By Paul Morden, from www.theobserver.ca The Observer Nova Chemicals announced Wednesday it’s putting off making a decision on building a new $1-billion polyethylene plant, but will upgrade and expand its existing plants in Sarnia-Lambton. That includes expanding the Corunna cracker’s ethylene manufacturing capacity by 20% and upgrading the polyethylene lines at its Moore facility. “In … Read More
By Paul Morden, from www.theobserver.ca The Observer Canada’s economy is giving away $2.5 billion a year by not building another refinery in Chemical Valley to upgrade oil sands bitumen, say those promoting the project. The case for a $10-billion, 150,000-barrel-a-day refinery in Sarnia-Lambton to upgrade more bitumen from the western oil sands was repeated this week … Read More
By Paul Morden, from www.theobserver.ca The Observer BioAmber has a lot riding on the $135-million plant it’s building on Vidal Street in Sarnia. “It is paramount,” company vice-president Mike Hartmann said following a tour of the construction site. “There is nothing more important to BioAmber than this facility.” Work began late last year on … Read More
By Melanie Irwin, from blackburnnews.com Blackburn News Lambton College wants to build two new facilities on campus within the next two years. College President and CEO Judith Morris updated community members on their strategic plan at a breakfast event at the College Event Centre this morning. Morris says they’ve been working with the Student Union … Read More
Enbridge expanding Sarnia’s First Solar farm By Shawn Jeffords, www.theobserver.ca The Observer A major player in the energy market has given Sarnia’s First Solar farm a resounding endorsement. Enbridge inked an agreement Tuesday with First Solar to buy an additional 60 megawatts of electrical capacity from the solar farm in southeast Sarnia, having already agreed … Read More
The Lambton Shield, June 17, 2015 VIA Rail Canada president Yves Desjardins-Siciliano was in Sarnia Wednesday to announce improvements to local train service. Someone has been listening to a chorus of complaints from Sarnia-Lambton on the issue of rail service that has historically deteriorated to the point where people have largely found other ways to … Read More
Brent Boles, Postmedia Network June 3, 2015 Forest is rolling out the red carpet for the region’s young movie minds with the Lambton Youth Short Film Festival. “We are excited about the strong level of interest being expressed by our youth,” said Scott Ferguson, part of the Lambton Film and Food Festival … Read More
Sarnia has once again been recognized by fDi Magazine. The magazine’s North American Cities of the Future 2009 / 2010 rankings award the City of Sarnia a berth in the “Micro cities – top five best FDI (foreign direct investment) strategy category. The category examines the resources and key initiatives being implemented by the community … Read More
CHOK Radio www.chok.com It was a festive atmosphere at Lambton Mall complete with fireworks last evening as local dignataries celebrated the relocation of retailer, Canadian Tire. Located at the former Wal-Mart, the new Canadian Tire now has 83-thousand square feet of retail space — 60 per cent more space than at its old site…. 40 … Read More
CHOK Radio www.chok.com April 08, 2009 – Shell Canada will not maintain thousands of hectares of land in St.Clair Township. The lands had been secured for Shell’s multi-billion dollar refinery project which was cancelled last summer. Individual property owners are now being contacted and told that Shell will not renew options on property up for … Read More
