Rick Mercer Will Be At Lambton College's 50th Anniversary.

From Tyler Kula, Sarnia Observer.

Canadian funnyman and ranter extraordinaire Rick Mercer is helping Lambton College ring in its golden anniversary this spring.

The Rick Mercer Report star is the keynote speaker at what’s being called the President’s Gala – a formal evening May 13 of dancing and dining, complete with silent and live auctions, said Judy Morris, president and CEO of Lambton College.

Mercer, who endured firefighter training at the college in 2012 for a Report segment, is due for a 70-minute address in honour of the country’s sesquicentennial at the gala – a stop on his Canada: Coast to Coast to Coast tour.

Having Mercer attend is ‘very exciting,’ Morris said.

“The intention was to have a speaker with great presence at the President’s Gala, the 50th anniversary celebration,” she said. “We thought about Rick Mercer right away because he represents Canada and he represents so much of who we are as a college as well.”

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Lambton College Goes Big for Fiftieth Anniversary, Powwow.

Troy Shantz, The Sarnia Journal.

Expect the 25^th annual Lambton College Pow Wow to pack a lot more “Wow” this year.

“When we realized that it would coincide with the 50th anniversary of Lambton College, and then of course the 150th anniversary of Canada, we thought this was the perfect time to really amp it up,” said Jane Manning, manager of aboriginal education at Lambton.

The Pow Wow is hosted by the Aboriginal Student Council and Aboriginal Cultural &Learning Centre as a way for students and the wider community to celebrate indigenous culture, crafts and food.

The event is expanding from the usual half day to three days, April 7 – 9, and moving to a larger venue at Clearwater Arena.

Day One will offer high school students a chance to learn more about native culture.

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Ubiquity Solar Pilot Plant May Bring 500 Jobs to Sarnia-Lambton.

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Paul Morden, Sarnia Observer

Ubiquity Solar announced this week it is moving forward with plans for a $10.3-million pilot plant project at the TransAlta Bluewater Energy Park in Sarnia.

CEO Ian MacLellan said the pilot plant is the next step in the commercialization of Ubiquity Solar's technology to manufacture polysilicon bricks and wafers for use in photovoltaic cells for the solar energy industry.

"We have just a great team in place, and we're really excited to get moving forward here," he said.

The company expects to have approximately 15 staff involved in the pilot plant, with 10 located in Sarnia in an existing building on the TransAlta site on Vidal Street South.

The long-term plan for the company is to build a commercial production plant, also expected to be located at the TransAlta site, with a workforce that could grow to 500 jobs after five years.

MacLellan spoke in 2013 about the Ontario company's plans during a Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership event in Sarnia, and federally-funded Sustainable Development Technology Canada announced $3.1 million in funding in June 2014 for the pilot plant.

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It could set the groundwork for a new manufacturing facility in Sarnia that could employ up to 500 people.

Ubiquity Solar has received a $500,000 investment from Sarnia-based Bioindustrial Innovation Canada’s Sustainable Chemistry Alliance Investment Fund to establish a $10.3-million pilot plant at TransAlta’s Bluewater Energy Park in Sarnia.

Ubiquity Solar has developed a process to produce high-purity silicon at a lower cost than traditional technologies that can be used in both the electronic and PV industries.

“The target that we’ve set is to build a 10,000 ton plant in Sarnia that would produce enough material to produce four gigawatts of solar panels a year, 50 times more than are at the Sarnia Solar Farm” says Ubiquity President and CEO Ian MacLellan.

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