Year: 2025

By Pam Wright, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Children’s author Jane Blondie fondly remembers Grade 6 at McNaughton Avenue Public School in Chatham. That’s the year teacher Don Allison inspired her love of creative writing. “I […]

By Pam Wright, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Due to the end of a major funding grant, R.O.C.K. (Reach Out Chatham-Kent) Missions is changing the way it operates. This news comes the same week a large […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative At an upcoming regular meeting, Kingsville Deputy Mayor Kim DeYong will ask fellow Councillors to consider establishing a relationship with ENWIN Group of Companies, after learning the Town of […]

By Pam Wright, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Chatham teens are getting a hand up thanks to a new municipal pilot project. The initiative will freeze rent at the W.I.S.H. Centre for a five-year period to […]

By Pam Wright, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter When it comes to the Canada-U.S. trade war, Ryan Donally says Ontario’s southwest region is on the front lines. And according to the Windsor-Essex Chamber of Commerce president […]

By Sam Leishman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Lethbridge Herald The family of a Lethbridge man is running out of options to lay him to rest more than two years after his death. Peter Teny Both […]

By Sandi Krasowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Chronicle-Journal Confederation College is not alone in being forced to make hard financial choices and suspend programs. Of the 24 colleges in Ontario, 16 of them have also […]

By Kelsey Bent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Listowel Banner OTTAWA – Governor General Mary Simon at the recommendation of Prime Minister Mark Carney, issued a proclamation to dissolve the 44th Parliament on March 23, 2025. […]

By Isabel Buckmaster, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, GuelphToday.com WELLINGTON COUNTY – Newly-elected MPP Joseph Racinsky knows he has big shoes to fill, but that isn’t going to stop him from trying. The 23-year-old was elected […]

By Saeed Akhtar, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Lakeshore News Reporter Conservative MP Chris Lewis (Essex) has presented 30 community members with the King Charles III Coronation Medal, recognizing their contributions to Essex and Canada. The […]