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Sat, 07 Aug 2021 01:52:43 +0000
Jarvis: Time to lead
It’s time to lead. Windsor Regional Hospital stepped up this week. All 5,000 staff, including volunteers and students, must disclose their vaccination status on a secure website by September 7. Those who aren’t vaccinated or refuse to dis...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 22:57:32 +0000
Job action begins, delays reported at border crossings Friday
Job actions started at border crossings across the country Friday as unions representing Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) employees, and the federal government, continue to negotiate.  In an update Friday afternoon, the Public Service Alliance o...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 22:31:36 +0000
Officials sense more acceptance after hearing feedback on proposed consumption sites
The attitude towards consumption and treatment services in Windsor seems to be moving towards acceptance, health officials said Friday, on the heels of public consultation this week about a proposed consumption site — previously known as a safe inj...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 22:12:55 +0000
Windsor pot activist bows out of legal fight after 3-year battle
A prominent Windsor activist criminally charged shortly after Canada legalized the recreational use of cannabis has pleaded guilty to a charge of illegally selling the mind-altering weed. “I’m a little bitter,” Leo Lucier told the S...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 21:37:44 +0000
Art Gallery of Windsor launches Bridge Artists exhibit
Crossing borders and bridging cultures is the theme of a new Art Gallery of Windsor exhibit featuring three local Anishinaabe artists. The exhibit, called Bridge Artists, is a partnership with the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority that “celebrates s...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 20:16:30 +0000
Delta variant cases rise as vaccine demand plummets in Windsor-Essex
Cases of the more highly transmissible Delta variant have tripled in Windsor-Essex since last week, contributing to a jump in overall infection rates after more than a month of low counts. Data presented by the region’s medical officer of healt...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 19:15:52 +0000
Man rescued from Detroit River has died
A man pulled from the Detroit River near Moy Avenue Thursday morning has since died. Windsor police on Friday announced the man was pronounced deceased in hospital. No criminal element was involved in the incident, which reportedly took place shortly...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:35:20 +0000
City taking action on debris-strewn lawn, backs off providing services at River Place encampment
The City of Windsor is expressing frustration dealing with the landlord and is backing away from providing on-site support to the people living in tents on the front lawn of River Place, the sprawling private lodging home that was ordered closed thre...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 12:11:23 +0000
Pelee Island rejoices over plans of $20-million high-speed internet upgrade
What is believed to be the longest freshwater fibre link in Canada — almost 75 kilometres in length — will soon be installed to create an upgraded broadband internet connection for every resident and business on Pelee Island. An announcement by t...

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 10:00:18 +0000
Reader letter: Conversion therapy should remain available by choice
Re: Jarvis: Pride Month and voting to ban conversion therapy, by Anne Jarvis, June 24 I read with interest the debate and recorded votes of our Members of Parliament regarding the “Conversion Therapy Bill, also known as Bill C-6. As a professio...



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