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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 27, 19 •
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Members of Chatham-Kent municipal council and staff returned from the AMO conference in Ottawa on a positive note. Mayor Darrin Canniff said Chatham-Kent’s strong presence at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference recently in Ottawa...
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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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Aug 21, 19 •
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Chatham-Kent’s Christine Burke will have to wait a couple of months to see if her charges against several wind turbine companies, a provincial ministry and its cabinet minister, will continue through the court system. In mid-July, Burke, with the assistance...
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Jul 24, 19 •
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It took a year, but the Ontario government has kept its promise to get some answers for contaminated well owners in Chatham-Kent on the safety of their water. It has been a long, emotional struggle for people who are hauling water in to cook and bathe with...
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Jul 23, 19 •
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The Essex County Federation of Agriculture and Kent Federation of Agriculture have partnered together to host an evening of Pie and Politics with Rick Nicholls, MPP for Chatham-Kent-Leamington. The community is invited to attend the event July 25 at the...
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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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Jul 16, 19 •
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The government is providing an additional $1,062,891 this year to support midwives in Chatham-Kent, Essex, and Windsor, according to Rick Nicholls, MPP for Chatham-Kent Leamington. Approximately 140,000 babies are born each year in Ontario, and families are...
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Jun 6, 19 •
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The Ontario government is holding consultations to hear from businesses firsthand on industrial electricity pricing and programs, including Chatham-Kent. Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines met with agriculture and chemicals...
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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...
