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Jul 23, 19 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
No one was injured in a house fire on Delaware Avenue in Chatham last night. Fire officials say they received a call about 6:40 p.m. about a garage fire. Firefighters arrived to see flames and black smoke coming from the garage, but the fire had already...
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May 15, 19 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Mary Beth Corcoran • No Comments
The return of the Fairfield settlement lands to the Delaware First Nation people by the United Church of Canada on Friday was historic in more ways than one. The signing ceremony between the Eelunapeewi Lahkeewiit (Delaware) First Nation Chief Denise...
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May 14, 19 •
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At a historic signing, the Fairfield property on Longwoods Road near Bothwell is now in the hands of the Eelunaapeewi Lahkeewiit (formerly Moraviantown). The United Church of Canada signed over the land, a significant step toward reconciliation between...
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Oct 3, 14 •
378 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Jim Blake • No Comments
“Everyone is welcome in my community.” With those words, Greg Peters, chief of the Delaware Nation at Moraviantown, is inviting area residents to attend a celebration of native culture this Friday to Sunday. The centrepiece of the Delaware gathering is...
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Aug 25, 14 •
317 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
The Chatham-Kent Fire Department estimates Sunday’s blaze at a duplex on Delaware Avenue in Chatham did about $200,000 in damage. The cause remains under investigation, but the media release, completed by Scott Sproule, a fire prevention officer, said the...
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Aug 25, 14 •
277 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
Firefighters were still on the scene this morning of a fire that broke out on Delaware Street Sunday. Still no word from Chatham-Kent Fire officials on damage estimate or cause...
