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May 27, 20 •
0 Views • Business, COVID-19, Feature Story • Jenna Cocullo • No Comments
Jenna Cocullo, Local Journalism Initiative Chatham-Kent’s business people are carving into retirement savings and taking out loans or lines of credit to ensure they have sufficient cash flow to survive day-to-day, according to the co-chairs of the Economic...
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May 20, 20 •
0 Views • COVID-19, Feature Story, Life • Chatham Voice • No Comments
Thanks to funding from the federal government’s New Horizons for Seniors Program, the United Way of Chatham-Kent has issued grants to five local agencies. These non-profit community service organizations met all requirements for funding which included...
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Apr 2, 20 •
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Twenty Chatham-Kent businesses have received a collective total of $50,000 in new funding to improve their digital footprint, Chatham-Kent Economic Development and the Small Business Centre officials announced on Wednesday. The Digital Main Street grant was...
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Feb 4, 20 •
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The Ontario government is working to develop regional transportation plans that will connect people across the province, including $500,000 for Chatham-Kent. Rick Nicholls, MPP for Chatham-Kent-Leamington, announced Jan. 31 that the government is releasing...
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Jan 21, 20 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
Chatham-Kent will benefit from more than $5.3 million in infrastructure funding from the province, announced last week. It’s part of $200 million in investment this year through the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF) to help 424 small, rural and...
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Dec 31, 19 •
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The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance is set to receive nearly $1.9 million from the province to help with infrastructure support. Monte McNaughton, MPP for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex and Rick Nicholls, MPP for Chatham-Kent-Leamington, made the announcement...
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Dec 18, 19 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Mary Beth Corcoran • No Comments
There is good news in the fight against human trafficking in Ontario, including funding for specialized services for survivors. The Ontario government is developing a new strategy to combat human trafficking that will be co-led by Sylvia Jones,...
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Dec 10, 19 •
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Local MPP Rick Nicholls, on behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Education, announced a $2.1 million investment in the Lambton Kent District School Board (LKDSB) recently to support a child-care addition at Indian Creek Road Public School. The provincial...
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Oct 23, 19 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
Hard work pays off, according to the head of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. Lori Marshall, president and CEO of CKHA, said the alliance teamed up with other medium-sized hospitals across the province to lobby the government to update its funding model for...
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Sep 4, 19 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
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...
