Politicians who Helped Shape the City

by Tara Jeffrey for the Sarnia Observer (2014) The city of Sarnia has been shaped by number of notable politicians, from familiar figures like former prime minister Alexander Mackenzie, to long forgotten names like 19th century mayor Thomas George Johnston. Some notable names from the history books include: Cameron was [...]

2015-07-25T02:36:53-04:00June 23rd, 2015|Comments Off on Politicians who Helped Shape the City

Sarnia Bigwigs Behaving Badly

by Randy Evans for The Sarnia Journal (2015) In the year 1891, a major controversy erupted among some of Sarnia’s leading movers and shakers over a bylaw proposed by the town’s Fire and Water Committee. Committee member and town council;;or William Weelands had vocally supported the bylaw, which proposed a [...]

2015-06-23T19:24:22-04:00June 23rd, 2015|Comments Off on Sarnia Bigwigs Behaving Badly

First Council Meeting

by Dan McCaffery for the Sarnia Observer (2003) The first meeting of Sarnia council had all the earmarks of a Laurel and Hardy movie. It happened in 1857, four years after the Observer was founded, when the community’s population surpassed 1,000, allowing it to move up from ‘village’ to ‘town’ [...]

2019-03-22T09:54:57-04:00May 31st, 2015|Comments Off on First Council Meeting

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