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Thu, 02 Sep 2021 04:31:15 +0000
Public school trustees vote to try to save football season
Public school trustees voted after a sometimes heated and often confusing two-hour debate Wednesday to prepare for a possible football season by the end of this calendar year. The trustees voted to send the board’s football helmets, which must ...

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:01:29 +0000
Local businesses call for fewer restrictions with launch of Ontario's new vaccine passport
Going out for dinner or taking in a movie will soon require proof of COVID-19 vaccination after the province announced Wednesday it is creating a mandatory passport program. Matt Komsa, co-owner of The G.O.A.T. Tap and Eatery, is hopeful the mandate ...

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:50:15 +0000
Spitfires set to report to training camp with few roster questions
Set to return to the WFCU Centre for the first time in more than 17 months, the Windsor Spitfires will ease into training camp for the 2021-22 season. While several OHL teams opened training camp earlier this week, the Spitfires will officially kicko...

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:46:12 +0000
Local roundup: A day after being cut by NFL's 49ers, Windsor's Shepley lands with Seahawks
Windsor’s Dakoda Shepley has quickly found a new NFL home. Less than 24 hours after being waived by the San Francisco 49ers as teams were forced to get to the NFL’s 53-man roster limit, the 26-year-old Shepley was claimed by the Seattle Seahawks ...

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 22:51:31 +0000
Doctor hails 'lifestyle pillars' as key to recovery from brain injury
Dr. Matthew Galati’s dream of becoming a doctor nearly ended on the side of a road in the remains of a crumpled car, the result of an icy crash in 2013 that left him with a devastating brain injury. Heading back to Windsor, where he was a second-ye...

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 22:49:48 +0000
Activists protest Line 5 pipeline in Windsor Wednesday
A small group of environment activists gathered along Windsor’s waterfront Wednesday morning urging the Canadian government to support the decommissioning of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline.  Representatives from Clean Water Action and the Windso...

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 22:33:18 +0000
Health unit recommends delay to start of extracurriculars at schools
A rising number of COVID-19 cases in Windsor-Essex has prompted the local health unit to recommend a late start to extracurriculars in schools this fall. All extracurricular activities, including sports, clubs, field trips and other non-essential act...

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:27:48 +0000
Tecumseh's Peak Processing Solutions strikes $3.42-million deal with The Boston Beer Company
Tecumseh’s Peak Processing Solutions has signed a five-year deal worth $3.42-million US with The Boston Beer Company to research, develop and be the sole manufacturer of cannabis-infused, non-alcoholic drinks for the firm in Canada. The $7.2-b...

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:40:22 +0000
Windsor Airport officials hoping for OK to resume international flights
Officials at Windsor Airport are hoping they will soon be allowed to resume international flights, after a pandemic-caused suspension that’s lasted 18 months. Until recently, only four major Canadian airports — in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary a...

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:08:33 +0000
Police seek info following Amherstburg break in
Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a grey vehicle spotted in the area of an Amherstburg business around the time of a break-in Wednesday morning. Patrol officers responded to a commercial alarm at a business near Sandwich Stree...



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