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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 17, 19 •
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The Kent County branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) has good reason to be proud, after winning three awards recently at a conference in London. Ontario Ancestors’ 2019 Annual Conference and Family History Show, hosted by The Ontario...
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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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Jul 16, 19 •
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Rondeau and other provincial parks are open to the public for the day free of charge on Friday. It’s part of Ontario Parks’ Healthy Parks Healthy People On July 19, all Ontario Parks will be offering free day-use access to promote the health benefits of...
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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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Jun 4, 19 •
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Officials at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance expect to hear this week if the provincial government agrees with a proposal for developing a Chatham-Kent Ontario Health Team (CKOHT). The team would be comprised of various health-care organizations that work in...
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May 24, 19 •
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The old saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” clearly rings hollow with anyone sitting in charge in Queen’s Park. And that short sightedness will cost local taxpayers in the not-too-distant future. The Ford government is arbitrarily...
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May 7, 19 •
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On Saturday public librarians from across Southwestern Ontario met with Michael Tibollo, Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport as well as local MPP Rick Nicholls, Chatham-Kent-Leamington. “I think it’s important to show that members of the public...
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May 1, 19 •
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Mayors in Ontario are accusing the provincial government of downloading by stealth. According to Cam Guthrie, Chair of the Large Urban Mayor’s Caucus of Ontario (LUMCO) and Mayor of Guelph: “Big-city mayors from across Ontario are extremely concerned that...
