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Sun, 12 Sep 2021 00:52:45 +0000
Community group builds beds for children in need
Not every child in the Windsor-Essex region gets tucked into bed at night.  An even sadder reality is that 1,900 local children don’t even have a bed at all.  A group of 30 volunteers gathered in the parking lot of the east end Lowe’s Store ...

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 00:42:33 +0000
Arson unit investigates suspicious downtown fire
The Windsor Fire department responded to a fire in the 400 block of Caron Avenue just before 9 p.m. Friday. Crews found a suspicious exterior fire that caused $110,000 in damage and displaced four people. There were no injuries reported. The Windsor ...

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 00:38:36 +0000
Detroit River shoreline cleanup returns to Sandwich
Hannah Schaefer used a pair of repurposed kitchen tongs to collect garbage along the Detroit River shoreline at McKee Park Saturday.  Schaefer was one of almost 40 volunteers who collected more than 300 pounds of garbage for the annual Sandwich Litt...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 22:29:36 +0000
New-look Fratmen set to break in new stadium at St. Clair College with fans on hand
There’s a lot going on around the St. Clair Fratmen’s first home game of the season on Saturday. It will mark the first time the Fratmen hit the field at home under the St. Clair banner after the school’s student athletic association bought the...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 19:29:45 +0000
Guest column: Post-pandemic economic recovery must include Canadians with sight loss
By John M. Rafferty Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, no one could have predicted how the employment landscape would shift. The pandemic has underscored existing inequalities: vulnerable groups and those living on low incomes have experienced the mos...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 18:51:26 +0000
Reader letter: Those refusing vaccine putting everyone's life at risk
These days COVID-19 is increasingly a pandemic of unvaccinated affecting every Canadian. I feel it is very irresponsible of the remaining roughly 18 per cent of eligible Canadians not to vaccinate. These science deniers in Canada in my view are keepi...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 18:44:58 +0000
Reader leader: Appreciative of how homeless are being assisted locally
Re: City Receives $8.2M boost in its homelessness battle, by Julie Kotsis, Aug 26 It has been very nice to read of this positive outcome for one formerly homeless individual. I would like to compliment all those organizations that have joined togethe...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:16:34 +0000
Local candidates square off in federal election debate
It was an unusual federal election debate. The Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce on Friday continued its tradition of hosting a candidates’ debate ahead of election day, with separate sessions dedicated to each local riding. But for th...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:10:52 +0000
Jarvis: First rule of running for office? You show up
Conservative incumbent Chris Lewis of Essex landed the knockout punch at the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce federal election debate Friday. Against himself. He didn’t show up. Lewis cancelled half an hour before the debate began. “We ...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:07:15 +0000
Windsor's new paediatric clinic sees tripling in daily visits
Windsor Regional Hospital has seen a tripling of the daily number of children being seen at the Paediatric Urgency Medical Assessment Clinic (PUMA) since the facility opened Aug. 31, with fears those numbers will escalate even more in the coming days...



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