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Obstacles, Opportunities in Maintaining Student Mental Health

Obstacles, Opportunities in Maintaining Student Mental Health

🕔14:37, 3.Nov 2022

Students at postsecondary schools have other challenges besides passing class.  “I’d say the biggest challenge to my mental health as a student is probably burnout,” said Hailee Wilson, who is currently studying to become a social worker at the University

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Students reboot Gay-Straight Alliance

Students reboot Gay-Straight Alliance

🕔17:58, 27.Oct 2022

By Melinda de L’Eveille After being inactive for three years, the St. Clair College GSA is starting back up. “GSA is somewhere that you can go,” said Eri Spotton, President of the new GSA. “It’s trusted people, it’s people that

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Windsor Police Searching for Break-In Suspect

Windsor Police Searching for Break-In Suspect

🕔14:55, 20.Oct 2022

The Target Base Unit, a special section of Windsor Police dedicated to investigating break-ins, is asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect connected to two crimes. On October 13 at 2:30 a.m., a man broke into a business

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Mandatory vaccine passports lifted for restaurants

Mandatory vaccine passports lifted for restaurants

🕔15:11, 27.Mar 2022

Ontario restaurant employees are celebrating the removal of mandated vaccination passports in their establishments.  Premier Doug Ford announced there will no longer be a vaccine passport requirement as of Mar. 1, 2022.  Part of the announcement will allow restaurants to decide

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Eased provincial restrictions allow restaurant owners to open to 50 per cent capacity

Eased provincial restrictions allow restaurant owners to open to 50 per cent capacity

🕔13:02, 11.Feb 2022

On Jan. 20, Premier Doug Ford announced that indoor dining would resume with a 50 per cent capacity limit. Earlier this year, the province implemented restrictions on businesses due to a spike in Omicron cases. This included a ban on

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Loosening your belt after lockdown

Loosening your belt after lockdown

🕔13:35, 15.Oct 2021

After months of working from home, some people have found they are weighing in heavier than before multiple lockdowns began in March 2020.   Last December, the province entered a second major lockdown where most places of recreation as well

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Frontline workers protest mandatory vaccinations

Frontline workers protest mandatory vaccinations

🕔13:30, 15.Oct 2021

Protests against Canada’s federal vaccine mandates are coming to a city near you, as frontline workers and business owners rally for their freedom of choice.  On Thursday, Oct. 7, a large protest was held outside of Devonshire Mall on Division Road between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Holding signs and standing

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St. Clair College and University of Windsor move to improve sexual violence and harassment policies.

St. Clair College and University of Windsor move to improve sexual violence and harassment policies.

🕔13:58, 1.Oct 2021 Blue safety pole pictured above. 27 of these emergency poles are located around the University of Windsor campus. Photo by: Savannah Mills St. Clair College and the University of Windsor plan to implement additional measures to ensure students feel supported Read Full Article
Touchless tech and safer facilities coming to Windsor

Touchless tech and safer facilities coming to Windsor

🕔13:44, 1.Oct 2021

Touchless technology is coming to a washroom near you.  Windsor will be receiving massive upgrades to municipal infrastructure, thanks to funding from other levels of government. The COVID-19 Resilience Stream grant will provide a combined $3.2 million in funding, to make Windsor’s municipal building entrances and washrooms safer.  Amidst the current pandemic,

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Local business’s roll into ‘red control’ zone

🕔14:04, 26.Feb 2021

Small business owners are grateful despite the rocky financial year caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Lockdown was lifted for most of the province this week besides four regions in the greater Toronto area. Windsor-Essex county made it into the “

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Investigation continues following Church Street fire

Investigation continues following Church Street fire

🕔12:53, 19.Feb 2021

Questions remain for investigators after a house fire last week on Church Street between Wyandotte and Park Streets West.  Both police and fire marshals are actively investigating what caused the blaze that left one first floor occupant dead and another critically injured, as well as damages totalling an estimated $225,000. Following

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Increased restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border

Increased restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border

🕔14:19, 5.Feb 2021

The government is finalizing new COVID-19 testing requirements for travellers entering Canada across land borders. Since Jan. 7, all travellers were required to provide a negative test result for COVID-19 before boarding a plane. Rebecca Purdy, spokesperson for the Canada

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Nintendo fans sharing favourite memories for contest

Nintendo fans sharing favourite memories for contest

🕔11:42, 4.Dec 2020

Nintendo Canada is hosting a contest that involves fans sharing their favourite Mario-related memory for a chance to win a special edition Super Mario Bros. t-shirt. Fans across Canada have started sharing their memories in the form of photos, videos

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Students get first snow day of the year

Students get first snow day of the year

🕔11:33, 4.Dec 2020

  Windsor-Essex County school buses were cancelled today. Last night’s snow was the first part of an expected 20cm snowfall over the next three days. Students in some local school boards continued class online throughout the day instead of having

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A dreadful new peak for American COVID-19 cases

A dreadful new peak for American COVID-19 cases

🕔01:04, 9.Nov 2020

The United States has reached over 100,000 Covid-19 cases in a single day for several days. Infections were on the rise as the presidential election is in full swing. The next President will be taking office during a time that

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Make History

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Make History

🕔00:56, 9.Nov 2020

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris made history today when the media declared that Pennsylvania’s electoral votes push them over the 270 mark. Harris is now the first female of colour to become Vice President Elect in American history. Biden and

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Exquisite top of Babusar in Pakistan receives first snow of the season in October

Exquisite top of Babusar in Pakistan receives first snow of the season in October

🕔13:03, 8.Nov 2020

The magnificent Babusur Top, the highest point in Kaghan Valley in the northern areas of Pakistan,  is beautiful after getting covered by the snow. Tourists enjoyed the first accumulating snowfall of the season on Oct. 20, when lower temperatures brought

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Halloween stabbing leaves 5 people injured and 2 killed

Halloween stabbing leaves 5 people injured and 2 killed

🕔22:30, 4.Nov 2020

At 1 a.m on Sunday, police arrested a young man for stabbing five people and killing two in Quebec City. The stabbing occurred in the historic Old Quebec neighbourhood near Le Chateau Frontenac Hotel. According to multiple media outlets, Quebec

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Different sectors of Islamabad were sealed in late October after emergence of new Covid cases

Different sectors of Islamabad were sealed in late October after emergence of new Covid cases

🕔11:21, 1.Nov 2020

The second wave of COVID-19 has started to spread across the country of Pakistan, including the capital, Islamabad, which resulted in the closure of streets in various neighbourhoods of  Oct. 26, 2020. A total of 157 new cases were reported

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Halloween spending varies during COVID-19

Halloween spending varies during COVID-19

🕔12:58, 30.Oct 2020

Business owners who are looking to profit from Halloween spending during COVID-19 are experiencing mixed results.  Nationally, 62 per cent of Canadians have no plans to celebrate the occasion this year. As such, themed attractions have adjusted for new customer spending.   Sue Hancock is the manager of Exodus Escape Room which has a Halloween-themed room. She said the

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