Oil Springs, ON – Get in on the energy conversation! From February 21 – 28, 2014 the Oil Museum of Canada is proud to be part of Canada’s first ever national energy awareness week. Let’s Talk Energy Week – IT’S ON! invites Canadians to explore and discuss the vital role energy plays in all aspects … Read More
By Daniel Proussalidis, National Bureau From www.theobserver.ca The Observer OTTAWA – The National Energy Board (NEB) has given the go-ahead to Enbridge Pipelines to reverse the flow along the full length of the existing Line 9 pipeline to send crude eastward from Sarnia, Ont., to Montreal and the Quebec City area. In the decision released … Read More
From www.theobserver.ca The Observer A sod-turning ceremony is taking place 10 a.m. March 25 at the site for the new $4-million, 19,500-square-foot structure at Englehart Park in Petrolia. The site was chosen to give patients easy access to Bluewater Health’s Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital. The single-storey building will house the health team — including seven … Read More
From www.theobserver.ca The Observer Shell Canada says it is hitting the pause button on plans for a liquified natural gas (LNG) processing unit at its Corunna refinery. The company said last March it was adding small-scale gas liquefaction units at its Sarnia Manufacturing Centre near Corunna, as well as at a facility in Louisiana, aimed … Read More
Sarnia, Ontario, March 25, 2014 – Sarnia Lambton Industrial Alliance (SLIA) Chairman Rick Perdeaux accepted the Sarnia-Lambton Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Business Achievement Award for “Innovation” at the awards ceremony in Sarnia on Friday March 21, 2014. SLIA was chosen as the recipient of the Innovation award from a strong line up of very qualified … Read More
By Paul Morden, from www.theobserver.ca The Observer The president of an American shipping company lined up to buy liquified natural gas (LNG) from a proposed new production unit Shell Canada put on hold last week says he still believes the fuel has a future on the Great Lakes. Interlake Steamship Company, based in Middleburg Heights, … Read More
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
In Ottawa today Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership GM, George Mallay, spoke before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources. The committee was meeting to study the Cross-Canada benefits of developing the Oil and Gas Industry of the Energy Sector. Mallay noted that it was a good opportunity to put forward three key points to … 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
