Lambton looks to keep street-level health team going

Lambton County officials are working to keep a street-level health-care program for people facing homelessness and addiction going after provincial funding ends in the spring.The Community Health Integrated Care (CHIC) team, a pilot project pairing two Lambton County paramedics with two substance use navigators at Bluewater Health, has received $844,000 a year from the Health Ministry’s addictions treatment fund since June 2024. But the money runs out in late March, county staff reported