Chatham-Kent news

• Man charged with assault, uttering threats: Chatham-Kent police

  21-08-2026 19:51 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  A Chatham man faces multiple charges, including some related to historical assault allegations, Chatham-Kent police say.Officers responding to a Thursday complaint of a man threatening a woman learned of several alleged historical incidents of physical assaults, threats and forcible confinement between August and December 2024, said police, who arrested a suspect.A man, 42, is charged with three counts of assault, two counts of uttering death threats and single counts of assault causing bodily
  
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• Catholic board sells Chatham's former Georges P. Vanier school

  21-08-2026 18:35 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  St. Clair Catholic District school board is selling the former Georges P. Vanier school in Chatham to Conseil scolaire Viamonde for $1.6 million.Catholic board trustees approved sale of the property, located at 20 Cecile Ave. in the city’s south end, at a special board meeting on Aug. 10, the board said in a release. The transaction was to close on Monday, Aug. 24.Conseil scolaire Viamonde is the French-language public school board for Southwestern Ontario and the greater Golden Horseshoe
  
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• Council OK's $1.56M land buy for Blenheim ball complex, reservoir

  21-08-2026 17:53 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Chatham-Kent is buying 32 acres (13 hectares) of land for a new four-diamond baseball complex and a replacement Public Utilities Commission reservoir in Blenheim. Council recently approved the $1.56-million land purchase at 9267 Allison Line. About $1.4 million will be covered by a grant from the Hydro One community benefit reserve, and the remaining $146,718 will be drawn from the PUC water facilities lifecycle reserve. South Kent Coun. Anthony Ceccacci said he has received some of the most po
  
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• Mitchell's Bay residents soon can use town's name as mailing address

  21-08-2026 14:50 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  After the municipality requested the change, Mitchell’s Bay residents can soon use their town’s name as their mailing address.Canada Post has agreed to update the mailing place name, a release said.Beginning in October, residents who now use “Dover Centre” in their mailing address will instead use “Mitchell’s Bay.” Postal codes and all other details will remain the same.“This change recognizes Mitchell’s Bay as the distinct and proud communi
  
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