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Cancelled sports leave young people struggling

Cancelled sports leave young people struggling

🕔13:17, 5.Mar 2021

With youth sports cancelled due to COVID-19, young people are experiencing a variety of challenges.  Market research company Ipsos found 74 per cent of children were feeling lonely due to cancelled youth sports, and 72 per cent of parents also reported

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Safety is number one issue for police intervening in children experiencing mental health crisis

Safety is number one issue for police intervening in children experiencing mental health crisis

🕔16:29, 28.Feb 2020

  Despite the fact of understanding children’s mental issues, children and others safety is the requirement for police intervention at schools. Comprehension of a child’s inner mental and emotional world is important to help and support them. However, in situations

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Shelter for women and families

Shelter for women and families

🕔13:44, 21.Feb 2020

  The director of a shelter for families wants to expand and is looking for financial help.   Over 400 young people under the age of 15, 275 single women and nearly 300 families were served at the Shelter for Women

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Black history month

Black history month

🕔13:20, 14.Feb 2020

  A group of local Black youth are reviving their history and want Windsor to know all about their ancestors’ struggles in their an upcoming play. Forty-two young people from Black Kids in Action and the Youth Connection group are

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Suspension order clinic

Suspension order clinic

🕔13:50, 4.Feb 2020

  The Windsor Essex-County Health Unit has made it possible for families to update their children’s record and receive vaccinations if needed. The health unit is holding a series of clinics for parents and their children who received a suspension

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Biggest challenge will be remembering

Biggest challenge will be remembering

🕔15:19, 8.Nov 2019

  Windsor’s fifth homicide of 2019 has left an infant and a toddler without a father. On Oct. 21, Justin Greenwood was fatally stabbed near Tecumseh Road West and McKay Avenue, leaving behind two daughters aged six months and two

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Pregnancy changes in the season

Pregnancy changes in the season

🕔13:40, 18.Oct 2019

  As the seasons change, so do health concerns. Especially in pregnant women.  Michelle Fortuna, 41, gave birth to her third child almost a month ago.  “I had morning sickness and was sick all day for four months,” said Fortuna.

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Health Unit running fall prevention clinics

Health Unit running fall prevention clinics

🕔16:33, 12.Nov 2018

By Amos Johnson Death by fall is the leading cause of traumatic death in Windsor, according to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit. Fall prevention month is an awareness campaign to help adults prevent injuries and stay active. The Windsor-Essex County

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Children’s Aid Society asking for cash

Children’s Aid Society asking for cash

🕔15:25, 17.Dec 2017

Some Windsor families may not wake up Christmas morning to a tinsel-covered tree and presents, and the Children’s Aid Society wants to avoid that. The CAS wants no child to be left behind this holiday season. It has asked the

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Digital dependency

Digital dependency

🕔11:33, 24.Mar 2017

By Alyssa Horrobin In a time where technology is advancing and being consumed more than ever, it is important for people to set limits for themselves to avoid negative effects. Some see too much of this consumption becoming an issue of mental

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Purple Ribbons for Preventing Child Abuse

🕔16:13, 18.Oct 2013

By Kenneth Bullock A local college student has brought a campaign to her school promoting prevention of child abuse.  Laurie Harrison, a student enrolled in the St. Clair College’s public relations program, has brought the purple ribbon campaign to the

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