LaSalle Police have charged an 82-year-old Windsor driver after a cyclist was struck Friday afternoon and taken to hospital with serious injuries. At approximately 4:30 p.m. Friday, a red Chevrolet Cruze was travelling west on Todd Lane and made a le...

The parking lot at Harvest Bible Church in Windsor sat empty Sunday morning, a week after the church held large in-person services in defiance of current pandemic restrictions. Pastor Aaron Rock told a Windsor Star reporter Friday that church leaders...

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported 47 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday but no additional deaths. The region has now recorded 15,799 confirmed cases. Of the latest count, 28 are considered close contacts of a confirmed case, seven are from comm...

Re: Town of Essex councillor under fire for COVID comment, by Dave Battagello, April 11 The recent eruption of outrage focused on Essex Coun. Chris Vander Doelen following his use of the expression “Chinese flu” was quite astonishing to me. What ...

Re: Town of Essex councillor under fire for COVID comment, by Dave Battagello, April 11 Hey Chris Vander Doelen, where I come from, the little southeast Asian country of Cambodia, calling out an elected official on an issue that I disagree with might...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...