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Oct 18, 18 •
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Cogeco Connexion announced recently it will invest more than half a million dollars for the expansion of its fibre optic network to serve several hundred households and businesses in Merlin. Cogeco Connexion’s fibre network will enable residents and...
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Oct 17, 18 •
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Housing prices continue to rise as the number of homes for sale heads in the other direction in Chatham-Kent. According to the Chatham-Kent Association of Realtors, the average price for a home in C-K is more than $210,000, up nearly 16 per cent from the same...
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Oct 17, 18 •
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Two new companies are coming to Chatham-Kent, and they plan to bring more than 200 jobs with them. The two businesses will pay more than $1 million for about 26 acres of land at the Bloomfield Business Park and plan to erect storage facilities. The first...
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Oct 4, 18 •
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October is small business month in Chatham-Kent and across Canada. The month celebrates the important contributions that entrepreneurs of all sizes make in our local community. In addition, the Chatham-Kent Small Business Centre is taking the opportunity to...
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Sep 26, 18 •
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Available jobs are aplenty in Chatham-Kent; now people are just needed to fill them. That according to Geoff Wright of Chatham-Kent Economic Development Services. The municipality is seeing a 10-year record low unemployment rate at the current 5.6 per cent, a...
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Sep 26, 18 •
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When you are in business for three decades, you tend to experience the crests and troughs of the economy. These days, the folks at Mylen Custom Kitchens in Chatham are riding the waves. The Chatham-Kent...
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Sep 25, 18 •
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Local realtors see several contributing factors in the ongoing upward spiral of area home prices. “Home sales were solid in August, not quite as strong as the last couple of years but still one of the best August sales figures ever,” Steve Carroll,...
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Sep 25, 18 •
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Michael Burton, director of investment attraction and government relations with the Municipality of Chatham-Kent Economic Development Services, announced his retirement recently. Burton has been with Economic Development for the past seven years and was the...
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Sep 20, 18 •
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Chatham-Kent’s RS Technologies Inc., the innovative composite utility pole manufacturer, is expanding production and adding a third shift. As a result, the company is actively looking to hire new staff and is hosting a job fair Sept. 24. The job fair will...
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Sep 17, 18 •
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This morning Union Gas and Enbridge Gas employees were busy on-site putting the final touches on our 5000 square foot branded informative and interactive display centre in the 2018 International Plowing Match’s Tent City that includes: Granny’s House...
