This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. A local advocacy group launched its homelessness response toolkits on Friday designed to help businesses and community members better understand and engage with local homelessness response efforts ...

Hamilton hospital pauses youth tonsil and adenoid surgeries after 2 deaths. Scheduled tonsil and adenoid surgical procedures for patients under the age of 18 have been paused at McMaster Children’s Hospital after two children, including one from Norfolk County, recently died shortly after being discharged.

Jan 2, 2025 · While homelessness is not unique to Chatham-Kent, it was and remains a multi-faceted and ongoing challenge in our community. Back in February, when I called to schedule the dreaded mammogram as I had been requested to do, I discovered that the local health care system was still grappling with the fallout from a cyberattack on TransForm that had occurred in fall 2023. That hack did briefly ...

$12.3M provincial funding covers recent Wheatley blast costs, plus. The provincial government has come through to cover the millions of dollars spent by the Municipality of Chatham-Kent during the last year to address the potential danger remaining from a gas explosion that rocked Wheatley’s downtown in August 2021.

LEGAL RIGHTS BULLETIN: Disconnecting from work and workplace privacy. The Employment Standards Act (ESA) has recently been amended and now mandates that certain workplaces implement policies on “disconnecting from work” and the electronic monitoring of workers.

Jan 7, 2025 · Article content. Picking up from where we last left Chatham-Kent mid-2024, the second part of the year kicked off with a new flag-raising policy aimed at streamlining the process by which local groups and organizations can run their flag up the municipal pole to celebrate, commemorate or raise awareness for their cause.

Dec 26, 2024 · As I write this however, thanks to the joy and confusion of holiday deadlines, it is an ominous Friday the 13th (if that’s your thing!), and as I gaze out my office window I am enjoying the promise of a white Christmas before it is washed away by the impending rain and warmer temperatures the weather forecast has on offer.

EDITORIAL: Chatham-Kent’s unique challenge. The challenge that Chatham-Kent has in securing more provincial infrastructure funding is not new.

EDITORIAL: New direction seeks better results. The Ontario government’s decision to increase access to publicly-funded surgical and diagnostic procedures by tapping into more clinics – private and non-profit – is being decried by those who fear the privatization of our healthcare system.

Dec 28, 2023 · “I think there’s going to be a lot of growth, a lot of new things happening,” he said during a year-end interview. “There’s lots of industry looking at Chatham-Kent, so it’s a huge opportunity for us in 2024 and beyond,” he said.