Eastbound from Sarnia to Toronto R.A.I.L. proposed a schedule revision, which was well-received by VIA executives in 2013. Effective December 2013, it was made available for online ticket sales access by early 2014. The revised schedule was deemed an effective first collaborative step in creating better passenger rail connections for Sarnia-Lambton… and its American visitors. … Read More
From www.theobserver.ca The Observer Construction values continued to remain strong in Sarnia last month. For the third month in a row, March’s construction values topped last year’s numbers. In total, $4.52 million worth of building permits were issued last month compared to $3.06 million in March 2013. Since January, the city has issued a total … Read More
From blackburnnews.com By Lee Michaels A Sarnia company has become a world leader in the reprocessing of used industrial and consumer plastics. Entropex President Keith Bechard says they’ve developed a process to recover, then recycle “Bulky Rigid” plastics: things such as old lawn chairs, children’s slides and laundry baskets. They recover these items from area … Read More
From www.theobserver.ca By Tyler Kula A Sarnia-Lambton advocacy group fighting for better rail transportation service has been teaming up with similar groups to take the cause across Southwestern Ontario. Rail Advocacy in Lambton (RAIL) was formed in the wake of slashed VIA Rail service in Sarnia in 2012. Current service includes one train leaving around … Read More
By Barbara Simpson, from www.theobserver.ca The Observer Lambton College researchers are tapping into the power of technology used to clean NHL and NFL equipment to help score a touchdown for firefighting departments. The college’s Fire & Public Safety Centre of Excellence has launched its first large-scale research project to investigate the possibility of using ozone chambers … Read More
By Tyler Kula, from www.theobserver.ca The Observer A Sarnia-Lambton group fighting to restore rail service in the county and Southwestern Ontario is vying for three years of increased train traffic, to see if it raises ridership rates. “If at the end of three years we don’t get an increase in ridership, or we don’t get … Read More
By Paul Morden, from www.theobserver.ca The Observer By Paul Morden Lambton County trucking company plans to open what’s billed as Ontario’s first bio-secure livestock truck and trailer washing station designed to help prevent the spread of disease among farm animals. Nancy Venhuizen, chief executive officer of Warner Transport in Plympton-Wyoming, said renovations have began at … Read More
By Paul Morden, From www.theobserver.ca The Observer BioAmber’s $125-million bio-succinic acid plant being built in Sarnia remains on budget, the company reported this week while releasing financial results for the first quarter of 2014. Montreal-based BioAmber is building the 30,000-tonne capacity plant on Vidal Street where it will use sugar from corn to produce bio-succinic … Read More
By Tyler Kula, From www.theobserver.ca The Observer A Waterloo-based engineering, research and development company is considering the Western University Research Park in Sarnia for an estimated $700,000 pilot plant that would extract protein from gluten-free bean flour. The plant, which would be supplied with milled bean flour from International Food Products in Chatham-Kent, would produce … Read More
By Paul Morden, from www.theobserver.ca The Observer Canada’s economy is giving away $2.5 billion a year by not building another refinery in Chemical Valley to upgrade oil sands bitumen, say those promoting the project. The case for a $10-billion, 150,000-barrel-a-day refinery in Sarnia-Lambton to upgrade more bitumen from the western oil sands was repeated this week … Read More
