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Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:51:31 +0000
Infertile Ground: Provincial funding for fertility treatment out of reach for most Windsorites
Windsor is the only city of its size in Ontario where the provincial government does not fund in vitro fertilization for people struggling to have children, according to a local fertility expert. Dr. Rahi Victory said Windsor-Essex is also woefully u...

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 01:49:29 +0000
UWindsor adds two-year pathways to a degree
The University of Windsor science department is offering certain college graduates an opportunity to earn a university degree in two years. The 2+2 Degree Completion pathway is a concept science dean Chris Houser is quite familiar with from his five ...

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 01:34:31 +0000
Jarvis: The big lift is coming. Are we ready?
The “big lift” is coming. Are we ready? Canada is expected to receive 440,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine every week this month. That number will jump to 769,000 doses a week the first two weeks of April. Moderna has confirme...

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 01:25:14 +0000
Activists at virtual protest slam province over long-term care home 'crisis'
Speaking with her father is often a heartbreaking experience for Lucinda Allaer. The 88-year-old resident of Fairfield Park in Wallaceburg will beg his daughter to get him out of the nursing home, where he’s been isolated for weeks while officials ...

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 01:17:08 +0000
Windsor man jailed in Detroit River underwater drug smuggling case
DETROIT, Mich. — A Windsor man who used a fleet of submarines to smuggle drugs and cash across the Detroit River was sentenced to almost six years in U.S. federal prison Wednesday, the Detroit News reported. Glen Mousseau, 49, also forfeited the su...

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 01:10:11 +0000
Business Excellence Awards go virtual
The Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Business Excellence Awards are going virtual this year due to uncertainty over COVID-19. “The Awards have always been about recognizing business excellence in our region,” awards chairman Jas...

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 01:06:24 +0000
Revolutionary mobile vision inspection system employs smartphones
Windsor’s Active Industrial Solutions Technologies Group has been awarded a provisional patent for creating a mobile vision inspection system using smartphones and incorporating artificial intelligence. The Mobile Vision Solution (MVS) system i...

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:55:12 +0000
As supply of vaccine rises, 'we can ramp it up,' health unit says
“The beginning of the end” was how Essex County Warden Gary McNamara hopefully described on Wednesday the sprawling new vaccination clinic carved out of the community rinks at the WFCU Centre. The clinic started Monday, vaccinating people...

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:40:50 +0000
Tecumseh's Mulder named to NBA Rising Star World Team
What a week it has been for Tecumseh’s Mychal Mulder. Just days after his $1.5 million contract with the NBA’s Golden State Warriors became fully guaranteed for the season, the 26-year-old Mulder learned on Wednesday that he has been selected for...

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:03:08 +0000
Driver, 19, was speeding wrong way on Highway 401, say OPP
Chad Coupe, 19, of London, faces multiple charges after he led OPP on a dangerous chase on Highway 401 — including heading eastbound in the westbound lanes near Tilbury.



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