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Sep 18, 19 •
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On Monday September 16th, 2019 at approximately 5:20 am an unknown suspect entered the Circle K store on McNaughton Avenue in Wallaceburg. While brandishing a weapon the suspect demanded cash and cigarettes from the clerk. After receiving an unknown amount of...
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Sep 18, 19 •
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Even it hasn’t happened to you, it most likely has happened to someone close to you – a break-in at your home, workplace or car. It’s the reality, and not just here in Chatham-Kent, that repeat offenders are resorting to theft to fund their addiction to...
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Sep 18, 19 •
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Chatham-Kent municipal airport will be home to dozens of jets this weekend – remote controlled ones – as ThunderThrust hits the airstrip. The annual scale-model remote-control event takes place this week, and was set to start on Wednesday, but is open to...
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Sep 18, 19 •
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Chatham-Kent may have one of the lowest crime rates in Canada – 43 out of 50 municipalities of 100,000 or more people for violent crimes– but there is still work to be done and the public can help. Chatham-Kent Mayor Darrin Canniff and Police Chief Gary...
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Sep 18, 19 •
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Even though violent crime was up in Chatham-Kent last year due to a murder and attempted murder, overall, the municipality saw a reduction in non-violent crime, according to the national Crime Severity Index (CSI). The CSI for 2018 was presented by...
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Sep 18, 19 •
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Early Wednesday morning, police respond to a domestic violence disturbance in Chatham. Officers learned that a woman assaulted her boyfriend when a verbal argument got out of hand. As a result a 36-year-old Chatham woman was arrested and charged with assault...
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Sep 18, 19 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Life • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
Royal LePage/Peifer Realty personnel said they saw a need at the Chatham-Kent Women’s Centre, and acted quickly to fill it. Kristen Nead and Amber Pinsonneault said they toured the women’s centre on International Women’s Day, and noticed something...
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Sep 18, 19 •
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“Everyone needs a place to live.” That philosophy is what has been guiding Chantal Perry, Program Manager, Homelessness Prevention, Employment & Social Services for Chatham-Kent over the past six years of the municipality’s homelessness initiative....
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Sep 18, 19 •
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Driving down Main Street in Ridgetown, when you see the sign for JoJo’s Paradise Bed and Breakfast, you might want to make a point of stopping in to see what owner JoJo Thibault has cooking in her bakery and café behind the house. Thibault is a colourful...
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Sep 18, 19 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
A number of waste disposal and recycling firms in Ontario are telling clients they are dumping some recyclables into landfill sites, but local residential recyclables are staying out of landfills. That according to Chatham-Kent Recycling Inc., which handles...
