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Sun, 04 Apr 2021 22:03:12 +0000
City will not go ahead with outsourcing janitorial work after vendor backs out
A decision to outsource janitorial work at city hall campus that had divided council will now not take place. In November, by a 6-5 count with Mayor Drew Dilkens casting the deciding vote, council approved an outsourcing of the jobs that would have d...

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 21:53:10 +0000
Modified Easter church services go ahead amid the lockdown
Easter services went ahead as planned Sunday despite new provincial lockdown measures aimed at slowing the rising number of COVID-19 cases. Imposing new measures on Saturday that lowered church gatherings to 15 per cent capacity from 30 per cent real...

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 21:44:08 +0000
Three displaced by Louis Avenue fire
Three people were displaced due to a Louis Avenue fire that caused about $30,000 on Saturday. Windsor Fire and Rescue Service quickly extinguished the blaze, which began on the second floor of a duplex. The cause of the fire remains under investigati...

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 10:00:15 +0000
Reader letter: Hefty tax bills for U.S. workers should be forgiven
Re: Cross-border workers could face huge tax bills for time working from home, by Julie Kotsis, March 2 In normal times, the treaty ruling would apply, but these are not normal times. The treaty ruling should be forgiven in this pandemic era; an exce...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 16:11:28 +0000
WECHU 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...



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