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Mar 26, 20 •
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Editor’s note: This is an op-ed written by News Media Canada chair Bob Cox. It appeared in today’s Winnipeg Free Press. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lied to the country. That’s not an easy thing to write about the most visible authority figure...
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Mar 17, 20 •
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The provincial government announced this morning it has declared an emergency under s 7.0.1 (1) the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act. “We are facing an unprecedented time in our history,” said Premier Doug Ford in a media release....
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Mar 11, 20 •
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Residents who have been forced out of their homes along Erie Shore Drive have every right to be seriously ticked off – at Mother Nature, and government. They were essentially booted out of their homes by the municipality on Monday just 10 days after...
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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 •
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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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Jan 15, 20 •
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Tourism is a growth sector of a healthy economy that can sometimes be overlooked when municipalities narrow their new jobs focus to the industrial or commercial sector. Here in Chatham-Kent, we are fortunate enough to be surrounded by Great Lakes, a booming...
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Jan 15, 20 •
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Indigenous spirituality, communing with nature and tracking one’s food from farm to plate earned high praise at a recent tourism competition in Chatham-Kent. The three concepts also earned $3,000 each in funding from the Ontario Tourism Innovation Lab. The...
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Jan 2, 20 •
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Chatham-Kent is one of three municipalities to take part in a new Regional Immigration Pilot program from the province. In an effort to help businesses in small and rural communities attract and retain skilled workers, the Ontario government launched the...
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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 •
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Weed woes While local medical cannabis producer AgMedica Bioscience Inc. restructures due to a funding shortfall, industry and market experts predict other marijuana companies in Canada will face similar challenges before things improve. Earlier this month,...
