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Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:56:41 +0000
Parties' housing strategies share common ground
With Canadians buffeted by skyrocketing home prices and rental costs in the past couple of years, the Liberals unveiled their plan Tuesday to deal with the emerging election issue of affordable housing. The plan’s highlights include: a commitment t...

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:21:49 +0000
Documentary sees memories come flooding back for field hospital nurse
Jamie Osborn stepped up to help her community and wound up marching straight into history as a nurse at Windsor’s historic field hospital. Now back at her regular position as an ICU nurse at Windsor Regional Hospital, a flood of memories washed ove...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 23:54:55 +0000
Lakeshore to invest in flooding fight
The Municipality of Lakeshore's new Flooding Mitigation and Protection Framework is a multi-pronged plan meant to address the repeated roadway and residential flooding in the community.

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 23:47:46 +0000
Nearly three decades later, LaSalle's Delmore finally lands with Spitfires while Smith gets added duties
Nearly three decades later, LaSalle’s Andy Delmore is finally a member of the Windsor Spitfires. Along with the club announcing Marc Savard as its new head coach on Tuesday, Delmore was introduced as an assistant coach to replace Mike Weber, who le...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 23:44:21 +0000
Amherstburg nurse helps Haiti earthquake victims
The hospital beds were full, the supply closets bare and the injuries horrific. Amherstburg nurse Carolyn Davies just returned from a weeklong volunteer deployment in earthquake-battered Haiti. She worked out of a damaged hospital in the quake’s ep...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 23:38:34 +0000
Windsor disc golfer going pro after world third-place finish
Windsor’s Chantel Budinsky is officially a world-class disc golf player. Just two years after picking up the game, the 28-year-old finished third at a world amateur disc golf tournament — and from here, she’s planning on going professio...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 23:34:45 +0000
Transit Windsor bus to bring COVID-19 vaccinations to community
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit and Transit Windsor have partnered to bring nurses and COVID-19 vaccine doses to neighbourhoods via city bus. "Destination Vaccination" begins Wednesday.

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:37:11 +0000
Updated: New Spitfires' head coach Savard once looked at purchasing ownership of team
Had things gone differently in 2017, Marc Savard would have been part of a new ownership group for the Windsor Spitfires. A deal never materialized, but the 44-year-old Savard still has a big stake in the Spitfires now as the former NHLer was named h...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:28:11 +0000
Area hospitals mandate vaccination or testing for visitors
All three Windsor-Essex hospitals released new visitor policies on Tuesday mandating full vaccination or negative COVID-19 tests before entering. Starting Aug. 30, both Windsor Regional Hospital and Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital will require everyone vis...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:18:43 +0000
High heat warning issued for Windsor, Essex County
Environment Canada is warning residents of Windsor, Essex County and Chatham-Kent that high heat and humidity is expected to continue through Thursday. The national weather forecaster issued the heat warning early Tuesday morning, noting that daytime...



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