A single student case of COVID-19 at St. Clair College has resulted in the temporary cancellation of multiple classes on Monday. The student attended a class last Wednesday, according to a news release from the college on Saturday night. The school s...

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported an additional 77 cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, following a triple-digit infection count the day before. To date, 11,739 local residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, with 1,567 of those c...

The Windsor-Essex Community Opioid and Substance Strategy partnership is reporting a recent spike in drug overdoses. According to WECOSS, there were nine fentanyl-related emergency department visits between Jan. 18 and Jan. 20. Over the same period, ...

Essex County OPP have released several tips on how to stay safe from fraud and are reminding people about the dangers of speaking to strangers online and by phone after receiving numerous fraud reports in recent weeks. Do not give any personal inform...

How does a politician (former Prime Minister Stephen Harper) get to decide the branding of a monumental structure such as an international bridge? As great a legendary sports figure as Gordie Howe was, his roots were in Saskatchewan. It should be inc...

How thankful we all are for our Front Line and Essential Workers, helping us cope with this pandemic. I must say there is one group of people that are not getting the recognition they rightly deserve: Funeral Directors. These are the people who prepa...

Tecumseh native Jack Studnicka scored his first NHL goal on Thursday. The 21-year-old Studnicka scored 57 seconds into the third period to help the Boston Bruins rally for a 5-4 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers. “It’s obviously a very ex...

LaSalle’s Kylie Masse officially secured spot on Canada’s Olympic team on Friday for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The 25-year-old Masse, who is a former world record holder in the women’s 100-metre backstroke, was always considered...

Re: A letter to my late mother; ‘I miss my snowball-throwing companion – you!‘, by Alice Lukacs, Dec. 8, 2020, NP Section, Windsor Star. I was moved and touched after reading Alice Lukacs’ letter to her late mother. It brough...

For many racialized people, it was surreal to watch the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters, including many white nationalists. They can show up to a rally dressed like that? Armed with real guns? Oh, they got inside? Wait, ar...