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Feb 26, 20 •
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Chatham-Kent is a community that rallies behind good causes, but there has been no project that has garnered more local support than the Chatham-Kent Hospice. Since its inception, the concept of the hospice experience that allows people to die with dignity...
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Feb 19, 20 •
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While the Personal Support Worker (PSW) crisis is in the forefront right now, the Canadian Association of Nurses is warning that an aging population is just one factor that will lead to a nursing shortage by 2022, by upwards of 60,000 nurses. That...
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Feb 19, 20 •
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It’s no secret I am a huge fan of Morena McDonald of 519 Events and Promotions, and I have been since meeting her while she was a reporter for CKXS Radio in Wallaceburg. I am also a fan of the events she puts on, particularly the ones for women, about women...
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Feb 12, 20 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
Listening to the concerns coming from round-table discussions across the province about the crisis in long-term care is sobering, and disturbing. Our elderly – the people who raised us – worked their whole lives, many of them doing so to create a better...
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Feb 5, 20 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Bruce Corcoran • 1 Comment
For anyone who opted to put themselves through the ordeal of watching Chatham-Kent council’s budget committee at work last week, we have a suggestion for you: try self-water boarding instead. All joking aside, the process is fatiguing to say the least. We...
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Feb 4, 20 •
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With our daughter off to university in the fall of 2020, Bruce and I will join the ranks of the empty nesters, and I will probably be found lying in Brenna’s bed, sobbing into her pillow and missing her terribly. Yes, I plan on being an emotional wreck when...
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Jan 29, 20 •
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The potential spread of the coronavirus, which first surfaced in China, has become a concern in Canada after two confirmed cases in Toronto. The virus, which is being described as presenting with severe flu symptoms, can be deadly to the elderly, the very...
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Jan 22, 20 •
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While compiling the news stories for this issue of The Chatham Voice, a common theme emerged that we see time and time again in Chatham-Kent. We are a community of givers. All someone needs to do is mention a great cause and come up with a great idea to raise...
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Jan 15, 20 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Mary Beth Corcoran • 1 Comment
Tourism is a growth sector of a healthy economy that can sometimes be overlooked when municipalities narrow their new jobs focus to the industrial or commercial sector. Here in Chatham-Kent, we are fortunate enough to be surrounded by Great Lakes, a booming...
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Jan 8, 20 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
News that community independent newspapers such as The Chatham Voice and the Thamesville Herald received approval to hire reporters as part of the nationwide Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) is good news for the citizens of Chatham-Kent. There will be 105...
