Good chemistry: GreenCentre Canada signs collaboration MOU with Sarnia’s Bioindustrial Innovation Centre and Sustainable Chemistry Alliance KINGSTON/SARNIA ON — Three major Canadian players in the Green Chemistry commercialization business have joined forces in a drive to make Ontario and Canada a world leader in sustainable chemistry innovations. GreenCentre Canada of Kingston and Sarnia’s Bioindustrial Innovation … Read More
By Cathy Dobson www.theobserver.ca The Observer There’s no better place in Canada than Sarnia to “get on the bandwagon” and develop green industrial products, says the director of the nation’s first bioindustrial innovation centre. “If we can get the first two or three companies going in this community, then people are going to start saying, … Read More
With the Sarnia Regional Cogeneration Plant as its anchor tenant, Bluewater Energy Park is now able to offer new tenants electricity at “behind-the-fence” rates. Bluewater Energy Park project manager, Brian Heaman says that the final stage of remediation is now underway at the Vidal Street Site, left vacant when Dow Chemical ceased manufacturing in Sarnia, … Read More
From www.theobserver.ca The Observer, September 02, 2010 Sarnia’s Chris Hadfield will be the first Canadian Commander of the International Space Station. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced today that the local astronaut will return to space for a third time in December 2012. Hadfield will launch aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket and take command of … Read More
From CHOK Radio $11.4 million dollars in building permits issued from Sarnia City Hall in August. That boosts the year to date total to almost 70 million compared to about 54 million dollars after 8 months last year. Larger permits included last month were for a new lab building at BP Canada on Plank Road, … Read More
From CHOK Radio This summer in Sarnia-Lambton real estate has been described as being “in like a lamb-out like a lion”. August was a good month, with 156 properties selling. The dollar volume topped 31 million, the second highest August in the last decade. Sarnia Lambton Real Estate Board President Donna Mathewson sees a trend, … Read More
The Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership has been honoured again as one of the Top 10 Economic Development Groups in Canada by Site Selection Magazine. The “Canada Best to Invest” rankings were announced in the magazine’s September 2010 issue. This is the third time the economic development organization has received this accolade; having also been acknowledged as … Read More
Sarnia-Lambton highlighted at Bio-Based Chemicals East conference Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario – Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership General Manager George Mallay is a panellist today at the Bio-Based Chemicals East conference in Boston Massachusetts. The conference is focussed on the future of the new bio-based chemicals sector. At 1:50 p.m. Mallay will be participating in a three-person panel titled … Read More
Smart Home launched By Tara Jeffrey, www.theobserver.ca The Observer Students at Lambton College are eager for the completion of the school’s state-of-the-art “Sustainable Smart Home.” “I’m pretty excited about it,” said Bronwyn Roberts, a third-year Alternative Energy student. “It’s going to give us a hands-on experience about what we learn in our classroom and labs. … Read More
From CHOK Radio Southwestern Ontario’s newest steel recycling facility is up and running in Sarnia. Premier Recycling expands a business started in Timmins in 1993… There are five employees in Sarnia, a number expected to double in the months ahead. Operations Manager Philip Horwood says business opportunities look good in the Sarnia area. Scraps include … Read More
