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Nov 17, 20 •
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The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance and Copper Terrace are benefitting from an infusion of funds from the provincial government to create additional bed space or upgrade what is in place. The CKHA will receive up to $1.8 million to add 20 patient beds, while...
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Oct 20, 20 •
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The Ontario government, through the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario (ARIO) is working with the University of Guelph to invest $6.5 million into the construction of a new Field Crop Services building on the Ridgetown campus. The investment will...
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Aug 12, 20 •
0 Views • COVID-19, Feature Story, Local News • Jenna Cocullo • No Comments
By Jenna Cocullo, Local Journalism Initiative If taxes go up in Chatham-Kent, it won’t be to offset municipal COVID-19 expenses. On Wednesday the provincial government announced more than $5.8 million to help with the incurred costs from the pandemic. ...
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Aug 5, 20 •
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It took about a year, but Chatham-Kent is getting more than $1.6 million in senior-level government funding for several transit projects. The province received federal approval for the projects today, according to Chatham-Kent Leamington MPP Rick Nicholls....
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Apr 13, 20 •
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Ontario is taking emergency action to address the recent spike in domestic violence reported by victims services organizations during the COVID-19 crisis. The government of Ontario is providing an emergency payment of more than $2.7 million to support...
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Mar 11, 20 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
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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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 21, 19 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Mary Beth Corcoran • No Comments
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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Jul 24, 19 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Mary Beth Corcoran • No Comments
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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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...
