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Dec 23, 20 •
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Editor’s note: The following editorial is a reprint of the classic 1897 editorial from the New York Sun, a response to a letter from an eight-year-old girl questioning if Santa was real. Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by...
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Dec 16, 20 •
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Opinion At a time when small businesses are suffering at the hands of COVID-19 restrictions, an ugly necessity for now, it is imperative that municipal staff and councillors do everything in their power to accommodate and respect those businesses. The vast...
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Dec 9, 20 •
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The reality of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic is we can’t necessary control other people’s actions. We’re talking from a government level and a personal level. Person A cannot control what Person B does. Then again, the provincial and local governments are...
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Dec 3, 20 •
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Around the globe, COVID-19 lockdown orders have led to much debate over the right to protest versus the need to protect the public from a health crisis that has already killed 1.46 million people. Last week, Chatham-Kent officials made it clear where they...
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Nov 25, 20 •
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Opinion Did you know that the media is the virus? That was the word on Saturday at the freedom protest in Chatham. That’s right, reading this newspaper, we guess, could make you sick, according to protesters. In reality, that’s not the case, unless you...
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Nov 18, 20 •
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Reaction to COVID-19 can be anything from fright to fight. The pandemic has weighed heavily on individuals, couples and families. Restrictions on social interaction to help minimize the spread of the virus has taxed the mental health of many a Chatham-Kent...
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Nov 11, 20 •
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COVID-19 has certainly led the charge in people utilizing the term “the new normal.” And that is true for municipal officials, but in this case, from a taxpayer’s perspective, it could be a great thing. With about 300 municipal staff working from home...
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Nov 4, 20 •
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Blood red poppies mark Remembrance Day in memory of the lives lost. And we remember those lives. Generations march to the cenotaph to honour their families, standing in the streets. But not this year, due to COVID-19. Still, we remember our liberty. And on...
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Oct 28, 20 •
0 Views • COVID-19, Feature Story, Viewpoint • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
As we pen this, Chatham-Kent has topped 400 cases of COVID-19 so far this year. It’s a milestone number, but it means little right now. Some might disagree. Others would say the important number is the number of active cases. And as of Monday afternoon,...
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Oct 21, 20 •
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In case the headline didn’t tell you: Thank you, Chatham-Kent. Thanks for coming through to support the virtual version of Festival of Giving (FoG) on the weekend. Thanks for signing up in droves for the Gift toy and food drive that’s looming. And thanks...
