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Library hosting fall gardening presentation
The Chatham-Kent Public Library is hosting a guest speaker in September to help residents with their fall gardening. Author Lorraine Johnson will give a virtual presentation Sept. 12 at 6…
Residential school survivors want church records
As Pope Francis wrapped up his self-described “penitential pilgrimage” across Canada, residential school survivors and their advocates began turning up the pressure on the Vatican to release its records pertaining…
‘Dynamic’ Indigenous artist set to begin term as Western’s writer-in-residence
Local News Western University’s new writer-in-residence is an Indigenous poet who grew up Stoney Creek and now resides on the Six Nations territory of the Grand River. January Rogers (Twitter)…
Police seeking witnesses after man seriously injured
Early Sunday, around 2 am, Chatham-Kent police responded to a disturbance on King Street West in Chatham. A 44-year-old Chatham man suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital for…
Forest Kineto Theater renovation project closing in on fundraising goal
A recent announcement by a federal agency that it will contribute to a project renovating the more than century-old Kineto Theater in Forest should get the community’s Kiwanis Club $47,000…
Photos: Speaking of Wildlife at Wildwood
Wildlife educators from Speaking of Wildlife – an animal sanctuary near Orillia – made a stop at Wildwood Conservation Area in St. Marys on Sunday. Alex Fry and Krystal Hewett…
‘A noble honor’: Henson descendants welcome name change
Noting his enduring legacy, within the local community as well as the country as a whole, descendants of Josiah Henson believe the time had come for a name change at…
More than 800 cyclists enter Sarnia Bluewater International Granfondo
Sunday was a big day for a gran fondo. More than 800 cyclists rolled across the starting line of the Bluewater International Granfondo in Bright’s Grove Sunday morning on four…
Region’s second ‘Safe Trade’ zone set up in West Perth
Buying and selling goods online is now a little safer in West Perth, officials say. The municipality has partnered with Perth County OPP to establish the region’s second Safe Trade…
Hope and Healing Canada art installation coming to Sarnia
Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers didn’t want to use red string for the Hope and Healing Canada temporary installations she has created at sites across Canada over the past year. She’s…