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Sun, 18 Jul 2021 10:05:22 +0000
Reader letter: Proposed hospital location not smart land use planning
Ontario’s own policies for the Golden Horseshoe region notes “community infrastructure” — explicitly including hospitals — should be built to support intensification and not sprawl. Hospitals, having a price tag of around $1 billion, most d...

Sun, 18 Jul 2021 10:00:24 +0000
Reader letter: Perhaps help homeless folks downtown instead of being startled
Re: Reader letter: Approach by homeless man to vehicle was startling, by Catherine Cameron, May 18 I am sorry the letter writer had to experience a person in a homeless situation up close while driving. But the homeless population of most cities are ...

Sun, 18 Jul 2021 10:00:03 +0000
Guest column: Metaphorical math of pandemic mental health woes shows people need each other
It was as much about what the obituary said as what it didn’t. Someone I used to know had “passed suddenly.” That was as close as the write-up would graze cause of death, so I read it again and again, doing the metaphorical math. Mental health ...

Sun, 18 Jul 2021 03:24:24 +0000
Damage estimated at $250,000 from fire on Cora Greenwood Drive
Windsor Fire & Rescue Service estimated damages at $250,000 from a fire in the 1000 block of Cora Greenwood Drive on Saturday. Crews responded to the fire late afternoon and quickly had the blaze under control with no reported injuries. The fire ...

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 13:04:26 +0000
Restaurant owners, patrons usher in indoor dining with open arms Friday
Windsor’s restaurateurs are hopeful Friday’s return to indoor dining will be the last, after a long year of pandemic closures, takeout and patios. Local bars and restaurants welcomed patrons back indoors Friday afternoon as the province allow...

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 09:59:06 +0000
Reader letter: Ozone process in our drinking water should be appreciated
Re: Guest column: Introduction of ozone into Windsor’s drinking water, a noteworthy event to celebrate, by Saad Jasim, June 11 All of us in the city of Windsor owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Jasim. We were lucky to have him in our community at ...

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 09:47:34 +0000
Reader letter: Racism, injustice must not be tolerated in any form
In light of recent events that include the discovery of the mass graves at Indigenous residential schools and killing of four members of a Muslim family in London, the members of WOW – Windsor Essex On Watch, wish to reaffirm our commitment to the ...

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 09:00:43 +0000
Guest column: Reigning in food marketing to kids tough task these days
Most would agree that protecting children should be our country’s utmost priority. Protecting children from unhealthy food products and fast-food chains has been the subject of many conversations. Ads for sugary food products geared towards childre...

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:28:46 +0000
Federal government opens door to allowing vaccinated Americans into Canada
The text that Martha Boudreau has been waiting to receive for the past 16 months finally arrived just a few minutes after 6 a.m. Friday. The tears of joy arrived shortly afterwards at the news fully vaccinated Americans will be allowed into Canada fo...

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:08:58 +0000
Jarvis: 'The issue is big, it is complex and we can't rely on the benevolence of good-hearted people to solve this problem'
It’s difficult to imagine the stories that emerged when Windsor opened emergency homeless shelters at the aquatic centre and Water World during the pandemic because some people had nowhere to go. A man in his 80s lived in shelters for two years...



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