Tag: ChathamKent
Maple City Homes freezing prices, providing rebates to help spur more growth in Chatham-Kent
A Chatham-Kent homebuilder has taken a bold step to help put the brakes on rising house prices, which has also made some new home buyers very happy. To help spur…
ON ACCOUNT OF DARKNESS: Chatham-Kent athletes featured in new book on race and sport
A Chatham-Kent sports writer’s new book looks at the relationship between race and sport through experiences of local athletes, and he says the most familiar stories are just the tip…
Chatham-Kent Police Service’s major crime unit kept busy in 2021
Officers in the major crime unit were kept busy in 2021, Chatham-Kent police services board members heard May 11. There were three homicides reported in 2021, up from one the…
Chatham-Kent police seek witnesses, information in stabbing incident
Chatham-Kent police wants to hear from any who may have witnessed a stabbing incident that happened in downtown Chatham early Saturday morning. Police responded to a disturbance in the area…
70th COVID-19 death reported in Chatham-Kent
Another local death has been attributed to COVID-19, Chatham-Kent public health reported in its Friday update A total of 70 people have now died in Chatham-Kent from the virus since…
Community-based policing units get boost in Chatham-Kent
Chatham-Kent’s police department is receiving a $2.6-million share of the $23.2 million earmarked by the province for Southwestern Ontario through the Community Safety and Policing Grant program. Sgt. Doug Cowell,…
Rural economic advisory committee weighted by Chatham-Kent
To help provide strategic direction for Chatham-Kent’s rural economy, the municipality will examine the feasibility of creating a new advisory committee. count. Trevor Thompson had entered a motion requesting the…
Chatham-Kent receives quarter-million-dollar gaming revenue payment
The Municipality of Chatham-Kent received a $255,748 payment from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation for hosting Cascades Casino in Chatham. This is the municipality’s fourth-quarter payment, bringing the total…
Chatham-Kent receives quarter-million-dollar gaming revenue payment
News Local News The Municipality of Chatham-Kent has received a $255,748 payment from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation for hosting Cascades Casino in Chatham. Publication date: Apr 21, 2022…
More Chatham-Kent officers qualified to determine if drivers are impaired
The growing number of alcohol or drug-related motor vehicle crashes across the municipality has prompted Chatham-Kent police to get more officers qualified to determine if drivers are impaired. Three, possibly…