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Apr 10, 19 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Mary Beth Corcoran • 1 Comment
The student walk-out recently at Chatham high schools to protest provincial government changes to education has brought out the cynics in force, and it is somewhat insulting to the teens involved. Was every student that participated in the walk-out...
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Apr 4, 19 •
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“Hawks say no!” Students at Chatham-Kent Secondary School got their message across loud and clear Thursday afternoon during a student walk-out in protest of provincial government changes to education, including larger class sizes. Close to 400 students at...
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Apr 3, 19 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
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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Mar 28, 19 •
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With the government announcement dissolving Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) boards, ahead of the passing of Bill 74 – The People’s Health Care Act, there is a perception the government is moving too fast and with a lack of public consultation....
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Mar 27, 19 •
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Health Coalitions across the province, led by the Ontario Health Coalition, are calling for the public’s help in fighting the government omnibus Bill 74 – The People’s Health Care Act, that proposes sweeping changes to how health care is administered in...
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Mar 27, 19 •
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Chatham-Kent received $725,000 in one-time funding from the province recently. On March 20, Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, announced a one-time investment for many of Ontario’s small and rural municipalities. “With a tight budget...
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Mar 12, 19 •
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Minister of Infrastructure Monte McNaughton, and Rick Nicholls, MPP for Chatham-Kent-Leamington, made the announcement at Cedarline Greenhouses, a company in Chatham-Kent that will be able to grow its business with this new expansion. “Our priority is...
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Feb 20, 19 •
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The commercial fishing docks at Erieau are getting a much-needed upgrade thanks to federal funding announced Feb. 14 at Bayside Brew Pub. Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Ahmed Hussen, on behalf of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the...
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Feb 6, 19 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Mary Beth Corcoran • 1 Comment
At a Water Wells First community meeting recently, the members continued to express their frustration with the government’s lack of action to make good on a Doug Ford promise to hold a full health hazard investigation into well contamination in the area of...
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Jan 27, 19 •
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Mayor Darrin Canniff and councillors, Amy Finn, Aaron Hall, Karen Kirkwood-Whyte, Mary Clare Latimer and Carmen McGregor as well as CAO Don Shropshire will attend the 2019 Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) Conference in Toronto from Jan. 27 to 29....
