephen Philip – At Bluewater Health, Sarnia on Thursday, April 4, 2013, Steve Powell died at the age of 52. Beloved wife Valentyna. Loving father of David Powell of Surrey, BC and Oleg Purenko of Red Deer, Alberta. Dear brother of Heather DeBruyn & Ken Brooks, of Wallacetown, ON. Cherished uncle of Anna & [...]

Reflections on a life lived that touched many hearts

It was stunning news that I received just as I sat down at a men's event on Saturday, hosted by our church. Becky Bouma had died. She was a member of our community and my wife and I had got to know her and her husband when they began attending. She was an effervescent individual, [...]

Sochan (nee Zacharia), Roxanne ‘Oxana’ Lydia, (March 28, 2013)

SOCHAN, Roxanne (Oxana) Lydia (nee Zacharia) – Born September 12, 1942 in Stanislaw, Ukraine and died peacefully at Afton Park Place in Sarnia on Thursday, March 28, 2013. Roxanne was a loving and devoted wife to Harry and dedicated mother to her four sons, Mark (Mary Sue), Roman (Kathleen), Paul (Wendy Bolf) and Daniel and [...]

Witt, Ronald, (March 1, 2013)

Born and raised in Calgary, son of George and Vera, beloved husband of Ruth (Peddie), passed away March 1, 2013 at the age of 77. Loving father of two sons; Paul (Shareen) and Mark (Marilyn), and three daughters; Dawn (Derek), Tanis and Colleen. Blessed grandfather to Taisto, Luke, Alyshia, Sara, Tyler, Jenni, Trevor (Michelle/ great [...]

Derksen (nee Loewen), Katharina, (Jan. 12, 2013)

At Bluewater Health, Sarnia, on Saturday, January 12, 2013. Katharina Derksen (nee Loewen), 87 years, of Petrolia and formerly of Leamington. She was a loving wife of the late David (2008). She will be missed by her three daughters and their families: Rita and Ted Martindale of Camlachie and their sons Kevin and David and [...]

Woodcock, Art, (Jan. 3, 2013)

  Passed away peacefully at his home in Petrolia on Thursday, January 3, 2013. ART WOODCOCK, 96 years, was of Petrolia. Art was the loving husband of the late Lillian (nee McDonald) (1977). He was a loved father Merilynne Ayrheart of Ridgetown, Judy and John Lessels of Sarnia, and Carol and the late Peter Salisbury [...]

Sarnia-born Chris Hadfield docks at International Space Station

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Sarnia native Chris Hadfield joined Soyuz crew members Tom Marshburn and Roman Romanenko in docking their spacecraft to the International Space Station's Rassvet module this morning (Friday, Dec. 21) at 9:09 Eastern time following a two-day trip that began Wednesday morning. The hatches between the Soyuz and the Rassvet module were opened at 11:37 a.m. [...]

Logier, David Shelley, (Dec. 16, 2012)

Peacefully at Bluewater Health on Sunday December 16, 2012, David Shelley Logier passed away at the age of 83.  David retired from Imperial Oil in 1985 after over 30 years of service. Beloved husband of the late Helen (Reeves) Logier. Loving father of Michael and his wife Christine Logier and the late Patrick Logier. David [...]

Bluewater Health continues making progress on development of strategic plan

  Bluewater Health continued to make progress on the development of its 2013-15 Strategic Plan, during a four-hour Board-led strategic planning summit earlier this week. The Board of Directors and its committee members, medical and business leaders, patient experience partners, and the executive team reviewed market share data, community demographics, emerging trends, an environmental scan [...]

Area native joining Sarnia Sting in front office role

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The Sarnia Sting has named Brian Prout as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing.   This is a homecoming of sorts for Prout as he was born and raised in Corunna and still has a lot of family throughout the area. Prout attended the University of Windsor and graduated with both an Undergraduate Degree (Class [...]