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Second Span Added to Blue Water Bridge

by Scott Stephenson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) Twice, the St. Clair River has been spanned by steel, linking two nations bound together through friendship and trade. On July 12, 1997 girl guides Heather Stuart, 11, of Sarnia and Desiree Lee, 9, of Michigan, exchanged Canadian and American flags across [...]

2015-07-06T13:32:31-04:00July 6th, 2015|Comments Off on Second Span Added to Blue Water Bridge

The Original Blue Water Bridge Opens

by Scott Stephenson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) A silver arch of steel standing out like a rainbow in the sky above the St. Clair River. That’s as fitting a description today as it was on Oct. 8, 1938 when the original Blue Water Bridge was officially opened to the [...]

2015-08-28T19:56:19-04:00July 2nd, 2015|Comments Off on The Original Blue Water Bridge Opens

The Early Days of Fire Services

by Scott Stephenson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) The history of firefighting in the city predates even The Observer. The first public meeting held to organize some type of fire protection for the community was held in 1840 and resulted in the creation of the St. Clair #1 Volunteer Fire [...]

2015-07-27T16:07:30-04:00July 2nd, 2015|Comments Off on The Early Days of Fire Services

Creation of Petrosar Fueled Building Boom

by Scott Stephenson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) The last big construction boom in the Chemical Valley occurred almost 30 years ago [Editor’s Note-story written in 2003], fueled by the creation of Petrosar. As the country moved out of the 1960s and into the 1970s, Sarnia’s petrochemical industry was ailing. [...]

2015-08-23T01:34:22-04:00June 22nd, 2015|Comments Off on Creation of Petrosar Fueled Building Boom

Recording the Rich First Nations Heritage

Recording the Rich First Nations Heritage by Scott Stephenson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) European settlers documented their important events, but native communities have traditionally relied on elders to pass down an oral history of the culture to younger generations. Concerned that the early history of the Chippewa communities is [...]

2019-02-25T11:17:27-05:00May 31st, 2015|Comments Off on Recording the Rich First Nations Heritage

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