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Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:15:55 +0000
Rows of children's shoes make up moving memorial
Rows of children’s shoes lined the steps of Assumption Church on Monday, a moving memorial to the 215 Indigenous children whose bodies were found buried near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia on Thursday. The doz...

Mon, 31 May 2021 23:41:24 +0000
City, county lock horns over costly organic waste diversion plan
Tuesday will be a watershed moment in the push to create an extremely expensive but environmentally vital regional food and organic waste diversion program. A detailed consultant’s report is headed to the Essex Windsor Solid Waste Authority boa...

Mon, 31 May 2021 23:35:45 +0000
Windsor police seize fentanyl, meth
A Windsor man faces drug trafficking charges after city police caught the subject of an arrest warrant Sunday afternoon. Members of the city centre patrol unit were patrolling the 400 block of Wyandotte Street East when they located a man they believ...

Mon, 31 May 2021 23:30:54 +0000
Lighthouse Cove's Waddick emerges as area's top prospect for OHL Draft
In a lost season of hockey, Lighthouse Cove’s Declan Waddick carries the hopes and fears that most prospects for this year’s Ontario Hockey League Draft are feeling. The 16-year-old Waddick is considered the area’s top prospect for this year’...

Mon, 31 May 2021 22:15:24 +0000
COVID variant first discovered in India found in Windsor-Essex
Two cases of the COVID-19 variant causing devastation in India have been detected in Windsor-Essex. Both individuals who tested positive for the B.1.617 variant — a more highly contagious variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 — con...

Mon, 31 May 2021 22:14:49 +0000
Duncan to step down as Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority chairman
Former longtime local MPP and Ontario cabinet minister Dwight Duncan has announced he will step down as chairman of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority when his current term ends later this year. The 62-year-old has held the job as chairman of the W...

Mon, 31 May 2021 21:17:41 +0000
Study illustrates the significant economic impact of University of Windsor
A year-long KPMG study of the economic impact of the University of Windsor has found the institution adds $669 million annually to the Canadian GDP and nearly 6,600 jobs with the majority of the benefits being felt locally. The study was based on fig...

Mon, 31 May 2021 20:58:13 +0000
Judge orders stay in drugs and gun case after trial delays
A man arrested in one of the largest fentanyl seizures ever by Windsor Police will walk free after a judge ruled Monday that his case took too long to go to trial. Joshua Gillespie was arrested three years ago after a gunshot outside a strip club led...

Mon, 31 May 2021 20:18:52 +0000
Pop-up vaccine clinics for youth scheduled in Belle River, Essex
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is holding two pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics this week for youth age 12 to 17. Young people and their adult family members can receive a jab at the Atlas Tube Recreation Centre (447 Line Rd.) in Belle River on T...

Mon, 31 May 2021 20:15:31 +0000
Local roundup: Spitfires' GM Bowler willing to listen to offers for top pick in second round of OHL Draft
The Ontario Hockey League Draft lottery handed the Windsor Spitfires a valuable chip that general manager Bill Bowler is willing to deal for the right price. The Spitfires landed the No. 4 spot overall in the lottery and, with the league opting to go...



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