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Sat, 03 Apr 2021 16:11:28 +0000WECHU reporting 100 new COVID-19 cases over past two days
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 100 new of COVID-19 cases over the past two days, but no new deaths. Closed on Good Friday, the health unit is reporting 52 cases on Friday to go with 48 cases on Thursday and pushing the area’s tot...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 13:12:09 +0000
Windsor man dies from injuries suffered in Highway 40 collision
A Windsor man died Friday from injuries suffered in a collision on Highway 40 in Lambton County on Thursday. Lambton OPP, Lambton County Emergency Medical Services and Sarnia Fire responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 40, south of Confedera...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 10:00:35 +0000
Reader letter: A Transit Windsor bus terminal next to new hospital would be ideal
It was an excellent idea to have the new Transit Windsor terminal on the west end close to the entrance of Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare hospital on Prince Road. It would also be an excellent idea to have a Transit Windsor terminal close to the entranc...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 10:00:31 +0000
Guest column: Community support remains vital as hospital project moves forward
Windsor-Essex, thank you. Because of you we have moved our new hospital project forward in a significant and meaningful way with the announcement of $9.8-million included in the Ontario Budget for the planning and design of our new hospital system. I...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 10:00:04 +0000
Guest column: Federal Conservatives not reflective of today's social realities
I have always believed that among Canada’s best Conservative Prime Ministers John Diefenbaker ranked significantly high. Strangely it is not entirely because of what Diefenbaker did or failed to do, it is because he approximated a “natural politi...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 01:15:29 +0000
Health unit now booking COVID-19 vaccination appoints for age 60 and older
As of Friday, adults in Windsor and Essex County age 60 and older, who were born in 1961 or earlier, are now eligible to book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit made the announcement and encouraged eligible adult...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 01:05:28 +0000
Pacifica sales enjoy rebound in 2021's first quarter
The Windsor-built Chrysler Pacific minivan enjoyed a strong rebound in sales in both Canada and the United States in the first quarter of 2021 as automakers collectively posted gains despite battling COVID-19 and microchip shortages. Canadian sales j...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 00:36:23 +0000
Downtown Mission COVID-19 outbreak rescinded
A COVID-19 outbreak at Windsor’s Downtown Mission that began 49 days ago and saw positive cases among more than 100 people has been rescinded. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit declared the Mission’s outbreak over on Thursday, indicati...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 00:30:39 +0000
City loses appeal, on the hook for $6.2M for Spring Garden expropriation
A local family has won a 24-year battle over what the City of Windsor should have paid for hundreds of building lots it expropriated to help create the Spring Garden natural area. In a decision issued Wednesday, the Ontario Superior Court ruling dism...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 00:22:22 +0000
St. Clair College honours alumni of distinction
A lead designer of the Toronto Raptors’ NBA championship rings is among St. Clair College’s alumni of distinction for 2021. Will Bigelow, a 2006 graduate of Animation Tradigital, is a concept artist with Baron Championship Rings, which received h...