Ontario Public Library Week: October 16th -22nd
Your Library: A Place Unbound Check out what’s happening during Ontario Public Library Week when Chatham-Kent Public Library will be celebrating Your Library: A Place Unbound. Beginning October 16th, CKPL invites everyone to join us for a week filled with events and programs that will spur the imagination of…
Ontario Federation of Agriculture Looks For Animal Care Reform
We have this guest commentary from Bette Jean Crews, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture on a topic of interest in light of the upcoming election. “If you raise livestock or poultry in Ontario, you know your operation is governed by the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals…
Mayor Randy Hope Wants More Progressive Action
( exclusive to the Chatham-Kent Daily post …) Chatham-Kent Mayor Randy Hope sat down with the CKDP yesterday to outline his vision for Chatham-Kent and answer some questions posed by CKDP readers regarding user fees for a proposed $600,000 boat ramp. During the working dinner portion of the Councils Strategic Planning…
Citizen Reminder
Recently, a citizen reported that she received three phone calls from people purporting to be Cogeco representatives. Each caller informed the citizen that she had won a free trip to Florida and the Caribbean and asked for her personal information. The citizen did not provide any information to the callers…
Volunteer Position with the Chatham-Kent Farm Safety Association
The Chatham-Kent Farm Safety Association is looking for an Assistant-Coordinator for our annual Chatham-Kent Farm Safety Day. Each year, we host a Farm Safety Day for children aged 5 to 12 in Ridgetown mid July. Funding and resources for this program are provided from the Progressive Agriculture Foundation www.progressiveag.org/. The Progressive Agriculture Foundation program…
Chatham-Kent Councilors Hold Planning Session
A special meeting for city councilors and administrators was held last night at the civic centre that set the tone for councils strategy in the near and long term future. Led by facilitator Karyn Stock-Mcdonald, an independent consultant from Brampton, council was divided into groups that poured over ideas on…
Man charged with failure to yeild
The Chatham-Kent police attended O’Neill Road in the former Howard Township in response to a collision involving two pick-up trucks and a hydro pole. Two trucks collided and struck a hydro pole causing it to crack. The hydro lines remained intact but Hydro One attended to assess the pole. No…
Workshop to Address Impact of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder on Community of Chatham-Kent
1 in 100 babies in Canada is affected by alcohol consumed by women during pregnancy. Alcohol consumed during pregnancy can permanently change the developing brain, resulting in a wide range of learning and behavioural difficulties, as well as physical deformities and growth issues. This range of disabilities is known as…
Vehicle Theft
The Chatham-Kent police are investigating the theft of an ATV overnight Sunday. Sometime between 5:30 p.m. Sunday and 7:00 a.m. Monday, unknown suspect(s) entered a warehouse on Winterline Road in the former Dover Township and stole a blue 2010 Suzuki ATV with the licence plate “80VF8” Its value has been…
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