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Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:56:11 +0000
Photo: Swan's wintry song

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:40:35 +0000
Parts shortage forces assembly plant shutdown — Unifor
A parts shortage will force a three-week shutdown of the Windsor Assembly Plant, Unifor Local 444 advised its members Thursday night. The shutdown begins this coming Monday, Feb. 8., the union representing thousands of autoworkers at the plant said i...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:18:55 +0000
Variants could trigger spike in local COVID numbers, hospital leaders warn
Windsor Regional Hospital leaders say recent improvement of local COVID-19 numbers could be "the eye of the storm" before the arrival of variants.

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:04:07 +0000
Province looks to university students to fill teacher shortages
Hope Forman is ready and willing to start her teaching career. In her final semester with the Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor, Forman applied for one of Ontario’s new temporary teaching certificates this week in hopes of getting h...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 01:59:33 +0000
Local leaders share federal budget ideas at roundtable with minister
There were the expected concerns over municipal budget deficits, but a federal cabinet minister also heard the unique challenges of a region facing the double whammy of lockdowns and a closed international border during a virtual roundtable Thursday....

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 01:52:50 +0000
Snow slams region as Environment Canada warns of bitter cold to follow
After a short recent stretch of relatively balmly winter weather, Environment Canada warned Windsor and Essex County on Thursday that the unseasonably mild period was coming to an end. The snow came blasting in early Thursday night. The federal weath...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 01:09:52 +0000
Community expresses disappointment at radio layoff of Steve Bell after 41 years
An announcement this week that local radio personality Steve Bell was being let go from his job as sports director at AM800 after 41 years has left many people in the community upset. Bell Media began announcing Monday that over 200 employees were be...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:08:56 +0000
Windsor-Essex sees lowest COVID-19 case increase since November
Windsor and Essex County recorded their lowest number of new COVID-19 infections in more than three months on Thursday. The local health unit reported 20 new cases, the smallest single-day case increase since Nov. 16 when only 15 tests came back posi...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 23:29:29 +0000
Windsor's Langlois part of Canada's virtual training as Olympic Games draw closer
An opportunity to be together is an opportunity to be better. That’s how Windsor’s Miah-Marie Langlois is viewing this week’s Canada Basketball senior women’s national team virtual training camp. “It’s nice to see everyone and to just tal...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 21:51:29 +0000
Impaired driver found unresponsive with child in vehicle — Leamington OPP
A concerned citizen’s call to Leamington police led to the arrest of an impaired driver who had a small child in the vehicle on Wednesday. At roughly 4:30 p.m., Ontario Provincial Police were called to Deer Run Road in Leamington for a report o...



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