The Union Block was large, to the point where it contained two different hotels with the J.W. Miles Hotel located in the east end of the building and the John Pierce Hotel operating in the west end of ...

General Motors’ intermediate-sized line-up of automobiles were ubiquitous during the 1970s, especially the Colonnade Cars, so named because of their pillared structure. The Colonnades were built for ...

Chatham This Week columnist writes about the recent closing of an encampment and a new area where some residents chose to relocate.

For her long-standing community involvement with numerous organizations and causes, a familiar face has been selected as Chatham-Kent’s Citizen of the Year.

One of the greatest ironies of automotive history is the fact the Ford Motor Company sold more full-size cars than did Chevrolet for the 1957 model year. Because the ’57 Chevrolet remains immensely ...

Dodge had a difficult time in the 1950s – and even a completely new car and attitude for 1955 failed to push the brand beyond sales of 300,000 units. Dodge’s best year was in 1950 when 341,797 cars ...

Chatham history columnist John Rhodes shares a photo of Fifth Street in downtown Chatham, likely taken in 1902.

The photo included is one of my favourites and though the quality of the picture is not the best, it does tell a wonderful story. The concept was to invite hundreds of former Chatham residents to ...

Yajun Peng, a University of Guelph graduate student at the Ridgetown Campus, received recognition at a prestigious scientific meeting in November. Yajun attended the joint 2022 American Society of ...

Honestly, the last thing I thought I was going to write about this week was the proposed community hub for downtown Chatham. From the very first speaker, I was completely drawn into the presentations, ...

The photograph included is a wonderful depiction of what the King Street core area looked like circa 1930. I know that the picture dates from that era as the Garner Hotel, King and Sixth streets, was ...