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Fri, 26 Feb 2021 02:25:16 +0000
Jarvis: 'We're not heroes. We're hard-working people doing our level best.'
“Let’s talk about how we’re all doing at almost one full year dealing with this nightmare,” Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare CEO Janice Kaffer begins in a post on LinkedIn this week. “I’ll go first.” What follows is an extrao...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 01:47:08 +0000
Emergency shelter opens in aquatic centre after 'unprecedented' makeover
After an “unprecedented amount of work” to convert the downtown aquatic centre into a temporary emergency shelter in a matter of days, displaced homeless people began moving in on Thursday. “This has been an incredible undertaking by al...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 01:12:37 +0000
College to offer free, accelerated program for personal support workers
St. Clair College will start taking applications in early March for those interested in studying for free to become personal support workers. Classes start April 5 for an abbreviated six-month course that aims to have graduates job-ready by fall. In ...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:37:24 +0000
Windsor pursuing $2B battery plant that would employ 2,000
The WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation has submitted a bid to land an electric vehicle battery production plant that has been described as the most advanced Canadian effort to date to secure the country’s first such facility. The proposa...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:22:04 +0000
Hydro One announces preferred route for new Essex County power line
With local municipalities hungering for new power to accommodate residential and greenhouse industrial growth, Hydro One has selected the preferred route for its planned Chatham-to-Lakeshore transmission line project. Several Essex County municipalit...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:14:54 +0000
LaSalle police charge 74-year-old private tutor with sexual assault
Arnold Dorion, 74, of Windsor, has been charged with sex offences involving an alleged victim under the age of 16, following an investigation by LaSalle police.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:10:29 +0000
Stay off ice, Essex OPP warn snowmobilers
Two recent calls about snowmobilers going through the ice turned out to be unfounded, but Essex County OPP are still reminding the public that no ice is safe ice — and the weather is getting warmer.

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 23:56:12 +0000
UWindsor researchers using $1M grant to help predict harmful algal blooms
University of Windsor researchers have received more than $1 million to collect data and lay the groundwork for establishing an early-warning system to protect water treatment systems in Southwestern Ontario and potentially around the globe. The data...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 23:54:57 +0000
Windsor police investigate after man hit by vehicle
Windsor police are investigating after a confrontation Thursday afternoon ended with one man getting hit by a vehicle. It happened around 3:50 p.m. in a parking lot at California Avenue and Tecumseh Road West. Police said several hours later that off...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 23:53:22 +0000
SIU: Windsor police officer drove dangerously in crash with civilian vehicle
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has concluded that a Windsor police officer was at fault when he drove through a red light and struck a civilian vehicle, injuring a 78-year-old driver. However, criminal charges are not warranted.



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