No ATV rally for Petrolia Ag Society
Sarnia Lambton Chamber hires new leader
March 11, 2022
The Sarnia-Lambton Chamber of Commerce has a new CEO.
Carrie McEachran will replace the retiring Alan Calvert in May.
McEachran has been the executive director of Rebound for the past six years. She’s also been a manager of at Community Living and Pathways Health Centre for Children and is a small business owner as well, helping women with leadership and management skills.
“The board believes that Carrie’s extensive leadership experience and her passion for community development and growth makes her the ideal CEO to lead the Chamber into the exciting next chapter of post-pandemic recovery and rebuilding,” said Kathleen Mundy, head of the hiring committee and former Chairperson of the Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce.
“While the last two years have provided more challenges than anyone could have imagined, it has also left us with great hope and opportunities to reimagine and rebuild. I look forward to working with the local business community in doing just that,” said McEachran in a news release.
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No ATV rally for Petrolia Ag Society
June 15, 2025
The Independent There will not be ATVs rumbling through Petrolia this summer. Kelly Humphrey of the Petrolia Enniskillen Agricultural Society came to council in mid-May asking if PEAS could host an ATV rally with Greenwood Park as a starting and finishing point and using Petrolia streets to get to the starting and finishing point. Julie Bullock, director of parks and
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Fair banner may not fly
June 14, 2025
The Independent The Moore Agricultural Society has some big plans for the 175th anniversary of the Brigden Fair. But not all of their plans may work out. The ag society has asked for and received several approvals from St. Clair Township council for special events at the landmark fair including allowing a low-level Canadian Armed Forces Flyby and helicopter landings
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Remembering Newell Hastings
June 14, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Sunday, Newell Hasting’s service to King and Country over a century ago was remembered in a peaceful church cemetery near Watford. Hasting was born in Petrolia and his family moved to Watford around the turn of the century. He signed up to serve in the miltia with Watford’s 149th Battalion before being called up for service. He
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Sidewalk projects around First Ave this summer
June 13, 2025
Heather Wright/The Independent Sidewalks along First Street in Petrolia will be getting an upgrade once school is out for the summer. It’s part of the latest large project to improve the town’s sidewalk system. In 2023, BM Ross and Associates completed a study on Petrolia’s sidewalk system and found it lacking. It suggested $1.5 million in sidewalk construction was needed
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