Tag: Ingersoll
Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week wraps up with a look into the future of automation
What better way to celebrate 60 years of Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week than by peeking into the future of the industry? The 2026 version of the annual event wrapped up Monday with Crop Day at the Elmwood Community Centre. Included in the schedule of events, following the roast beef dinner sponsored by Midwest Co-op, was […]
Auto belt anxiety: Lessons from past upheavals in Southwestern Ontario
From EV investment booms to painful plant closures, history offers cautions.
Auto belt anxiety: Laid-off workers weigh hang-in or move-on options
GM bet on an electric future for its now-idled Ingersoll plant. How to plug their lives back in is the question for 1,100 laid-off workers.
Federal loans boost three regional manufacturers as Cami plant sits idle
FedDev Ontario, the federal economic development agency, is providing $5 million in loans to three area manufacturers.
Auto belt anxiety: One big London-area layoff, many charity questions
To the small-town hospital in Ingersoll, home to the auto assembly plant that had employed most of its members, the union local donated $10,000. Another $5,000, it gave to an inter-faith charity that helps the needy in the Southwestern Ontario community, including with Christmas hampers. The same amount it shared with Stronger Together Ingersoll Community […]