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Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:47:17 +0000
Health unit reports a drop in COVID-19 cases Sunday
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported 30 new cases of COVID-19 in the region on Sunday. Six of the new cases were close contacts of confirmed cases, four are attributed to community spread, two cases are outbreak related and the sources of tr...

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:43:27 +0000
UWindsor places Alumni Hall residents under 'modified' quarantine
The University of Windsor has placed students who reside at Alumni Hall under “modified quarantine” after wastewater sampling from the residence tested positive for COVID-19. Daily samples of wastewater from across the campus are being analyzed a...

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:23:25 +0000
ERCA issues flood watch for Lake Erie shorelines
Essex Region Conservation Authority issued a flood watch Sunday for Lake Erie shoreline areas. The authority said despite Lake Erie being roughly 30 centimetres lower than this time last year, lake levels remain elevated over the long-term average an...

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 10:00:47 +0000
Reader letter: Thankful for city stepping up to house homeless at aquatic centre
Re: Swimming versus housing the homeless — time for a gut check, by Anne Jarvis, Feb 25 I am sorry to hear that a few Windsorites are suffering due to use of the aquatic centre for the homeless. Some specific concerns cited were the risk of infecti...

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:06:45 +0000
COVID-19 pandemic presents unique challenges to U of Windsor international students
Pandemic conditions have been hard for many Windsor-Essex residents — but how about those who have travelled here from thousands of kilometres away in order to study in a foreign land?

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 15:04:35 +0000
COVID-19 cases shoot up as the region records another death attributed to the virus
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported a huge jump Saturday in the number of new cases of COVID-19 in the region and one additional death attributed to the virus. Fifty-nine new cases have been recorded, bringing the overall number of local re...

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 10:17:42 +0000
Guest column: Concrete actions addressing hate, racism across Canada long overdue
On March 16, a 21-year-old man killed eight people, including six Asian-American women while targeting three different business across Atlanta, Georgia. Although not officially categorized as a hate crime, it is not difficult to see how the past year...

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 10:00:20 +0000
Reader letter: Should be greater concerns of new hospital being too small
Re: Reader letter: Stop delaying, the new hospital needs to be built, by Dennis Plunkett, Feb. 19 I see in the recent letter the delay of the hospital is blamed on a small group of people unhappy with the chosen hospital location, but the real blame ...

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 01:53:08 +0000
Windsor's Seguin scores title of NFL Canada's fan of the year
sThe conversation was just a blur for Windsor’s Stephanie Seguin. Friend Jen Pillon told Seguin she had someone on the phone that wanted to talk about the Chasing Hazel Foundation. Pillon said it was Nate Burleson, but Seguin said she sort of went ...

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:47:24 +0000
UPDATED: People ages 70 and older can book vaccination
People ages 70 and older can now book a COVID-19 vaccination at one of the four mass vaccination clinics in Windsor and Leamington. Appointments can also be booked starting Saturday at a new clinic at the Libro Credit Union Centre in Amherstburg. Tha...



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