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.

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.
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.
Contractors and home renovators are relieved they are excluded from Ontario’s third lockdown.
Windsor-Essex residents 40 years old and over will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine at local pharmacies starting on Tuesday.
Police say they are concerned for the well-being of a missing 74-year-old woman who was last seen in Windsor on Saturday.
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting 41 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths.
Windsor police and Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare have partnered to tackle a rising number of mental health and addiction-related calls.
The Ontario Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 26-year-old man in Windsor.
Two American charter fishing boats were intercepted early Thursday morning and 10 individuals were fined after the boats were seen operating on the Canadian side of the Detroit River.
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.
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.
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.
The new federal budget announces the government’s intention to introduce a “new taxation framework” on vaping products, and to boost taxes on tobacco cigarettes, starting in 2022.
The federal budget features major new funding for child care, long-term care, bio-manufacturing and many other sectors.
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