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Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:43:26 +0000
New OC Lynn sees plenty of potential with Lions
The Detroit Lions will be a different team offensively next season. Part of that is offensive co-ordinator Anthony Lynn coming on staff with new head coach Dan Campbell and part of that is the fact that the club will not have Matthew Stafford at quar...

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:18:14 +0000
Dilkens 'delighted' by Trudeau's pandemic help assurances for cities
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has assured the mayors of Canada’s biggest cities, including Windsor, that the federal government will help municipalities pay for large deficits incurred because of the pandemic. “I was delighted to hear the...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:55:14 +0000
Small businesses benefit from COVID-19 relief efforts
During her 31 years in business, Jackie McCreary had little need for technology, that is until the COVID-19 pandemic hit and in-person shopping became restricted. McCreary is co-owner (with her sisters Geri Maisonneuve and Paulette Kupnicki) of From ...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:18:45 +0000
Aphria, other pot companies, see stock values soar to record highs
For a while there on Wednesday, Leamington-based pot grower Aphria Inc. was a $12-billion company — nearly double its value from just a week ago, and quadruple what the business was worth to investors only a month earlier. A number of publicly trad...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:28:59 +0000
Businesses concerned over 'vaccination gap' between Canada, U.S.
The Canada-based Automobile Parts Manufacturers Association is reaching out to American trade and industry officials in the White House this week to alert them to the potential pitfalls of a “vaccination gap” developing between the nation...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:01:37 +0000
Local group aims to make Windsor a bird-friendly city
A group of local birders is hoping to have Windsor embrace its feathered friends and become a designated bird-friendly city as part of a new Canada-wide initiative. The Pelee Island Bird Observatory is devoted to the study and conservation of wild bi...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 21:31:32 +0000
Local retirement home worker dies of COVID-19
A local retirement home employee has lost her life to COVID-19. An obituary for 64-year-old Judy Hawkins, an activity assistant at Shoreview at Riverside, states she died “after a hard-fought battle against COVID-19” on Monday. Those who ...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:51:26 +0000
OPP shut down 'illegal bar' in Leamington
OPP officers responded to a complaint of an "illegal bar" operating on Erie Street North in Leamington on the night of Feb. 6.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:48:38 +0000
LaSalle police investigate four break-ins in two hours
LaSalle police have arrested multiple suspects following four break-ins in two hours on Tuesday. The break-ins happened at four residences in the town’s west end between 3 and 5 p.m., police said in a news release on Wednesday. No one was home ...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:30:15 +0000
Residents invited to help create community 'where everyone feels safe'
Residents across Windsor and Essex County are being invited to help develop the region’s first Community Safety and Well-Being Plan. The goal is to gather input from local residents on their concerns on topics that include financial security, menta...



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