A hat can tell a lot about the person who wears it. This past Wednesday, hats worn by Windsorites across the city said “I support the efforts of Windsor Regional Hospital Foundation and WRH’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).” Hattitude
By Angelica Haggert When it gets cold, pipes freeze. When pipes freeze at the hospital, this can have serious consequences. Two operating rooms were taken out of commission Sunday morning at Windsor Regional Hospital when cooling coils in the air
Windsor’s elderly have been targeted by this season’s severe influenza-A and -B outbreaks. There are “around 14 or 15” care homes in outbreak right now, according to Lora Piccinin, manager of infectious disease prevention for the Windsor Essex Health Unit.
Windsor’s long-running wrestling promotion made its annual return to the University of Windsor this week. Border City Wrestling hosted its fourth “Campus Combat” Wednesday as a part of the university’s Frosh Week. Organizers said wrestling events like these are about
By Alyssa Horrobin If you get cold standing outside in the snow, your pet does too. That’s the message from the Windsor-Essex Humane Society, which is urging pet owners to be careful in winter. “If they are holding feet up,
By Millar Hill Prescription medications are now free for everyone in Ontario under the age of 25. Ontario has become the first province to fully cover prescriptions for children and youth who are OHIP-insured. Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health
Moggy’s Mission has become the cat’s meow of the downward dog. The local cat rescue organization is offering cat yoga classes. It started last summer and grew so popular, Moggy’s is now holding weekly events. It will be adding children’s
By Millar Hill Pot smokers will soon be lighting up province wide. New legislation, which passed today is designed to ensure a safe transition toward the legalization of recreational cannabis. The law will come into effect by the July 2018
Windsor summers are marked by humid air, riverside concerts and dragon boat races on the Detroit River. Many teams compete every year at the International Dragon Boat Festival, but one of those teams is unlike the others. The WonderBroads is
By Laurie Harrison. Accessible playgrounds are turning child’s play into inclusive play for all ages. Gaining ground in Windsor-Essex, accessible play sets level the playing field for people of all ages and abilities with more than 24 in the area.
By Harshpal Singh Sick? Find out the wait time before leaving your house. Clinic Seeker is an online platform and smartphone app that helps delivers real time info on wait times in emergency rooms, clinics and hospitals to Canadians.
By Alyssa Horrobin There is a bug going around Windsor and it could affect your canine comrades, taking up to a month for recovery. Infectious tracheobronchitis, otherwise known as kennel cough, is a highly contagious (but not life-threatening) respiratory
By Nantanaa Mutharasu Canadians flooded social media with #BellLetsTalk on Wednesday. Bell Let’s Talk announced on Facebook there were around 131 million interactions, resulting in $6.5 million funds that will benefit mental health organizations all over Canada. The goal behind
Nancy Filby, 44, is a caregiver and athlete today, but not so long ago she struggled to even face herself in a mirror, step on a scale or find meaning in her life. She says until around five years ago
Grant recipients from Windsor’s Seeds4Hope program spoke at the Giovanni Caboto Club Oct. 28 about the latest discoveries in the causes and treatment of certain cancers. The Seeds4Hope program was created several years ago by the Windsor Essex County Cancer
By Mandy Matthews Ontarians will be fined $235 if they do not have a working carbon monoxide alarm inside their home by Wednesday. The new law is not being enforced until Wednesday because it was given a six month grace
It will make me sick FALSE It doesn’t work FALSE These are two among many myths surrounding a simple vaccination: the flu shot. The flu vaccine contains an inactivated virus from last year’s strain of influenza. Some believe that this
As the death count from ebola creeps to 5,000, Windsor-Essex area hospitals are preparing for the possibility of a local case. At a presentation for local media on Monday Oct. 20th, Windsor Regional Hospital demonstrated their preparations for health care
Fall brings something more than autumn colours and falling leaves – influenza. The Windsor-Essex Health Unit is getting ready for flu season this week as it rolls out the first of its community clinics, and vaccinations hit pharmacies and doctors
By Mandy Matthews A nature walker with a good eye has recorded the first known deer tick to be around the Ojibway Prairie Complex. Shane Butnari ventured off the beaten path Tuesday, Oct. 14 and found himself in a natural
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