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Wed, 03 Mar 2021 04:02:57 +0000Miceli family wins on Family Feud — donates some winnings, too
What started off as a family fun night on a game show turned into a fundraiser for autism awareness. John Miceli, the CAO of the Town of Amherstburg, appeared on Family Feud Canada Monday night with his wife, Rita, and three daughters, Lauren, Caroli...
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:26:10 +0000
Transit Windsor $6M bailout a 'great first step'
City officials say they’re happy Transit Windsor is getting up to $6 million from the $150 million announced Monday by the province for Ontario’s pandemic-hammered municipal transit systems. It was just a week ago that city council passed...
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:20:39 +0000
Catholic board reaches tentative agreement with elementary teachers
The union representing elementary teachers with the local Catholic school board will hold a March 17 ratification vote meeting after a tentative agreement was reached with board negotiators on Friday. “It’s a fiscally responsible contract that ac...
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 01:35:27 +0000
On air traffic control, mayor says new transport minister 'gets it'
Local officials said Tuesday they came away feeling encouraged after speaking for the first time with federal Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra on the importance of saving air traffic control at Windsor International Airport. “He gets it,R...
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 01:12:47 +0000
Five new names added to Windsor-Essex COVID-19 death toll
Two men in their 60s and three women in their 80s have been added to the list of COVID-19 fatalities in Windsor-Essex. As of Tuesday, 387 people in our region have died due to the disease.
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:34:36 +0000
OHL now lone league in CHL with no firm plan for a return to play
The Ontario Hockey League found itself on an island Tuesday. The British Columbia government granted approval on Tuesday for the Western Hockey League to play in two hub centres in the province beginning on March 26 with plenty of COVID-19 safety pro...
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:16:25 +0000
Mayor pushes for Hiram Walker Parkette completion by whisky baron's July 4 b'day
City hall is in a rush to construct a new parkette in Old Walkerville — to showcase the “incredible” $300,000 Hiram Walker sculpture that’s been sitting in storage for three years — so it’s completed by the whisky baron...
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:14:47 +0000
Cross-border workers could face huge tax bills for time working from home
Workers employed in Michigan but unable to cross the border due to the pandemic worry they may now be facing thousands of dollars in extra income taxes owed for 2020. LaSalle resident Gaurav Ahuja, an engineer for an automotive company in Auburn Hill...
Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:30:09 +0000
Jarvis: As pandemics go, Monday was a good day
Monday was a good day, for a pandemic. People age 80 and older who live in the community began arriving at the first mass vaccination clinic in Windsor and Essex County to receive their shots. Every 15 minutes, six more people from the most vulnerabl...
Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:02:26 +0000
Windsor-Essex health unit warns of possible exposure to 'variant of concern' at grocery store
The health unit is warning of the presence of a virus variant at the FreshCo in west Windsor during a one-hour window on Valentine's Day.