Chatham-Kent news

• Zonta Club unveils new purple bench in Chatham

  08-07-2026 21:32 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  As a symbol of hope and remembrance, the Zonta Club of Chatham-Kent has unveiled a new purple bench, this time on the property of Grand West Homeopathy.The bench joins the global purple bench project, also known as Barb’s Bench, an initiative that honours victims of domestic and family violence while encouraging conversations about prevention, support and awareness.Club member Brigitte Davis, owner and operator of Grand West Homeopathy, offered her property as the permanent home for the b
  
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• Ground breaks for Wallaceburg housing project

  08-07-2026 18:49 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Construction for a 72-unit mixed-income housing development in Wallaceburg is underway.The federal and provincial governments officially announced more than $6.7 million in combined funding, through the Ontario priorities housing initiative (OPHI) and the Canada-Ontario community housing initiative (COCHI), during a groundbreaking event held this week.Located at 199 Westcourt Blvd., the project will transform a vacant, municipally-owned site into a housing development consisting of 50 affordabl
  
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• 30th anniversary of Freedom Walk swings through Chatham-Kent

  08-07-2026 16:05 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Maryland-based historian Tony Cohen admits his reasons for walking are different from when he first made the journey three decades ago.The Tony Cohen Freedom Walk 2026 is in Chatham-Kent for three days as part of the 30th anniversary of his historic 750-kilometre trek, which retraced one of the routes freedom seekers travelled along the Underground Railroad.“When I did it 30 years ago, I was this budding, upstart historian, who had two months between jobs to go do something,” the 62
  
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