Conagra in Dresden will be sold or close by 2027
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Petrolia Community Theatre celebrates the holiday season with a Victorian Christmas
December 3, 2025
Members of the Petrolia Community Theatre brought 1895 Christmas tales to life during the Victoria Christmas event Friday and Saturday.
Seven vignettes about people who lived in the community at the time were presented with a carols sung between scenes.
Here, Warren Graham, of Chauncey’s Chestnuts, serves up the hot roasted nuts with a side of gossip with the Pastor, Doug Wright, and Liz Walton who was playing Mrs. Locke.
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Conagra in Dresden will be sold or close by 2027
October 19, 2026
Company gave workers the news Oct. 7 Heather Wright/The Independent Conagra says it either wants to sell its Dresden plant or close it down after the 2027 tomato run. That from company officials after meeting with about 150 employees at the plant Oct. 7. The company would not consent to an interview nor would it answer our questions. Conagra did
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Mayors powers provoke more debate
October 19, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent Some Plympton-Wyoming council candidates took aim at mayoral candidate Tim Wilkins’ suggestion he might use Strong Mayor’s Powers to hire a CAO. The criticism came during the opening statements of the second All-Candidates meeting in the community; this one held in Wyoming by the local Lions Club. Oct. 1, Wilkins told the Camlachie audience there had been
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Bothwell meeting ‘a form of trespassing’ say trustees
October 19, 2026
Blake Ellis & Heather Wright/The Independent Two candidates for public school trustees were surprised to hear concerns from the Lambton-Kent District School Board that they’d used the parking lot of a school to talk with parents. Chris White and Joselyn Young Cormier organized a meeting with parent’s from Zone Central School in late September, after hearing concerns about the reorganization
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Plain returns as Aamjiwnaang First Nation chief
October 19, 2026
The Independent Chris Plain is once again the chief of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation. Plain resigned from his position Deputy Grand Council Chief of the Anishinabek Nation to run for the position against incumbent Janelle Nahmabin. Plan, who served as the chief of Aamjiwnaang First Nation for 17 years leaving to serve with the Anishinabek Nation, defeated Nahmabin in Saturday’s election by
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