by Tyler Kula for the Sarnia Observer (2016) Sarnia-Lambton unveiled a memorial Sunday to its soldiers who fought in Afghanistan, including two who made the ultimate sacrifice. Wind gusted and rain fell as pipers played in Veteran’s Park, where more than 200 people had gathered for the unveiling and dedication [...]
by Carl Hnatyshyn for Sarnia This Week (2016) It was built in Rotherham, England during the late 17th/early 18th century, it patrolled the Great Lakes aboard a gunboat named Prince Alfred, protecting Canada from the Fenian Brotherhood during the 1860s and it was witness to countless military, religious and social ceremonies that [...]
by Daniel Punch for the Sarnia Observer (2012) Only the sound of a stiff breeze disrupted the heavy silence Sunday as Sarnia honoured its servicemen and women. More than 500 people gathered downtown to watch the 2012 Remembrance Day Parade and subsequent service at Veterans Park. The parade began at [...]
by George Mathewson for The Sarnia Journal (2014) It’s been climbed on, posed beside and rendezvoused at by half the people in Sarnia at one time or another. But the origins of the cannon in Canatara Park, and how it got there, have long been a mystery. Now, two men [...]
