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COVID-19 variants increase in Windsor-Essex, testing protocols change

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit is following provincial guidance and changing testing protocols for close contacts as COVID-19 Variants of Concern rise in the region.

A man gets tested for COVID-19 from a health care worker at a pop-up testing centre at the Islamic Institute of Toronto during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scarborough, Ont., on Friday, May 29, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)

Are you paying too much for car insurance amidst the COVID-19 pandemic?

Is your car insurance premium higher than it should be?

Windsor-Essex residents 40+ can get COVID-19 vaccine at local pharmacies

Windsor-Essex residents 40 years old and over will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine at local pharmacies starting on Tuesday.

A vial of some of the first 500,000 of the two million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses that Canada has secured through a deal with the Serum Institute of India in partnership with Verity Pharma at a facility in Milton, Ont., on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Carlos Osorio – POOL

Man allegedly points gun at driver in Windsor road rage incident

The Windsor police Major Crime Unit is investigating a weekend road rage incident where a man allegedly got out of his vehicle and pointed a gun at another driver.

'Very good news for our industry': home renovations spared during current lockdown

Contractors and home renovators are relieved they are excluded from Ontario’s third lockdown.

Windsor Regional Hospital accepts five patient transfers in the last week

The four hospitals that make up the Erie St. Clair region have been asked to take on 14 patient transfers as well as ICU patients “as demand increases.”

Budget 2021: Government unveils $101.4B in new spending, with deficit declining

The federal government is unveiling $101.4 billion in new spending, aimed at both supporting the country through the third COVID-19 wave, and stimulating the economic recovery post-pandemic, in a historic budget presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.

Windsor-Essex grassroots mask makers seek feedback on fit and comfort

A local grassroots group of people who sew want to hear back from those individuals who have used their homemade personal protective equipment (PPE).

Missing woman last seen in Windsor, police concerned for her safety

Police say they are concerned for the well-being of a missing 74-year-old woman who was last seen in Windsor on Saturday.

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Budget 2021: Government unveils $101.4B in new spending, with deficit declining

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivers the federal budget in the House of Commons as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on in Ottawa on Monday April 19, 2021. The federal government unveiled spending plans to manage the remainder of the COVID-19 crisis and chart an economic course for a post-pandemic Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

How the 2021 federal budget impacts you

The federal government unveiled its long-awaited spring budget on Monday, with a focus on navigating taxpayers out of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and embarking on the long road to economic recovery, with specific attention paid to the most vulnerable.

'Real money on the table': One-on-one with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland

In the federal government’s first budget since the start of the pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered a plan for $101.4 billion in new spending aimed at getting Canadian businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic and stimulating the economy afterwards.

Luxury tax on yachts, cars and personal aircraft laid out in new federal budget

The federal budget proposes a new tax on luxury goods such as yachts, personal aircraft and cars. The tax would be applied to cars and personal aircraft that retail over $100,000; and boats for personal use that retail over $250,000.

Don Martin: It's a stimulus budget all right -- for votes in the next election

Reading the federal budget spending spree as it scrolls on for 720-plus pages, a certain numbness takes hold, writes Don Martin in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.