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Mon, 26 Jul 2021 23:52:37 +0000
Jarvis: Town of Essex integrity commissioner is the one who's offside
The Town of Essex should call offside on integrity commissioner Robert Swayze. Swayze had one job when Mayor Larry Snively accused Coun. Sherry Bondy of repeatedly and publicly criticizing E.L.K. Energy Inc., the town’s electrical distribution ...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 23:48:34 +0000
Windsor, Detroit business groups call for U.S. to open border
With businesses, jobs and social connections on the line, Windsor and Detroit business groups have joined together in calling for the U.S. to follow Canada’s example and reopen the border to non-essential travel. Sandy K. Baruah, CEO of the Detroit...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 23:30:08 +0000
Emancipation Day marked with virtual events; recognized for the first time nationally
Emancipation Day has been celebrated locally for 187 years but this Aug. 1 marks the first time it will officially be recognized across Canada. “It’s exciting,” said Steven Cook, manager of Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site in Dresden, where th...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 23:11:29 +0000
$50,000 grant helps expand women's hepatitis C treatment program
Many of the women Helen Lathouris helps through her job as an outreach worker look to her as a role model – someone who is succeeding despite earlier challenges with drug addition and trauma. And Lathouris is using that connection to inspire and as...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 22:53:41 +0000
Windsor police investigate crash involving death of motorcyclist
A 31-year-old motorcyclist from LaSalle is dead as a result of a collision with an automobile on Riverside Drive in downtown Windsor on Saturday night.

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 22:40:19 +0000
Council votes unanimously to push forward with city-led homeless hub
City council agreed unanimously Monday to establish a city-led homeless hub with hopes federal and provincial government funding to support the plan can be found in the months ahead. City administration will immediately begin the process of forming a...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 22:05:37 +0000
UWindsor early-detection tools warn community of infectious disease
What began as an innovative tool that analyzed what Windsorites flush down the toilet, in order to more rapidly detect the prevalence of COVID-19 in the community, has since expanded to include testing at the other end of the digestive tract. Analyzi...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 21:08:39 +0000
City offers pickup for flood-damaged materials following Saturday storm
The City of Windsor has announced a special garbage pickup for people who need to toss out flood-damaged materials following Saturday’s storm. Call 311 (or alternately 519-255-2489) between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. up to and including Thursday if you ...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 20:39:17 +0000
Firefighters battle lakefront house blaze near Kingsville
By 1:30 p.m. Monday, a large column of smoke was visible extending into the sky above Orchard Boulevard off Seacliff Drive.

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 20:34:02 +0000
Windsor-Essex COVID-19 count increases by 13 over weekend
The Windsor-Essex vaccination rate is just below the Ontario average: 66.9 per cent of all adults in the region have been fully vaccinated, compared to 68.1 per cent provincially.



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