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Sat, 10 Apr 2021 23:32:04 +0000
Town of Essex councillor under fire for COVID comment
A Town of Essex councillor has triggered anger among many locally and far beyond after posting on Twitter about testing positive for “the Chinese Flu.” Chris Vander Doelen, who retired five years ago from the Windsor Star and has served on counci...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:59:45 +0000
Windsor woman arrested for driving impaired more than four times legal limit
An adult woman from Windsor was charged Thursday night by the LaSalle Police Service with impaired driving and excess blood alcohol of more than four times the legal limit after she was stopped by police on Malden Road in LaSalle. The vehicle was sai...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:53:35 +0000
More new cases, another death related to COVID-19
There were 45 new confirmed cases and another death reported Saturday due to COVID-19, according to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit. A man in his 70s from the community was said to have died due to the virus. There have now been 407 deaths linke...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:35:12 +0000
Gretzky again nominated as NDP canadidate for Windsor-West
New Democrats in Windsor West have nominated incumbent MPP Lisa Gretzky as their NDP candidate for the 2022 provincial election. Gretzky has represented Windsor West at Queen’s Park since 2014. Before that, she served as a trustee with the Greater ...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:43:09 +0000
Jarvis: On call in Windsor
There were only nine patients with COVID-19 in Windsor Regional Hospital on Friday. Yet, starting Monday, elective surgery will be cancelled, for the third time in the last year. We’re not preparing for a surge here. It’s to accommodate p...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:41:44 +0000
Rebuilding Indian Road eyesore touted as template for boarded-up homes
Two local businessmen are hoping to demolish a boarded-up west-end eyesore they recently purchased and build a replica of the charming old home it used to be, based on a 1958 photo. It’s the first time such a proposal has been made to city hall...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 10:03:13 +0000
Reader letter: Fed up with lockdowns and business restrictions
My family and I have had enough of any lockdowns that we believe are truly doing more harm than good. I sympathize with the political leadership trying to do the right thing, but they have not taken all risks into consideration. They only seem to see...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 10:00:55 +0000
Reader letter: Sunshine List not fair to public civil servants
Re: Sunshine lists show 3,000 local public employees making $100K-plus, by Brian Cross, March 23 Your front page annual story once again draws considerable attention to public servants’ salaries. I feel the trouble with the article is that virt...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 10:00:39 +0000
Guest column: Vaccinating essential workers critical during this stage of pandemic
My wife is a Pfizer and I’m a Moderna. Despite that, we have discovered that two different COVID-19 vaccines can live amicably together in the same house. As we are enduring our “golden years,” we qualified for early vaccinations. We are gratef...

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 00:24:18 +0000
Prince Philip no stranger to Windsor
Cathy Turner learned the news of Prince Philip’s death Friday morning and she was transported back to 1959 in Windsor when she met the Queen’s consort. “I was 19,” said Turner, who had just graduated from Kennedy Collegiate and was selected a...



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