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Imperial Oil Launched a New Industry

by the Sarnia Observer (2003) When officials from the Imperial Oil company came before Sarnia council in 1897 seeking a tax break in exchange for expanding its refinery, town officials considered it too good a deal to pass up. So did The Observer, which praised the deal, declaring it would [...]

2015-06-22T15:07:22-04:00June 22nd, 2015|Comments Off on Imperial Oil Launched a New Industry
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Creation of Petrosar Fueled Building Boom

by Scott Stephenson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) The last big construction boom in the Chemical Valley occurred almost 30 years ago [Editor’s Note-story written in 2003], fueled by the creation of Petrosar. As the country moved out of the 1960s and into the 1970s, Sarnia’s petrochemical industry was ailing. [...]

2015-08-23T01:34:22-04:00June 22nd, 2015|Comments Off on Creation of Petrosar Fueled Building Boom
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