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Chatham-Kent police are looking for two robbery suspects after a home invasion robbery in Chatham, Eclipse Day preparations are underway in Chatham-Kent, and housing and healthcare are two big focuses in Ontario's latest provincial budget.

R.O.C.K. Missions has secured a new location for its drop-in centre in Wallaceburg, Ontario's budget will include help for municipalities to reach their spending targets and reforms to auto insurance, and officials in Baltimore are looking for at least 20 people after a bridge collapsed.

Wheatley's new Economic Developer has a 2-year timeline and a $450K budget, provided by the province, to put her plans into action. Residents of Chatham-Kent are one step closer to year-round tennis. The province is planning a fire ranger recruitment blitz ahead of the wildfire season and says longer-term plans to stabilize the workforce are in the works. Catherine, the Princess of Wales, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with cancer and is currently undergoing treatment.

Kyra Knapp has only been serving as Wheatley's Economic Developer for a week but has hit the ground running with ideas for revitalizing the area. Residents of Chatham-Kent are one step closer to year-round tennis. Former prime minister Brian Mulroney will be honoured today during his state funeral in Montreal. Washington's Tom Wilson has been suspended six games for hitting Toronto's Noah Gregor in the face with his stick by the NHL's Department of Player Safety.

Ontario will be pumping almost 2-billion dollars into home-building projects across the province over the next few years, if you've seen some noticeable restoration in the buildings of downtown Chatham, it's likely you've noticed work done by some locally-based contractors, and the lowest-paid workers in federally regulated industries are set to get a pay bump in a couple of weeks.

Morning News for Thursday, March 21, 2024

Noon News for Wednesday, March 20, 2024

A local foundation that provides hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to local community groups every year has hit a major milestone, no injuries and no damage after the potentially explosive discovery of a war-time weapon in Leamington, and March is Brain Health Awareness Month and Brain Canada wants everyone to keep that top of mind.