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Letter By John B. Lee: Poetry Draws Large Crowds
The following letter by poet John B. Lee was sent to CBC Radio and all the cultural funding organizations in Ontario and in Canada. Born in Highgate, John B. Lee joined Marty Gervais and others for a well attended (about 70 people) at the Mary Webb Centre. During that visit…
Letter: Safe streets, protecting seniors, more trade opportunities
Submitted by Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MP Bev Shipley A Beautiful Week in the Riding I’m wrapping up what has been a wonderful week in the riding. We’ve had tremendous weather, numerous meetings and announcements across Lambton-Kent-Middlesex. It felt good to get back to my farming roots this week and see a number…
Letter: Pit Bull ban might be coming to an end
Stemming from a recent story on the CKDP entitled Pit Bull ban close to being lifted, a local reader Sarah Benoit wanted to have her say on the issue. Check out her story below: Finally someone has realized that a ban on pitbulls is ridiculous and should be lifted. Why…
Letter: CK could be a Big Winner in the OLG Shakeup…
Dealtown, ON – March 15, 2012: It came as absolutely no surprise to me that OLG took prompt action to close the three U.S. border slot facilities as step one of their initiative to modernize lottery and gaming in Ontario. The slot-at-track facilities at Windsor, Sarnia and Fort Erie generate…
Letter: Don Drummond is a Genius!
Don Drummond is a Genius! Sometimes you just can’t see the forest for the trees! Mr Drummond is a genius, not because he has given us the solutions to the province’s deficit problem but because he identified the areas that need to be addressed. It’s up to us to cultivate…
Letter: An Invitation To Pitch In At Chatham’s Dog Park
Dear Editor: Thank you for your past and present coverage of Chatham-Kent’s dog parks, which are successful and highly used. John Waddell Park on Water Street in Chatham is the most-used park in the municipality on a year-round basis. The pictures taken at the new Wallaceburg Dog Park were very…
Letter: Wallaceburg Beautification Team Thanks Wallaceburg
The WBT would like to express our appreciation to the Wallaceburg community for its support. We are continuing to try and give something back to the community. This year we worked on maintaining and improving upon the waterfront beds. With the support or our businesses, industries and individuals we were…
Letter: MP proud of Wallaceburg after TSN, Kraft tour
Letter to the Editor : Last weekend I had the honour of attending the TSN/Kraft Celebration events held in Wallaceburg. It would be hard to be more impressed. The fact that Wallaceburg garnered the most number of online ballots in history to win the competition and…
Letter: Wasn’t that a party?
August 21, 2011 (the day after) 51 days, 1224 hours. Canada Day 2011, TSN rolled into town with the announcement Wallaceburg was in the running for the Kraft 10 in10 Celebration Tour. If anyone knew before hand that TSN was coming, it was a secret to Wallaceburg residents. Even TSN…
Letter Re: Gay-Straight Alliances in Schools
This is in response to the comments made by David Goldsmith in the Chatham Daily News article “Trustee questions Gay Straight Alliance assembly”. It is my initial reaction to respond in anger and disgust, but after taking time to think and review the article and comments, I made the choice…
Letter: Appreciation for support of Annual Kiwanis Music Festival
Dear Editor: The Chatham Kiwanis Music Festival Committee and the Kiwanis Club of Chatham want to express appreciation to the Chatham-Kent community for its great support of the 66th Annual Music Festival. Without the assistance of so many volunteers, it would not be possible to organize the Festival to provide…
Letter from Kim Iles
On this same day of the Japan disaster, our Municipality was hit with an unexpected snow storm, and a tragedy of a local Food Bank being burned to the ground. As local people rallied to collect food, start Face Book pages to reach out to all to share the need,…
Letter: High Gas Prices – Aaron Neaves
I like many in our community have fallen victim to the high gas prices that we have seen take off especially in the last few weeks. I read an article in Tuesday March 1 2001 edition of the Chatham Daily News that caught my eye. It read “high gas prices…
Gayle Stucke Responds to articles in Today’s Farmer/Chatham This Week
Submitted by Gayle Stucke This ia a news release in response to an article by Peter Epp in Today’s Farmer regarding pre-budget consultations conducted by incumbent MP Bev Shipley. ———————————- WALLACEBURG: Gayle Stucke, the recently acclaimed candidate for the Liberal Party in the Lambton-Kent Middlesex riding, is puzzled. Very recently,…
Letter: How United Way Helps Restorative Justice CK Give Youth A Second Chance
Restorative Justice Chatham-Kent is a charitable, non-profit organization with a mandate to provide alternative measures diversion and intervention programming for youth in conflict with the law, the result of criminal or delinquent behavior, under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. We promote a culture of justice, cooperation and social responsibility by…
“Thank you – Never Enough”
by Bev Shipley, MP This Thursday, November 11th, at the 11th hour, Canadians from coast to coast will pause to remember our brave Canadian heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice in armed conflict throughout our history. It is nothing less than our solemn duty as Canadians. Equally, we remember all…
CKDP Responds To Bakker Letter
Dear Mr./Ms. Bakker, I want to thank you for your recent letter to the editor at the Chatham-Kent Daily Post (find it here), in which you expressed your views on “voter apathy” demonstrated by low voter turnout during this year’s Municipal election. In your letter you placed a measure of…
East Side Pride Opposes Superior Court Prostitution Decision
The following letter was sent to the following offices by Chatham-Kent community organization East Side Pride: The Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson – Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Dave Van Kesteren – M.P. Chatham-Kent Essex, and Pat Hoy – M.P.P. Chatham-Kent Essex October 2, 2010 Re: Opposition to…
Letter: Not reading the comments anymore
Submitted by Elaine McEwen of Ridgetown In a recent conversation I suggested to Rob Armstrong, the publisher of www.CKDP.ca, that he add a thumbs up/thumbs down feature on articles and comments, like that on the Globe and Mail site. After some further thought, I’ve come to realize that the comments…
Letter: Thanking some of our 'greatest' health care providers
Submitted By Gary Switzer, CEO of the LHIN Re: Nurses’ Week I would personally like to offer my appreciation for the hard work and passion which nurses bring to the health care system, and more importantly, to thank them on behalf of the patients they serve 365 days a year.…
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