April 24, 2018 – Josh Boyce – Blackburn News – A Sarnia family is breathing new life into a once-popular local restaurant. The Chipican, which first opened in 1948 and has been closed for a couple of years, is going to re-open its doors late this spring as the Lake Point Grillhouse and Lounge. Kevin Frayne … Read More
April 23, 2018 – Tyler Kula, Sarnia Observer – For furniture retailer Tepperman’s, Monday was an end; Friday is a new beginning. The Sarnia store, at the Lambton Mall since 1993, was closing its doors there for the final time. The ribbon cutting for a new nearly-40,000-square-foot location at the former Zellers Plaza on London Road … Read More
April 4, 2018 – Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer – Benefuel, a company with offices in Ottawa and Texas, is working to build biodiesel refinery in Sarnia expected to begin operating in 2020 with more than 40 workers. Sarnia-based Bioindustrial Innovation Canada, a government-funded agency working to help new sustainable technologies reach the market, said Tuesday it … Read More
NEWS RELEASE April 3, 2018 SARNIA, Ontario – Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) is a not-for-profit organization based in Sarnia, Ontario, with a goal to support Ontario and Canada becoming globally-recognized leaders in the field of sustainable technologies. In 2016, BIC established the Centre for Commercialization of Sustainable Chemistry Innovation (COMM SCI) initiative program, which acts … Read More
April 3, 2018 – Lee Michaels, Blackburn News – If you have a great business idea, but lack the start-up capital costs, “WIN This Space” could be your solution. Sarnia-Lambton Business Development Corporation spokesperson Tracy Ranick says the program tries to promote entrepreneurship in Sarnia Lambton. “We provide the opportunity for people to apply online to … Read More
March 28, 2018 – Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer – BioAmber, a Montreal-based company with a manufacturing site in Sarnia, reported a record quarter at the end of 2017 with revenue of $5.4 million. Revenue in 2017 totalled $14.9 million compared to $8.3 million in 2016, an 81-per-cent increase, driven by increased sales of bio-succinic acid from … Read More
March 18, 2018 – Tyler Kula , Sarnia Observer – A plan to make Sarnia more age-friendly is kicking into gear, the city’s accessibility coordinator says, with a $100,000 provincial investment. More than 70 volunteers have been working behind the scenes on initiatives since the city’s age-friendly action plan was approved last year, said Dale Mosley, … Read More
March 16, 2018 – Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer – BioFuel Digest, a U.S.-based news site, has named Sarnia’s Comet Biorefining and Bio-Amber among the 50 “hottest” advanced bioeconomy companies of 2018. The Florida-based bio-fuels website created the list with votes from an industry panel as well as subscribers. Comet Biorefining, based at TransAlta’s Blue Water … Read More
March 13, 2018 – Lee Michaels – Blackburn News – When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. That’s the attitude in Warwick Township. The municipality is working with the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership on a plan to capitalize on Waste Management’s Twin Creeks Landfill location. Mayor Todd Case says they’ll get up to $20,000 from the Ontario … Read More
March 12, 2018 – Lee Michaels, Blackburn News – A prominent Sarnia-area construction and management company is in the process of selling-off over 60 acres of land in Point Edward. Steeves and Rozema CEO John Scotland says a purchase agreement is in place for 26 acres of property long occupied by the Par 3 Holiday Inn … Read More
