Windsor Star
Sat, 10 Apr 2021 01:06:56 +0000Jarvis: On call in Windsor
There were only nine patients with COVID-19 in Windsor Regional Hospital on Friday. Yet, starting Monday, elective surgery will be cancelled, for the third time in the last year. We’re not preparing for a surge here. It’s to accommodate p...
Sat, 10 Apr 2021 00:24:18 +0000Prince Philip no stranger to Windsor
Cathy Turner learned the news of Prince Philip’s death Friday morning and she was transported back to 1959 in Windsor when she met the Queen’s consort. “I was 19,” said Turner, who had just graduated from Kennedy Collegiate and was selected a...
Sat, 10 Apr 2021 00:12:05 +0000St. Clair student researchers working on automated pepper packaging
A trio of student researchers at St. Clair College is developing an automated way to sort and package peppers for the greenhouse industry.
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 23:07:44 +0000Local economy sees resurgence in employment in March
The local economy enjoyed a resurgence in employment in March as the unemployment rate fell 0.9 per cent to 9.8 in Statistics Canada’s monthly labour survey. That translated into 8,100 more people having jobs last month and 7,300 more people joinin...
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 22:40:10 +0000UPDATED: Windsor Regional, Erie Shores to postpone non-urgent procedures
To help with the provincial burden of COVID-19 patients needing intensive care, Windsor Regional Hospital and Erie Shores HealthCare are putting a pause on non-urgent, elective procedures as of 12:01 a.m. Monday.
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 22:19:07 +0000Judge rules Windsor native not guilty of mink farm mischief
A Windsor-raised animal rights activist said he was “pretty ecstatic” with a Kingston judge’s decision to acquit him on a mischief charge after he snuck onto an area mink farm to take videos of the critters commercially raised for t...
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 22:10:45 +0000COVID screening required for elementary students returning from break
Elementary school students returning for in-person learning April 19 after the one-week spring break will be asked if they passed a COVID-19 screening prior to attending class that day. The Ministry of Education has stated all elementary students mus...
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 21:39:20 +0000$1.2M in federal emergency funding announced for Lakeside Produce
Southwestern Ontario food processors will benefit from up to $6.1 million in federal aid, including as much as $1.2 million for Lakeside Produce in Leamington.
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 20:41:59 +0000Rebuilding Indian Road eyesore touted as template for boarded-up homes
Two local businessmen are hoping to demolish a boarded-up west-end eyesore they recently purchased and build a replica of the charming old home it used to be, based on a 1958 photo. It’s the first time such a proposal has been made to city hall...
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 19:14:08 +0000Windsor-Essex to reach vaccine milestone of 100,000 immunized residents
By Friday evening, more than 100,000 residents of Windsor and Essex County will have been inoculated with one or more doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit announced that morning it was only 1,072 shots away from reaching ...