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Mon, 09 Aug 2021 23:39:51 +0000
Jarvis: The day that was the turning point for Ojibway
About 250 people packed the room at Mackenzie Hall. They spilled into the corridor, through the lobby and outside to the parking lot. “It wasn’t just the usual suspects,” Mayor Drew Dilkens remembered. “It was a wide swathe of...

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 23:32:32 +0000
Windsor's national urban park close to a sure thing, federal minister says
Much work remains before Windsor can boast a national urban park encompassing the Ojibway Prairie Complex, but a federal minister indicated during a visit to the city Monday that it’s as good as a done deal. “Today is to say there is goin...

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 22:12:43 +0000
Border worker deal brings relief to Windsor-Detroit traffic
With CBSA employees finding a deal late Friday, traffic flow at the border returned to normal over the weekend — just in time for fully-vaccinated U.S. travellers to begin crossing on Monday.

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 22:06:41 +0000
Amherstburg vaccination site closes
After administering nearly 39,000 doses, Amherstburg’s Libro Credit Union Centre closed its doors Saturday as a vaccination site. The site has been operational since March 31, first offering vaccines to those 70 years of age and older. “A sin...

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 21:06:29 +0000
Discovery of human femur prompts investigation, halts work on 'horrific' bridge project
The discovery of a human thighbone has shut down an Amherstburg bridge reconstruction project that has already been plagued by a series of exasperating setbacks. The 82-year-old bridge over the Long Marsh Drain on the Second Concession near River Can...

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 20:31:33 +0000
Windsor Memorial Gardens removes controversial vaccination sign
A Windsor cemetery’s pithy sign about COVID-19 vaccines erected last week caused such a stir its mastermind had it removed less than three days later. “Not vaccinated yet? You may soon be here,” read the Windsor Memorial Gardens sig...

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 20:20:53 +0000
No huge local influx anticipated as Canadian border reopens to vaccinated Americans
No great influx is anticipated locally as the border reopened on Monday to a select group of Americans who are fully vaccinated and can provide a recent verified negative COVID-19 test result. “We are not expecting any major influx because you stil...

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 19:59:44 +0000
Windsor police charge impaired driver following two-vehicle crash
Three people were taken to hospital with injuries following a crash in Windsor early Sunday morning that police say involved an impaired driver. At roughly 2:15 a.m., patrol officers with the Windsor Police Service responded to a crash at Elliott Str...

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 19:39:19 +0000
Leamington Raceway welcomes crowd for start of harness racing season
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Leamington Raceway had a crowd in its grandstand on Sunday. Harness racing will continue every Sunday until Oct. 31.

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 19:30:34 +0000
Health unit reports 77 new COVID cases over last three days
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit on Monday reported the region’s highest active COVID-19 case count in nearly two months. With an increase of 77 cases since Friday, there are now 140 active cases in the area, including 52 variants of concer...



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