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• Documents related to York1’s plans for landfill near Dresden now online

  16-09-2026 22:05 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Documents regarding a Toronto-area company’s plans for a landfill near Dresden, along with court filings, are now available in one location online.The Municipality of Chatham-Kent issued a release Wednesday that it is making documents available related to York1 Environmental Solutions’s proposed waste transfer and processing plant at 29831 Irish School Rd.Opposition by residents and the municipality has remained strong since it was learned more than two years ago York 1wants to reop
  
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• Chatham arson case adjourned to Oct. 27

  16-09-2026 21:05 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  The case of a Chatham man accused arson has been adjourned again as the defence and the Crown await an Ontario Fire Marshal’s report. David Anderson, 73, is charged with arson – disregard for human life in connection to a January fire at 99 McNaughton Ave. W. in Chatham that displaced some residents of nearby units. Anderson’s lawyer, Anthony Andreopolos, told a Chatham court Wednesday he was still waiting to review the fire marshal’s report and requested the adjournment
  
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• 'Lame duck' C-K council OK's $476K design contract for new fire station

  16-09-2026 16:02 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Chatham-Kent council has approved a nearly $476,000 contract to design a new fire station on a former Chatham elementary school property.Architecttura Inc. will design a one-storey, four-bay fire station No. 1, which a municipal staff report says will be built on roughly 0.4-hectares (one acre) of the former St. Ursula Catholic school property at 426 Lacroix St..The existing school building, closed after Chatham’s Catholic elementary schools were consolidated, is being demolished under a
  
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• Healing Hands: CKHA unveils new work by local artist at Wallaceburg site

  16-09-2026 15:58 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Chatham-Kent Health Alliance has unveiled a new public art piece at its Wallaceburg site. A sculpture called Healing Hands by local artist Tyson Carr is now on display at the hospital group’s Wallaceburg location. The sculpture shows a human hand reaching upward with a butterfly balanced on the index finger. “There’s been a major theme of rebirth and renewal at CKHA’s Wallaceburg site, and I wanted to translate that into a work of art,” Carr said in a release. &ldq
  
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• News Briefs: Local charity feast raises $5,270 for Nepal flood victims

  16-09-2026 15:55 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  A Nepal Flood Relief Charity Feast drew 112 people and raised nearly $5,270 to help Nepal flood victims.“It turned out well,” said Dibesh Regmi, who manages the Gurkha Lounge Restaurant and Everest Convention Centre in Chatham with his wife, Subhana.About 1,200 deaths have been confirmed since a devastating flood struck the Bhote Koshi River of the Rasuwa district on the morning of Aug. 26.Regmi said funds raised during the Saturday, Sept. 12, event have been sent to the Nepalese pr
  
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• Major fire at Greenfield Global plant on edge of Chatham

  16-09-2026 13:39 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Chatham-Kent firefighters were called to a major fire at the Greenfield Global plant on Bloomfield Road in Chatham in the early hours of Wednesday morning.There are no immediate details on the cause of the blaze. Flames and smoke could be seen for quite a distance.More details will be provided when available.Chatham-Kent police issued a public caution Wednesday morning that emergency crews are currently responding to a fire at the ethanol plant at 275 Bloomfield Rd.“For your safety, pleas
  
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• Lightning sparked Chatham ethanol plant fire: officials

  16-09-2026 13:39 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  A lightning strike caused Wednesday’s fire at Chatham’s Greenfield Global plant, company officials say.“Lightning struck a corn-based ethanol storage tank” at the 275 Bloomfield Rd. facility early Wednesday morning, a company release said in early afternoon.“The resulting fire caused no injuries; all employees and personnel on-site are accounted for and safe,” it said. “The fire was isolated to the storage tank farm, has been extinguished and there does
  
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• Firefighters battle major blaze at Chatham's Greenfield Global plant

  16-09-2026 13:39 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Chatham-Kent firefighters were fighting a major blaze at Chatham’s Greenfield Global ethanol plant Wednesday morning.There was no immediate words on the cause of the early morning fire. Flames and smoke could be seen for quite a distance.More details will be provided when available.Chatham-Kent police cautioned the public Wednesday morning that emergency crews were responding to a fire at the 275 Bloomfield Rd. plant.“For your safety, please avoid the area of Bloomfield Road and Riv
  
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