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Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:03:23 +0000
Windsor Regional Hospital confirms date — Sept. 22 — for mandated vaccinations
Windsor Regional Hospital CEO David Musyj confirmed at Thursday’s board of directors meeting that Sept. 22 is the date when all hospital staff, volunteers and contractors must have at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot. Musyj said employees at all the...

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:01:28 +0000
Jarvis: Showing leadership in a pandemic and an election
Is Essex incumbent and Conservative candidate Chris Lewis vaccinated against COVID-19? I’ve asked three times. I’ve received no response. The Star asked candidates for the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Green Party and People’s Party...

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 23:46:48 +0000
SIU investigate Windsor officer discharging taser, injuring man
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit has been called in to investigate the serious injury of a man by a Windsor Police officer who discharged a taser-like weapon early Thursday morning. The 42-year-old man was taken to hospital following the i...

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 23:46:09 +0000
OPP arrest Tecumseh resident following rash of vehicle, property thefts
Essex County OPP have made an arrest following a series of property crimes throughout the region. Since March, police have been investigating a crime spree involving multiple vehicle thefts and thefts of other property. On Tuesday, members of the OPP...

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 23:44:11 +0000
Election preview: Many unknowns locally and across Canada as voters head to polls
After being cooped up at home for much of the past 18 months, at least one reason to leave house has been tossed at Canadians — a call to get out and vote on Sept. 20 to decide the political leadership of our nation. The decision by Prime Minister ...

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 23:31:18 +0000
Youth worker knew client was Windsor-bound for sex work, trial hears
A youth worker testified at a human trafficking trial that she knew her London client was being driven to Windsor by a “pimp” — met online just days before — to earn money as a sex worker. “It seems kind of unusual a youth gives...

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:25:51 +0000
Health unit stands by decision to delay extracurriculars
Top local health unit officials have again defended their decision to put school extracurriculars on hold while they monitor the region’s rising fourth pandemic wave. Prior to a protest outside the health unit’s downtown Windsor office ov...

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:53:53 +0000
SIU concludes probe into Leamington OPP K9 bite
The province’s Special Investigations Unit has concluded a Leamington OPP officer, whose police dog bit a woman on the head last year, did not commit a criminal offence. The morning of Nov. 18, police executed a “high-risk” search w...

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:49:00 +0000
Legal community 'heartbroken' by death of respected defence lawyer Brian Ducharme
Long-time defence lawyer Brian Ducharme was being remembered Thursday as an affable gentleman, good friend and meticulous in his profession. Ducharme died suddenly this week of a heart attack at the age of 71, leaving family, friends and cohorts shoc...

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:30:59 +0000
Local roundup: Spitfires trade prospect Pitre to Firebirds for two draft picks
The Windsor Spitfires traded the rights to centre prospect Coulson Pitre to the Flint Firebirds on Thursday for a pair of future OHL Draft picks. The 16-year-old Pitre was a fourth-round pick by the Spitfires in the 2020 OHL Draft going 73rd overall....



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