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Thu, 18 Feb 2021 03:13:45 +0000
Health unit reports 76 new COVID-19 cases in Windsor-Essex
An additional 76 cases of COVID-19 were reported in Windsor and Essex on Wednesday, but the local health unit said that number actually covers a two-day period. A system issue resulted in 33 positive cases that should have been reported on Tuesday be...

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 03:07:55 +0000
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Thu, 18 Feb 2021 02:47:27 +0000
Essex County makes it easier for low-income seniors to qualify for tax supports
Essex County council adopted a package of tax policy recommendations Wednesday that includes more help for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities. An existing property tax relief program for low-income seniors and those with disabilities ha...

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 02:42:18 +0000
W.E. Trans Support dismayed by hateful graffiti
Swastikas and a slur word were scrawled on a window at W.E. Trans Support — the community group dedicated to helping transgender individuals. Windsor police are treating the vandalism as a "hate-motivated crime."

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 02:28:35 +0000
Jarvis: Better pray the scientists are wrong
In 14 days, the incubation period for the novel coronavirus, we’ll learn who was right, the politicians or the scientists. Better pray it’s not the scientists. Restaurants, bars, non-essential stores, gyms and hair salons are all open aga...

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 01:44:42 +0000
Transit's plan for east-west express route hits COVID speed bump
A budget battle is brewing over whether money-hemorrhaging Transit Windsor should start up an east-west express route to deliver east-end students to St. Clair College in one-quarter the two-hour time it currently takes. “It’s quicker to ...

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 01:36:09 +0000
Arts and culture district envisioned to revitalize Windsor's downtown
A committee of downtown movers and shakers is pushing plans to transform Windsor’s long-struggling core into a vibrant arts and culture mecca or theatre district. “We’re looking at beautification, we’re looking at lights, we&#...

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 01:24:45 +0000
Isolation centre pushed to limits helping city's homeless cope with COVID-19
Medical caregivers, city administrators, hospital and health unit staff continued to scramble Wednesday to aid Windsor’s most vulnerable population mired in the midst of an explosion of positive COVID-19 cases. Local authorities believe everyone id...

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:07:54 +0000
Windsor indie-rock duo's new single reflects on pandemic life
Windsor duo The Bishop Boys confess that their new song Dark Days and its accompanying Wes Anderson-style music video were inspired by the realities of a COVID-19 world.

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 23:16:31 +0000
COVID-19 forces Spitfires to find different platform to honour Renaud's memory
For more than a decade, parents Mark and Jane Renaud have put on a brave face and headed to the WFCU Centre on Feb. 18 to help the Windsor Spitfires’ honour the memory of their son and late team captain Mickey Renaud. That won’t be the case this ...



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