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Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:46:58 +0000
Lions prepare for inevitable off-season of change
The end of the season is really just the beginning for the Detroit Lions. Sunday’s season-ending 37-35 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field may have had a few controversial officiating calls for fans to bemoan, but the outcome was not going ...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:17:55 +0000
Criticized as wasteful, WEEDC says 'Ho Ho Hospital' postcards cost $660
A “Ho Ho Hospital” postcard mailout is being assailed by Coun. Rino Bortolin as the latest example of a misguided, unnecessary and money-wasting $270,000 mega-hospital lobbying campaign. The 2,000 postcards were mailed out prior to the ho...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:15:48 +0000
COVID-19 vaccination at long-term care homes underway in Windsor-Essex
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit began inoculating long-term care home residents ahead of schedule over the weekend, with immunization underway at a fifth facility on Monday. Last Wednesday, the health unit received enough doses of the Moderna va...

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:03:09 +0000
Local group reaches agreement to buy Camp Bryerswood
A local community youth group fighting to save Camp Bryerswood in Amherstburg has successfully negotiated its purchase from Girl Guides of Canada. A not-for-profit group spearheaded by Kathi Poupard, a long-time area Girl Guide leader, announced the ...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 23:58:03 +0000
Windsor man faces car crash charges
A Windsor man is facing a number of criminal charges following a single motor vehicle collision Sunday evening. Windsor police officers responded to a report of a single motor vehicle collision in the 3500 block of Deerbrook Drive at 9:15 p.m. Sunday...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 23:55:56 +0000
Local church leaders charged under Reopening Ontario Act get legal help
A legal advocacy group has stepped up to help several local religious leaders fight charges of allegedly contravening the Reopening Ontario Act during the current pandemic lockdown. Harvest Bible Church Windsor’s Rev. Aaron Rock is facing charges i...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 23:18:21 +0000
Stop 'anti-science' rhetoric, local health-care leaders urge
As the health system creeps closer to a breaking point under the weight of skyrocketing COVID-19 rates, regional officials made a plea Monday for people to end the “anti-science rhetoric” and do more to stop the virus. Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare...

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 22:21:47 +0000
Windsor man faces drug and gun charges after vehicle stop near Ottawa
David Ivan Trombley, 22, of Windsor, faces drug and gun charges after OPP arrested him in Russell County, near Ottawa, on Dec. 30.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 21:59:33 +0000
Driver charged in Lakeshore vehicle crash that killed woman
Jonathon Grellette, 31, of Lakeshore, faces charges of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm and death for the fatal collision that happened Dec. 12 on County Road 46.

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 21:32:27 +0000
Health unit reports 16 more COVID-19 deaths in Windsor-Essex
Sixteen more Windsor-Essex residents have lost their lives to COVID-19 in the deadliest 24-hour period of the pandemic to date. Thirteen of the deaths reported on Monday were residents of long-term care homes: two women and two men in their 70s, thre...



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