Chatham-Kent news

• OPP seek public’s help in Moraviantown sudden death probe

  13-08-2026 21:47 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Provincial police are asking the public’s help as they investigate a sudden death last month in a First Nation community in eastern Chatham-Kent.Elgin OPP are investigating a fatal incident on Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit (Delaware Nation at Moraviantown), a police release said Thursday.Middlesex OPP was notified of a 33-year-old Chatham resident being taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries just before midnight on Saturday, July 25, police said. The person was pron
  
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• Landfill would quickly reach capacity with proposed Dresden project

  13-08-2026 20:34 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  If a waste processing plant proposed by a Toronto-area firm near Dresden is approved, the landfill component could reach capacity in less than a decade.York1 Environmental Waste Solutions recently sent two notices to property owners near the former landfill, at 29831 Irish School Road, to inform them the company is submitting applications to the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks to amend an environmental compliance approval. One application is to modernize the existing landfill an
  
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• Herder memorial golf tournament supports student nutrition

  13-08-2026 18:22 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  A recent golf tournament at Willow Ridge Golf and Country Club in Blenheim will help support student nutrition across Chatham-Kent.Chatham-Kent Police Association hosted the annual Rob Herder Memorial Charity Golf Tournament, which featured 120 golfers playing in support of the Chatham-Kent Ontario Student Nutrition Program.“A special thank you to everyone who helped make this tournament such a tremendous success,” an association release said. “To the golfers, volunteers, priz
  
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• Man struck, threatened, woman charged: Chatham-Kent police

  13-08-2026 18:09 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  A woman faces charges after a man was struck and threatened during a clash, Chatham-Kent police say.Officers called to a Blenheim residence about 8 a.m. Tuesday were told a pot was thrown at a man, who also was hit in the face and threatened, police said.A Chatham-Kent woman, 36, is charged with assault with a weapon, assault and uttering threats to cause death, police said. She was held for bail. Man hurt in clash, woman charged A Blenheim resident was charged after a man was hurt in a clash w
  
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• Council passes motion to advocate for protection of multi-bedroom units

  13-08-2026 17:17 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  With families sometimes finding themselves squeezed out of attainable rental housing, a council motion aims to help advocate for the protection of multi-bedroom units.West Kent Coun. Melissa Harrigan entered the successful motion at a recent council meeting. She asked administration to pursue the issue the province and seek an Ontario-wide strategy to avoid the loss of the properties.“As a municipal council, we have seen a rise in what I would call a concerning pattern in some of the plan
  
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