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Tue, 02 Feb 2021 02:21:28 +0000
U of Windsor announces delivery plan for summer intersession
The University of Windsor has announced that the upcoming summer intersession will be held primarily remotely and online due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. President Rob Gordon posted an update on the university’s website Friday, stating the sum...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 02:17:05 +0000
Rookie Point Pelee warden aims to protect species at risk
Despite being a rookie park warden, Dan Forbes has enough experience to know that many of Point Pelee National Park’s unique species need some extra TLC. Forbes — who brings years of municipal and Parks Canada experience to his new job — in...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 02:08:52 +0000
Windsor company among winners of PPE national supply challenge
Windsor’s Harbour Technologies and its British Columbia partner Novo Textile Company are among the 12 national winners of the Next Generation Manufacturing Canada’s Strategic Supply Challenge for their development of Made in Canada protective gea...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 01:26:41 +0000
Questions linger over ERCA's loss of $300K to online scam
Coun. Jo-Anne Gignac tried but failed Monday to shine some public light on murky issues surrounding the Essex Region Conservation Authority’s loss of close to $300,000 last year to an online phishing scam. “$300,000 is a big chunk of mone...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:39:32 +0000
Health unit unveils updated COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan
The local health unit will be capable of injecting up to 20,000 arms per day at the height of this year’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, according to new details of its immunization plan released on Monday. Enlisting help from area pharmacists, prim...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:10:22 +0000
Fingers crossed, organizers hope for Art in the Park's return in June
Organizers of Art in the Park are planning its June return to Willistead Park with a number of health and safety protocols in place. Public health guidelines permitting, the show will be held June 5-6. Last year’s event fell victim to the COVID-19 ...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:58:53 +0000
Photographer reveals portraits of people who live on Windsor's streets
Photographer Douglas MacLellan brings into focus the faces of homelessness and exposes their life stories through their own words in his latest book The Mission. MacLellan, 61, a Windsor-based photographer and former Hockey Hall of Fame lensman who f...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:35:41 +0000
Jarvis: Remembering Don Hamel and perseverance
The snow plows had hit the streets at 2 a.m. School buses were cancelled. Drivers were urged to stay off the roads. The city called for patience. And there was Don Hamel, in the middle of that winter storm three years ago, stretching from his seat in...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:19:45 +0000
Health unit reports 60 new COVID-19 cases in Windsor-Essex, no deaths
Windsor-Essex has recorded its first two consecutive days without reported COVID-19 deaths for the first time in more than a month. The pandemic’s local death toll held steady at 316 on Sunday and Monday, following confirmation on Saturday of f...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:52:11 +0000
Crews battle Drouillard Road house fire for hours
A house fire in Ford City Sunday took Windsor fire crews three hours to get under control. Windsor Fire and Rescue Services crews were on the scene in the 1100 block of Drouillard Road at 5 p.m. and requested that residents avoid the area as fire sho...



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