Registration opened this week for vendors seeking a spot at the 13th annual Sarnia Lambton Artwalk set for June 6 and 7 in downtown Sarnia. Last year’s edition of the popular arts and culture festival attracted an estimated 30,000 people, and more than 200 street vendors, to the downtown. Along with the large number of … Read More
From www.petrolialambtonindependent.ca The Independent February 25, 2015 Union Gas is expanding its Dawn site and it will mean a big influx of cash to the area – more than $100 million according to officials. The company recently announced it was considering a new natural gas pipeline from its Dawn site to just outside of Oil … Read More
From www.cbc.ca A close call on a Nova Scotia farm brought back memories for a Lambton county farmer who years ago helped invent a tool to stop grain silos from becoming deadly. “A number of years back there was a 4-H member killed in a grain incident, similar to the one that happened in Nova … Read More
By Paul Morden, from www.theobserver.ca The Observer The Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership has been recognized for its efforts to promote local metal fabricators, engineering firms and other industrial service suppliers. The county-funded economic development agency received an honourable mention during the awards dinner at the recent annual conference of the Economic Developers Council of Ontario, for … Read More
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – BioAmber Inc. (NYSE: BIOA), an industrial biotechnology company producing sustainable chemicals, today announced it has initiated commissioning activities for its 30,000 MT capacity bio-succinic acid plant located in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Commissioning and start-up is expected to take approximately five months, with the facility being in commercial operation … Read More
From Paul Morden, The Sarnia Observer- February 27, 2015 What some call environmentalism, Chad Anderson says is just farming. Anderson and his wife, Debbie Anderson, have received the Beef Farmers of Ontario’s 2015 Environmental Stewardship Award for the work they’ve done on their St. Clair Township farm. Some 200 acres of the couple’s … Read More
Paul Morden, The Sarnia Observer- February 28, 2015 The design for a $16.6-million upgrading project underway at the Grand Bend sewage treatment plant is receiving international attention. The Washington-based Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) has announced the project earned its Envision rating system’s platinum award. It’s the first Canadian project, and first waste water … Read More
The Sarnia Observer- Friday, March 13, 2015 Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley has been re-elected chairperson of the community development corporation running the Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park. Lambton College president Judith Morris was elected vice-chairperson at Thursday’s meeting of board of directors for the community development corporation formed by Lambton County more than a decade … Read More
Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer- Friday, March 13, 2015 As construction nears completion on its $125-million (U.S.) bio-succinic acid plant in Sarnia, Montreal-based BioAmber said the community is on the short list of sites for its next project. The industrial biotechnology company plans to manufacture butanediol and succinic acid at facility BioAmber has said is … Read More
Lee Michaels, Blackburn News – March 19, 2015 The mayor of Lambton Shores is pleased but not surprised that Grand Bend Beach has been named by Reader’s Digest as the third best in Canada. Bill Weber says, as far as he’s concerned, it’s the best in the country. He says it’s … Read More
