PAUL MORDEN – THE SARNIA OBSERVER Published on: September 16, 2020 | Last Updated: September 16, 2020 3:38 PM EDT Nova Chemicals is backing an effort to keep plastic out of the Great Lakes. The company, which makes polyethylene plastic in Lambton County, joined representatives of the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup at the Andrew S. … Read More
The Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership has been named as one of the Top 20 Canadian Economic Development Groups in Site Selection Magazine’s Canada’s Best Locations 2020 Awards. Recognizing local or regional economic development groups, the awards take into consideration excellence in regional partnerships, proactive and innovative programming, and quality data, web tools and resources. In a … Read More
Wallaceburg Free Press September 3 2020 Three Lambton and Chatham-Kent companies are receiving over $185,000 in senior government funding for projects that will go toward improving food safety, increasing labour productivity and enabling better access to markets. The funding for the local companies comes from the federal and provincial governments. They are spending over $5.4 … Read More
RE3 is a government funded program that provides non-repayable performance based contributions up to $5,000 to assist Southern Ontario women-led SMEs to rebuild, reopen and revive their businesses. With the support of FedDev Ontario and the Government of Canada’s Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF), WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation and Northumberland CFDC are working collaboratively within our … Read More
Point Edward, ON – Tourism Sarnia-Lambton is pleased to announce the Discover Sarnia-Lambton: Ontario Blue Coast Travel Rewards Program. This $300,000 partnership program is the largest program Tourism Sarnia-Lambton has ever launched. The program is funded in part by the Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario, as part of their Regional Relief and Recovery … Read More
Privacy-First, Made-in-Ontario App Notifies Users of Potential Exposure to COVID-19 TORONTO — As Ontarians continue to do their part to help stop the spread of COVID-19, the Ontario government is encouraging everyone to download the new COVID Alert app on their smart phone from the Apple and Google Play app stores. This app, which is available beginning … Read More
SARNIA —On Tuesday, Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey was pleased to announce that the Ontario government is investing $1.5M in Sarnia-Lambton’s Oversized Load Corridor project. The investment was made by the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade as part of the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund – Community Economic Development Grant. “I am extremely pleased … Read More
Kniaziew Optometry continues its strong growth – expanding into Sarnia-Lambton with a new location in Petrolia. Their newest office will be at 413 Wingfield Street, right across from historic Victoria Hall. This is the first of 3 planned locations over the next 12 months in Sarnia-Lambton. The Kniaziew Optometry team will be taking over the … Read More
Lambton County’s population grew by just over 1,000 in 2019, according to estimates by Statistics Canada. The total estimated population for the 11 municipalities that make up the county – and the three First Nations within its borders – was 132,243 in 2019, compared to 131,236 in 2018, according to a report prepared by Lambton’s … Read More
There’s a new chairperson at the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership (SLEP.) Business owner Katherine Walker took on leadership of the partnership’s board this week at its annual meeting, stepping in for retiring chairperson Alex Palimaka, a senior executive at Bluewater Power. Palimaka served for 13 years on the board of the Lambton County-funded economic development agency … Read More
