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From the London Free Press, october 20, 2013 The Hayter Group has won this year’s Integrity Award from the Better Business Bureau of Western Ontario. Owner Chad Hayter said the family-based business has built a base of trust with customers by offering the reliable service so vital in rural markets that depend on wells and … Read More

At an energy storage conference in Sarnia Wednesday, Bluewater Power COO Tim Vanderheide spoke about creating a “smart microgrid” to insulate the area against power fluctuations or outages elsewhere, and to provide non-stop power to the 62 largely interdependent Chemical Valley companies that can’t afford a microsecond’s interruption. “When we’re talking about grid reliability we … Read More

By Paul Morden, from www.theobserver.ca The Observer A local company is buying the Ethyl Canada property in Corunna and plans to operate it as an industrial park. Jon McEachran, president of Dockside Industrial Park Inc., said its purchase of the Ethyl site is expected to close in November. “We will begin by leasing parts of … Read More

By Paul Morden, from www.theobserver.ca   The Observer Sarnia-Lambton residents will have to wait a little longer to learn if Nova Chemicals will build a new $1-billion polyethylene plant in Chemical Valley. “We expect to finalize our path forward later this year,” CEO Randy Woelfel said Thursday during a conference call about Nova’s quarterly financial results. … Read More

By Chelsea Vella, from Blackburnnews.com  Blackburn News November 28, 2013 – Sarnia’s economic future looks brighter with news today that a solar energy company is locating in TransAlta’s Bluewater Energy Park. There’s the potential for the creation of hundreds of full-time jobs. Ubiquity Solar Inc. uses polysilicon to produce wafers used in the production of … Read More

Lambton College’s Ian VanReenen led their Firefighter Combat Team to a world championship at the 22nd Annual Scott Firefit World Challenge in Las Vegas. VanReenen captained the team of John Bain, Thomas Elliot, and Scott Minty to gold in the Men’s Relay event over 64 teams from 10 different countries in the championships that took … Read More

By Hank Daniszewski, QMI Agency, Sun Media The Hayter Group has won this year’s Integrity Award from the Better Business Bureau of Western Ontario. Owner Chad Hayter said the family-based business has built a base of trust with customers by offering the reliable service so vital in rural markets that depend on wells and water … Read More

By Barbara Simpson, from www.theobserver.ca   The Observer A $10-million commercial redevelopment of the London Road Shopping Centre is in the works. On Wednesday, property owners announced plans to demolish the former Zellers store to make way for four new commercial buildings housing a host of new tenants. “The problem is we tried to accommodate (tenants) … Read More

By Paul Morden, from www.theobserver.ca   The Observer A company aiming to supply the solar industry with polysilicon wafers is close to finalizing plans for an $11-million pilot plant in Sarnia that could lead to a commercial-scale facility with 500 jobs. “We’re pretty much ready to go,” Ian MacLellan, president of Ubiquity Solar Inc., said about … Read More