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Oct 30, 19 •
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The lawyer for concerned well owner Christine Burke vowed the fight would continue. Eric Gillespie, reached at his Toronto law office, told The Chatham Voice the decision this morning by the Attorney General’s office to take over the case and withdraw all...
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Oct 30, 19 •
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Concerned well owner Christine Burke’s second day in court took place in a shorter time span than her first one two months ago. And there won’t be another. At least not in regard to her charges against several wind turbine companies, a provincial ministry...
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Oct 23, 19 •
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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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Oct 8, 19 •
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The collective brains behind a proposed Ontario Health Team for Chatham-Kent have sent their proposal off to the province, and are now playing the waiting game. Lori Marshall, president and CEO of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, said the CK OHT proposal was...
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Oct 1, 19 •
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Chatham’s ServiceOntario location will have new life. Rick Nicholls, MPP for Chatham-Kent Leamington, said the municipality is in the process of taking over temporary operations of the Grand Avenue East centre from former owner Doug Dotzert. During the...
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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...
