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Sep 4, 19 •
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They’ve done the hurry up: The community fundraising and support has been fast and very forthcoming. But now they are waiting for their funding ministry, the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, to catch up. Donna Litwin-Makey, executive...
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Aug 21, 19 •
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The Ontario government has nominated three transit projects in Chatham-Kent for funding under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. Chatham-Kent Leamington MPP Rick Nicholls announced Aug. 16 that the Ontario government is investing close to $1.8...
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Jul 23, 19 •
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Chatham-Kent is one step closer to having an Ontario Health Team. According to officials with the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, the province named our area as one of 31 that have been approved for the full application process. Local health organizations came...
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May 28, 19 •
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Chatham-Kent Mayor Darrin Canniff welcomed the news that the provincial government has reversed planned cuts to municipal funding. “We were still compiling information on the cuts but there was no doubt the cost would have been significant,” he said in a...
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Apr 3, 19 •
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The province announced recently it plans to send our municipality more than $3.6 million in one-time funding, but Chatham-Kent officials have to apply for it. Rick Nicholls, MPP for Chatham-Kent Leamington, announced local funding secured from the Ministry of...
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Apr 2, 19 •
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The federal government pledged support recently to help reduce the impact of flooding in Chatham-Kent, to the tune of $16.5 million. According to the Trudeau government, communities need help adapting to the frequent and intensifying weather events caused by...
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Mar 19, 19 •
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Municipal officials say applications are now available for the 2019 round of the Community Partnership Fund (CPF). Council allocates funds each year for distribution to community groups through the competitive CPF process. Groups that have projects...
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Feb 27, 19 •
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The Ontario government is investing in the Wallaceburg hospital site redevelopment to help patients and families in Chatham-Kent get the health care they need, closer to home, Infrastructure Minister Monte McNaughton announced recently. “Fourteen...
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Nov 28, 18 •
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Helping to improve the economic development of rural areas, the RED (Rural Economic Development) Program is assisting the Southern First Nations Secretariat to the tune of $73,860. The RED program funds projects that stimulate economic growth in Ontario’s...
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Oct 31, 18 •
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A program for child safety that has been around for 40 years, and a United Way member agency for 17 years, will no longer be funded by the United Way as of March of next year. According to Chatham-Kent Block Parent Program board chair Tanya Nooyen, her group...
