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Polymer and the War Effort: 1942

by Dan McCaffery for the Sarnia Observer (2003) If you wanted to, you could make a pretty good case that Sarnia saved the free world in 1942. It happened during the darkest days of the Second World War when Japanese troops occupied the rubber plantations of Southeast Asia, cutting off [...]

Ron Smith2015-08-23T01:25:03-04:00June 22nd, 2015|Comments Off

C.D. Howe Takes a Chance on Sarnia

by Paul Morden for the Sarnia Observer (2014) If it weren’t for an American-born engineer who earned the nickname “minister of everything” during his long career in Canadian politics, Sarnia might never have become home to the country’s Chemical Valley. Chosen by Prime Minister Mackenzie King to lead efforts to [...]

Ron Smith2015-07-28T19:19:28-04:00June 17th, 2015|Comments Off

Polymer and the War Effort: 1942

C.D. Howe Takes a Chance on Sarnia

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