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Chatham-Kent’s small businesses can do it better than the box stores, according to local owners who want to keep their doors open in the event of the third province-wide lockdown. Chatham-Kent’s COVID-19 cases had declined recently, allowing the city to reopen in the Orange Zone, however, they are on the rise again, and Ontario health experts warn of a looming
third lockdown. “I refuse to participate. If there is a third lockdown, they can come take my keys away,” said Shirley Brennar, owner of Simply Shoes in Chatham. “They can’t keep asking us to go further into debt.” The business owners support the lockdown measures to keep people safe, but do not agree that closing small businesses, which see at most 10 people in their store at once, is an effective means of stopping the spread.
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The Dreise family, including Victoria, left, and her younger sister Kayleigh, right, enjoyed a Sunday afternoon at the Chatham-Kent Off-Leash Dog Park with their puppy Axel.
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