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• CK VOTES: Barb Pelgrims running for public board trustee

  14-09-2026 17:41 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Name: Barb PelgrimsAge: Not providedBoard: Lambton Kent DistrictWard: 6, 7, 8 Why are you running to be a school board trustee? I believe education is one of the most important pathways to success in life. It shapes how children see themselves and others in today’s challenging world. We need to support child health and mental well-being.Through my work in health care, I have seen how important healthy life skills are in building confidence, creativity and a sense of belonging. I have also
  
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• Pedestrian dies after Saturday crash on Walpole Island: OPP

  14-09-2026 17:09 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  A pedestrian died after a single-vehicle collision on Walpole Island First Nation, provincial police say.Walpole Island police, OPP and paramedics responded after a sports utility vehicle and pedestrian collided on Chiefs Road, between Tecumseh Road and Austin Road, 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Lambton OPP said.The pedestrian, a Walpole Island resident, 48, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.A stretch of Chiefs Road was closed for several hours while officers investigated, police said.Anyone
  
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• CK VOTES: David Pierce running for public board trustee

  14-09-2026 16:46 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Name: David PierceAge: 65Ward: 6, 7, 8 Why are you running to be a school board trustee? In my opinion, it’s time to get back to basics in the school system. Also, something new happened in Chatham-Kent recently with the Chatham Christian school being removed from participating in all sports activities with the public school system with no details being released as to why. Ideologies do not belong in our public school system if this is what is happening. Children need to play. So let them
  
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• Company eyes Chatham-Kent for $1.9B clean-energy manufacturing facility: officials

  14-09-2026 16:18 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Chatham-Kent is being eyed for a $1.9-billion clean-energy manufacturing facility making solar modules, battery energy storage systems and other infrastructure, generating up to 6,000 direct and indirect jobs, municipal and business officials say .Mark Garvin, founder and chief executive of Canadian Sustainable Energies (CSE), spoke briefly with The Chatham Daily News Monday on his way into a meeting at the two-day Canadian Investment Summit in Toronto.“We do have plans for Chatham-Kent t
  
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• Company eyes C-K for $1.9B clean-energy manufacturing facility: officials

  14-09-2026 16:18 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Chatham-Kent is being eyed for a $1.9-billion clean-energy manufacturing facility making solar modules, battery energy storage systems and other infrastructure, generating up to 6,000 direct and indirect jobs, municipal and business officials say .Mark Garvin, founder and chief executive of Canadian Sustainable Energies (CSE), spoke briefly with The Chatham Daily News Monday on his way into a meeting at the two-day Canadian Investment Summit in Toronto.“We do have plans for Chatham-Kent t
  
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• Clean-energy manufacturing facility planned for Chatham-Kent

  14-09-2026 16:18 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Chatham-Kent could be home to major clean-energy manufacturing facility.Mark Garvin, founder and CEO of Canadian Energies spoke briefly with The Chatham Daily News Monday morning before going into a meeting at the Canadian Investment Summit, happening Monday and Tuesday in Toronto.“We do have plans for Chatham-Kent to set up a manufacturing (facility),” Garvin said.He added the company has experience in building battery energy storage systems and solar modules.Garvin said more detai
  
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