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ERCA Releases 2017–2021 Watershed Report Card on World Water Day

ERCA Releases 2017 – 2021 Watershed Report Card 5-year Watershed Checkup also marks World Water Day  The Essex Region Conservation Authority launched its ERCA Watershed Report Card 2023, a 5-year watershed checkup, today.  Conservation Authorities across the province rolled out similar reports to mark World Water Day. “People around the […]

Schools

WECHU on Student Suspensions for Incomplete Records

Media Statement Regarding Elementary School Student Suspensions for Incomplete Immunization Records The Immunization of School Pupils Act (1990), Section 11, Subsections (1) and (2) require public health units to maintain and review vaccine records for every student attending school and to enforce a school suspension for incomplete immunization information. Due to […]

Organizations

ERCA to Conduct Prescribed Burn at Hillman Marsh Conservation Area

Leamington – Throughout history, fire has been nature’s method of revitalizing and maintaining tallgrass prairie ecosystems, keeping them open and free of shrubbery, allowing rare plants and animals to flourish. Periodic prescribed burns provide the same benefits but in a very controlled fashion. Protecting and enhancing biodiversity are among ERCA’s […]

OPP News

Warrant Executed in Kingsville

(KINGSVILLE, ON) – On Friday, March 10, 2023, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Essex County and Lambton County Community OPP Street Crime Units (CSCU), Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), Emergency Response Team (ERT) members and OPP Canine Services executed a search warrant at a Pearl Street West, Town of Kingsville address. […]

Lifestyle

Springing Forward …

The Time Change weekend is upon us. On Sunday, March 12 at 2 a.m. we’re going to have to set our clocks ahead one hour to 3 a.m. Will this be the last time we go through this seismic shift? Let’s hope. The time change is not a popular event. Twice […]

Ontario News

More Ontarians Expected To Get Into Private Mortgage

As spring home buying season begins, FSRA encourages homeowners to take the time to understand what they are getting into. As private mortgages become more prevalent in Ontario, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) is strongly encouraging consumers to learn about the differences between a private and traditional […]

Town & County News

$750,000 For UWindsor Researchers To Pursue ‘Surprise’ Cancer Discovery

University of Windsor researchers have been awarded $750,000 by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to determine how a protein changes cell biology, fat accumulation in the liver, and how this can lead to liver cancer. Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), the most common liver condition in the developed […]