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Sat, 15 May 2021 00:10:37 +0000
Secrecy, top security surround Windsor vaccine deliveries, supplies
They call it liquid gold. COVID-19 vaccines are in demand and hard to get. With so much at stake and no margin for mishap, those tasked with protecting Windsor’s vaccine supplies have made meticulous plans to thwart all conceivable threats, from cr...

Fri, 14 May 2021 23:15:48 +0000
Windsor 'Wing-Nut' vying to become NHL's biggest team fan
Like so many of us during this pandemic, Heather Petrie has been deprived of doing something she loves — attending Detroit Red Wings games. But the Windsor woman may be rewarded for her intense fandom in the coming weeks as she is one of eight fina...

Fri, 14 May 2021 22:29:14 +0000
Wear a mask or don't board the bus, Transit Windsor rules
Two work refusals by bus drivers have led Transit Windsor to stiffen its mask-wearing rule so that even passsengers claiming a medical condition must wear one. “If you want to get transportation and you do not want to wear a mask, then you will...

Fri, 14 May 2021 22:24:58 +0000
Quarantine exemption sought for Canadians crossing border for COVID-19 vaccine
Windsor Regional Hospital has asked the Public Health Agency of Canada to exempt Canadians crossing the border for a COVID-19 vaccination from quarantine under a provision in the government’s rules for medical treatment. It’s the third at...

Fri, 14 May 2021 21:56:35 +0000
Former Spitfires' goalie DiPietro set to make his sixth appearance with Hockey Canada
Amherstburg’s Mike DiPietro remains the same affable and easygoing player that showed up on the Windsor Spitfires’ doorstep in 2015 and promptly went on to rewrite the club’s modern-era record book for goalies. The Sun County minor hockey produ...

Fri, 14 May 2021 21:54:26 +0000
Dougall Avenue drivers need to 'do better,' say Windsor police
A traffic enforcement blitz by Windsor police with particular focus on the 4000 block of Dougall Avenue resulted in at least 30 speeding tickets on Tuesday.

Fri, 14 May 2021 20:50:32 +0000
Police bust 4,200-plant cannabis operation in Leamington
A dozen people are facing charges after OPP dismantled an illegal cannabis operation in Leamington with 4,200 plants and more than 260 kilos of processed cannabis.

Fri, 14 May 2021 20:38:28 +0000
Lottery winners donate prize back to United Way
A winner selected to claim United Way/Centraide Windsor-Essex County’s Together We Dream 50/50 draw prize has donated the funds back to the non-profit agency. Carol and Graham Reader of Tecumseh were selected as winners of the grand prize jackpot. ...

Fri, 14 May 2021 20:27:33 +0000
Second vaccine doses begin for high-priority local health-care workers
Those in Windsor-Essex working in high-priority health care can now book their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine sooner than originally scheduled.

Fri, 14 May 2021 20:18:39 +0000
Revenue from provincial offences fines plummets during pandemic year
The city department that normally collects millions of dollars in fines for such provincial offences as speeding and running red lights had anything but a normal year in pandemic-ravaged 2020. The Provincial Offences Act department had just gotten ba...



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