The message that small businesses can operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic conflicted with the crowded scene at a rally to end government restrictions Saturday on Ouellette Avenue. Many in a crowd of more than 100 were not wearing masks as the...

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit reported 30 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday but no additional deaths. The new cases include one that is outbreak related, 14 that are close contacts of a confirmed case, seven that are community acquired and eight ...

Despite calls from some to label COVID-19 as simply a “bad flu,” the most recent available data from Public Health Ontario and the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit show the number of documented influenza cases and deaths since 2015 pale i...

Re: South Korea sends masks, gratitude to war veterans, by Doug Schmidt, March 10 As a Korean-born Senator of Canada with parents who survived the Korean War because of the service and sacrifices of Canadians and others who went to Korea’s aid ...

Having lobbied the federal government for months seeking clarity on policy directed at essential workers crossing the U.S. border, southwest Ontario’s automotive sector is stepping up its campaign warning Ottawa of the dire risks of the status quo....

Perhaps despite our wishes, hopes and expectations elected politicians cannot halt, stop or otherwise impede the insidious ooze of COVID-19 RNA viruses. They can try, consult, direct and even order, but viruses do have a tendency to spread, mutate an...

Despite pleas from health ministers and government leaders to stay home, the Canadian Snowbird Association reports that approximately 33,000 (30 per cent) of its members have left Canada for sunny places. They continue to find travel loopholes and ar...

To mark the anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex on March 20, the Windsor Star has prepared a four-part series called The Year of COVID. We speak with health-care professionals, long-term care representatives, family m...

Searching through news reports, public obituaries, and social media posts, the Star has compiled the following list of some community members who died as a result of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County in the first year of the pandemic. March 20 mar...

As a palliative care social worker, Mike Bennett strives to know so much more about an individual than just the grim realities of a terminal diagnosis. “It’s important to get beyond the diagnosis,” Bennett said. “To learn about the person and...