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Sat, 13 Mar 2021 02:17:48 +0000
Documentary takes rare, emotional look at Windsor field hospital
Windsor filmmaker Matt Gallagher didn’t just document the emotional communication with loved ones at a COVID-19 field hospital — he lived it. Gallagher’s sad but insightful new documentary Dispatches From a Field Hospital, premiering Tuesday on...

Sat, 13 Mar 2021 01:30:26 +0000
Windsor police investigate shots fired in west end
Multiple shots were heard and spent ammunition was found in the 3400 block of Bloomfield Road around 12:20 a.m. Friday, say Windsor police.

Sat, 13 Mar 2021 01:26:58 +0000
St. Clair instructors get creative delivering online curriculum
Homemade play dough, sandwich bags and garden hoses have all been pressed into service, as instructors at St. Clair College strive to teach online programs better suited to in-person delivery. “It’s no one’s fault we’re in this situation,” ...

Sat, 13 Mar 2021 01:11:01 +0000
Asymptomatic testing begins for Windsor-Essex elementary and high schools
Students and staff of 11 schools can attend voluntary COVID-19 testing this Saturday with the cooperation of all four Windsor-Essex school boards. It's the first of many clinics meant for those who don't have symptoms but still want to be tested.

Sat, 13 Mar 2021 01:06:33 +0000
Windsor Regional Hospital closes Met Campus COVID-19 assessment centre
Friday was the last day of testing at Windsor Regional Hospital's Met Campus COVID-19 assessment centre. The site is being closed due to lower demand and need to preserve human resources for vaccination efforts, WRH said.

Sat, 13 Mar 2021 01:04:22 +0000
Leamington releases sponsor names for $1.9M worth of naming rights
A Freedom of Information request by the Star has revealed what four Leamington produce companies  paid for multiyear sponsorship deals — worth $1.9 million in total — involving naming rights to municipal recreation facilities. Nature Fresh Farms...

Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:22:06 +0000
Windsor police: Church Street fire may be related to other suspected arsons
Is there a serial arsonist in Windsor's core? Police are looking into the possibility of one person being responsible for multiple suspicious fires near the downtown area.

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 23:53:20 +0000
City announces new splash pad for Fontainebleau Park
Fontainebleau Park is getting a $400,000 splash pad and area families are invited to have a say in what fun features it will have. “Would you like it themed? Would you like ground spray events, overhead dumping buckets? There’s a lot of t...

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 23:24:25 +0000
Windsor police join probe into inmate's overdose death at local jail
The mother of a young Windsor man who died after accessing illegal drugs inside the South West Detention Centre said the family is “devastated,” and she asks how the correctional facility could have failed her son who has had opiate addic...

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 22:55:50 +0000
Jarvis: Trodding from shelter to shelter in the middle of a pandemic
Thirty people experiencing homelessness stayed at the Downtown Mission’s temporary shelter in the former library on Ouellette Avenue — the shelter that executive director Ron Dunn opened in defiance of a public health order — on Tuesday nig...



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