Vol. 4, Issue 4
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Dragon denned
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Honk! Honk!
Investor and TV personality David Chilton spending more time in his hometown these days
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TROY SHANTZ THE JOURNAL
est-selling author and financial advisor David Chilton has been looking into opportunities in the Sarnia real estate market. And though it might come as a surprise to some, Chilton was born in Sarnia and still calls the city home — or one of them anyway. The Wealthy Barber author and former dragon on the hit CBC show Dragons’ Den has eyed both residential and commercial properties lately, including a Front Street storefront. “I look at real estate everywhere I am, partly as a hobby but also because you’re always looking for investment opportunities,’ said Chilton, who bought and renovated a cottage in the city four years ago. “But it’s a not a celebrity coming to Sarnia. I’m from Sarnia, and I spend a lot of my time here.” Chilton, 55, has deep family roots and spent his high school summers in the city, he said. These days, he’s on the road or tending to his business interests for about half of the year and spends the other half in Sarnia, he told The Journal in a phone message. And he has a membership at a local golf course.
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A TRUCK DRIVER is delayed by a gaggle of Canada geese making its leisurely away across Venetian Boulevard in Point Edward on Jan. 20. Large numbers of the bold waterbirds are opting to overwintering in Sarnia rather than fly south, thanks to abundant food and open water. One day last week, thousand of geese resting just offshore in Lake Huron formed an almost unbroken line from Canatara Park to Murphy Road. TROY SHANTZ, The Journal
City man seeks tougher trespass law
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PAM WRIGHT THE JOURNAL
local MPP’s push to raise the fine for illegal trespassing to $500 is music to Ron D’Haene’s ears. The Sarnia nature photographer, who owns 99 acres of bush in Lambton County, says disrespectful trespassers who use private property without permission should pay more. “I just wish it was a thousand,” he said.
D’Haene purchased his forested land as an investment in 1994. ‘The Project’ soon became a labour of love, a place to observe, protect and document wildlife. But his experience with trespassers has been less than positive. D’Haene said his initial meeting with a man hunting on his property was just the first of many abusive confrontations he’s had over the years. When he told the stranger he owned the property and
hunting wasn’t allowed the man replied: ‘We hate guys like you.’ The would-be hunter half raised his gun, D’Haene said, and told him a bullet could “easily go right through him,” adding it could be called a “hunting accident.” D’Haene didn’t budge and the hunter left. He said he has no idea who the man was and never saw him again. The property’s ‘No Trespassing’ signs have repeatedly been shot and trashed, and
gates and fences smashed by trespassers and vandals. Flouting the law and assuming the right to hunt anywhere is a learned behavior, D’Haene says. “It’s an outdated form of male bonding passed down from generation to generation,” he said. He’s had problems with out-of-season deer poaching as well with animals baited in the fields skirting his property line. Continued on page 3
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