Category: SLEP News

Wyoming, ON – On Monday, January 20, 2020, Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology Inc. (SWIFT) announced four large-scale fibre projects that will deliver faster internet speeds to Lambton County businesses and residents. The projects in Lambton Shores, the Town of Plympton-Wyoming, St. Clair Township and Kettle and Stony Point First Nation will provide high-speed fibre-optic broadband … Read More

PHOENIX, Ariz. (Jan. 8, 2020) — North Vancouver, B.C., is the No. 1 U-Haul Canadian Growth City, according to U-Haul® data analyzing Canadian migration trends in 2019, with the City of Sarnia coming in at No. 15 on the list after having been unranked in 2018. The waterfront district across from the picturesque, ever-expanding destination … Read More

Dave Dentinger – Blackburn News Sarnia, Jan. 13, 2020 Sarnia’s building stats ended 2019 with a bang. The permit for Tricar Group’s 15-storey, 123-unit apartment tower on the former Sarnia Gazette property was issued by city hall in December. The permit to London-based Carvest Properties Limited for 275 Front St. N., amounts to $28.5 million. … Read More

Melanie Irwin – Blackburn News Sarnia, Jan. 10, 2020 Lambton Mall has been sold to a Toronto based property investment, management and leasing company. BlackburnNews.com has learned that the sale to Europro by Chicago real estate company Cushman and Wakefield was finalized on Wednesday, January 8. The purchase price was not disclosed. Europro’s Property Management … Read More

Colin Gowdy – Blackburn News Sarnia, Jan. 5, 2020 Enactus Lambton and the St. Clair Catholic School Board have teamed-up to inspire entrepreneurial action among local elementary students. The One Future Program is an entrepreneurial leadership development program providing hands-on knowledge for students. Through a series of workshops, students work to identify a need at … Read More

Josh Boyce – Blackburn News Sarnia, Dec. 11, 2019 NOVA Chemicals says 2019 was an extremely productive year as work continues on a pair of high cost projects locally. So far, around 800 skilled trades workers have logged over 996,000 hours building a second polyethylene facility on Rokeby Line, and expanding the Corunna cracker. Once … Read More

Cathy Dobson – The Sarnia Journal, Dec. 9, 2019 Paul and Angela Dumont, owners of the new Sticks & Stones Indoor Golf, have brought their favourite game out of the elements. Golfing beginners and pros alike can tee up at four state-of-the-art simulators, standing on a sensor pad in front of floor-to-ceiling high-definition screens at … Read More

Tyler Kula – The Sarnia Observer, Dec. 7, 2019 A business park tailored for biochemical startups in Sarnia’s Chemical Valley is trying to make it easier for companies to take the leap. For about a year – since after bio-based chemical producer Origin Materials set up shop in 2018 – synthetic rubber producer Arlanxeo has … Read More

Tyler Kula – The Sarnia Observer, Nov. 29, 2019 Perceived lack of access to a doctor can be a stumbling block to attracting new residents and skilled workers, Sarnia-Lambton’s doctor recruiter says. “We find that families with complex health needs, for example, may be reluctant to relocate … if they don’t know they have easy … Read More