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Sat, 08 May 2021 22:47:12 +0000
Saturday COVID-19 update: two more deaths
Two elderly women living in the community are the latest local fatalities from COVID-19. A woman over 100 years old and another in her 90s bring the regional death toll to 416 according to Saturday’s update from the Windsor-Essex County Health ...

Sat, 08 May 2021 22:45:18 +0000
Dilkens gets drive-thru COVID-19 jab
Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens waited in a drive-thru line for an hour to receive his first COVID-19 vaccine Saturday at a pop-up clinic on Howard Avenue. “It was certainly time well spent. I’m excited to have the first shot done,” Dilkens said aft...

Sat, 08 May 2021 10:00:52 +0000
Reader letter: All essential workers should be front of line for vaccines
One of the major pillars of public health includes the notion of health equity. Health equity is defined by Public Health Ontario as a fair opportunity to reach the fullest health potential. It is achieved by reducing unnecessary and avoidable differ...

Sat, 08 May 2021 09:50:00 +0000
Guest column: Time to get tough with those openly defying pandemic restrictions
Gadzooks. Is there anybody in Ontario or Canada that is pleased to wear a mask, distance from other people, avoid contact with family and friends or enjoy receipt of a vaccination? Please, tell me, are there business owners that enjoy being forced to...

Sat, 08 May 2021 00:20:02 +0000
Health unit recommends safe Mother's Day activities as COVID cases decline
The medical officer of health for Windsor-Essex is again asking residents to celebrate Mother’s Day while adhering to public health measures, despite a continued drop in COVID-19 cases and ongoing vaccine rollout. The current provincial stay-at...

Fri, 07 May 2021 23:36:17 +0000
Four charged with stunt driving in Windsor
Four drivers had their licences suspended and vehicles impounded Wednesday after Windsor police caught them allegedly stunt driving in the city. An officer with the traffic enforcement unit monitoring roadways in Windsor’s south end — where t...

Fri, 07 May 2021 23:33:21 +0000
Jarvis: 'People are dying all over the world, and we're not able to use the vaccine'
“This is crazy!” one reader vented. We’re being offered thousands of surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses in Detroit. But we can’t get to them. Vials are expiring and being thrown out. But we can’t get to them. Pharmacists fro...

Fri, 07 May 2021 23:17:38 +0000
Ojibway Park to be closed a few days for asphalt repairs
Ojibway Park will be closed to visitors for three days during the daytime hours to allow city crews to conduct asphalt repairs. The park will be closed to the public from Monday through Wednesday between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. The city is sug...

Fri, 07 May 2021 23:13:39 +0000
CMHA helps man deal with grief of wife's death in COVID-19 world
As signs of the looming COVID-19 pandemic became increasingly apparent in March of 2020, Quentin Burgess experienced the first major loss of his life. Lois, 48, his bride of three decades and mother of his two daughters, succumbed to liver cancer aft...

Fri, 07 May 2021 22:50:54 +0000
Broadband improvements in county get under way
More than 540 homes and businesses in Essex County are one step closer to fast, reliable internet access with the beginning of construction of broadband infrastructure, it was announced on Friday. The federal and provincial governments are looking to...



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