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Where will COVID testing be set up at Windsor border crossings?

On-site COVID-19 testing is slated to begin first thing Thursday morning at the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel and Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont.

Windsor-Detroit border in Windsor, Ont. on Monday, March 1, 2021. (Michelle Maluske/CTV Windsor)

Targeted vaccinations begin for Windsor-Essex seniors over 80

The region’s first public COVID-19 vaccine clinic started Monday with seniors 80 years and older rolling up their sleeves.

Betty Ing, the first adult 80 years of age and older who entered WFCU Centre to receive the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine in Windsor, Ont. on Monday, March 1, 2021. (courtesy Windsor Essex County Health Unit)

28 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Windsor-Essex

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 28 new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths in the region on Monday.

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit in Windsor, Ont.,on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (Chris Campbell / CTV Windsor)

Volunteers organize to drive seniors to COVID-19 vaccination appointments

Dozens of volunteers across Windsor-Essex are ready to ensure all seniors have a ride to their COVID-19 vaccination appointments.

Chatham-Kent police recover truck stolen in Ridgetown, man allegedly resists arrest

A suspicious person call led to the arrest of two men and the recovery of a vehicle allegedly stolen from the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown campus.

Survey created to help name new Amherstburg high school

The Greater Essex County District School Board is asking for help choosing a name for Amherstburg’s new high school.

Chatham woman celebrates 100th birthday with COVID-19 vaccine

Chatham-Kent started vaccinating the public on Saturday.

Province investing additional $150 million in municipal transit, Windsor to receive $6 million

The City of Windsor will receive $6 million toward transit thanks to additional funding from the Ontario government to address the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on municipal transit systems.

New 'We Speak' program to assist with language barriers when it comes to health care access

A new initiative has been developed to help address language barriers when it comes to accessing healthcare.

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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 'not recommended' in people 65 and older: NACI

Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is not recommending the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in individuals aged 65 years and older, due to "the insufficiency of evidence of efficacy in this age group at this time."

A health worker holds up a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to be administered to members of the Italian Army at a vaccination center set up at the military barracks of Cecchignola, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2020. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Alberta allows low-intensity indoor fitness, reopens libraries as part of Step 2

Alberta continued to ease COVID-19 restrictions on Monday as cases of the variant and the positivity rate tick up.

Ontario woman forced to pay $3,458 hotel quarantine bill for one-night stay after returning to Canada from father's funeral

An Ontario woman who went overseas to attend her father's funeral says she feels gouged by the government's 'ill-conceived' hotel quarantine plan that cost her $3,458 for a one-night stay.

COVID-19 vaccination ramps up in several provinces as supply worries ease

Several provinces began expanding their COVID-19 vaccination programs to members of the general population on Monday amid the prospect of more regular deliveries and the imminent arrival of a third approved vaccine.

'Premature' and 'unrealistic' to think COVID-19 will end soon, WHO emergencies chief warns

The World Health Organization's emergencies chief says it's 'premature' and 'unrealistic' to think that the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year.