“Feed Your Future” virtual Career Fair

AgCareers.com and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture are putting on a “Feed Your Future” virtual Career Fair for employers and job seekers alike on June 18! Registration details here: –https://bit.ly/37mRT9a https://bit.ly/3dLqlg4

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New Sarnia-Lambton marketing firm opens with focus on sustainability

Kelly Moir, left, and Sam Eastman have co-founded a new marketing firm called Lake Effect Studio. Handout/Sarnia Observer/Postmedia Network C.MULHOLLAND / SUPPLIED A new business is launching next week in Sarnia-Lambton despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Called Lake Effect Studio, it’s an environmentally conscious branding and marketing firm, according to its website. After months of planning, the business will … Read More

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Work on oversize load corridor to begin this year

Paul Morden – The Observer, Feb 19, 2019 Construction is set to begin this summer on the first of five phases of a job-creating $12-million permanent oversize load corridor through Sarnia and St. Clair Township. With half of the money in-hand from the city, township, Lambton County and an industry group, local municipal officials decided to … Read More

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Research park helping grow Sarnia-Lambton’s economy

Paul Morden – The Sarnia Observer, Jan. 30, 2019 A team of researchers is at work in a lab in Sarnia developing a better ginseng plant. They’re led by Ed Lui, a Western University professor emeritus and researcher, who founded the ginseng products company, Western Phytoceutica. It moved into the Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park next … Read More

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Welcome to Southwestern Ontario’s co-op revolution

Li Vijayabalan, a co-founder of Sarnia’s TMRRW Inc., is modeling the company’s downtown space into a collaborative, co-op space for solo entrepreneurs and startups. (Louis Pin/The Observer) September 24, 20018 – Louis Pin, The Sarnia Observer The idea is simple: give entrepreneurs a flexible space to do business, in a collaborative working environment. Li Vijayabalan … Read More

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New restaurant now open on former Chipican site

September 22, 2018 – Editorial Staff, Lambton Shield Lake Point Grillhouse & Lounge, the six days a week restaurant “rebirthed” at the site of the former Chipican restaurant, is now open for business. A full renovation of the building, now owned by Laurie and Dean Frayne, was completed recently and breakfast, lunch and dinner are … Read More

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Plan unveiled for downtown

June 18, 2018 – Cathy Dobson, The Sarnia Journal – The company that bought Bayside Mall in 2017 plans to begin transforming the 3.5-hectare property in the centre of Sarnia’s downtown this fall. Seasons Retirement Communities will spend more than $40 million on commercial and residential development, says CEO Mike Lavallee. “We’ve come to the … Read More

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Australian city taps Sarnia for tips on creating bio-fuel industry

June 14, 2018 – Jake Romphf, Sarnia Journal – An Australian city looking to set up a bio-fuels industry sent a delegation to Sarnia recently to see how it’s done. Matt Burnett, the mayor of Gladstone, Queensland, said Sarnia and his city have much in common, including heavy industry, a location on the water, and similar … Read More

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Developer now expecting to build on riverfront

June 1, 2018 – Paul Morden, The Observer – Tricar Group has changed its plans for downtown Sarnia and now says it will move ahead with developing a 15-storey apartment building at the vacant former Sarnia Gazette site on the city’s waterfront. Earlier this year, the city approved rezoning for a 12-storey and 126-unit apartment … Read More

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