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Thu, 15 Jul 2021 01:36:07 +0000
Jarvis: It's crunch time for COVID-19 vaccination
We’re down to the crunch. You need four weeks between the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario, the only one approved for youth ages 12 to 17. It takes another two weeks after the second shot to be fully pro...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 23:46:07 +0000
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh in Windsor for 'million jobs' plan announcement
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh floated a plan to create a million jobs, underpinned by worker protections and increasing Canadian manufacturing capacity, in a campaign-style stop Wednesday in Windsor. In a press conference under the sun at Coventry Gardens...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 23:42:40 +0000
Obit: Builder De Angelis's life 'always about service and giving back'
Francesco ‘Frank’ De Angelis, Oct. 8, 1939 — July 13, 2021 Frank De Angelis emigrated to Canada from his native Italy in 1964 with just a suitcase and a bit of cash — and plans to marry Giuseppina (Pina) Pupatello, who had previously ...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 23:22:13 +0000
Windsor-Essex sees first day without new COVID cases since October
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported zero new cases of COVID-19 for the first time in eight months on Wednesday. This is only the fourth time the region has gone a day without any new infections since the first local resident tested positive...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 22:49:10 +0000
Lakeshore votes to proceed with concept design for new civic centre
Lakeshore council voted Tuesday to proceed with a $65,000 concept design for a new civic centre on the site of the current town hall. But that doesn’t mean it will be built soon. Coun. Steven Wilder supported the decision but said, “it do...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 22:47:24 +0000
Disrupted ferry service sinking Pelee Island economy
A disrupted ferry service to Pelee Island is sinking a local economy already struggling to stay afloat from the affects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Ray Durocher said the island’s economy has been slashed 50 per cent because of operational issue...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 22:15:49 +0000
'Gradual' reopening announced for long-closed arenas, pools, community centres
Dig out your gym clothes and sharpen your kids’ skates, as the city embarks on a “measured and gradual” reopening of many of the City of Windsor indoor venues that have been shuttered for 16 months. “We can now start the proce...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 22:06:09 +0000
Windsor tops Royal LePage housing survey in percentage increase
Windsor and Essex County housing prices soared 49.4 per cent year over year — the highest in the country — for single-family detached homes according to a Royal LePage report released Wednesday. The increase compares to 27.1 per cent growth natio...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 22:03:10 +0000
Amherstburg's Fryer Street to undergo reconstruction
The first phase of a reconstruction project of Amherstburg’s Fryer Street has been given the go-ahead by council. The $2,672,450 project, awarded to Sherway Contracting of Windsor, will convert the road from a “rural cross section with no curbsâ€...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:54:36 +0000
Lakeshore OPP locate another stolen beagle, four still missing
Ontario Provincial Police say they’ve found another of the seven beagles reported stolen from a Lakeshore property last month, but four are still missing. One dog was recovered in Windsor on Tuesday, police said in a news release on Wednesday. ...



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