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Heat Warning from Windsor-Essex County Health Unit for August 3

Based on information from Environment Canada, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has issued a Special Weather Statement for Wednesday August 3, 2022. While heat warning criteria is not expected to be reached, exceptionally hot and humid conditions are expected, with daytime high temperatures reaching 34 degrees Celsius and humidex values reaching 45. […]

Health

Opioid Crisis Response: Faith Community Distributes 500+ Naloxone Kits

Faith Community’s Response to Opioid Crisis Results in 500+ Naloxone Kits Distributed Rising rates of opioid-related overdose and death continue to be a concern for local health and social services leaders working on the Windsor-Essex Community Opioid and Substance Strategy (WECOSS). As part of the response to the growing crisis, […]

OPP News Town & County News

Emergency Personnel and Tow Truck Drivers Need Safe Workspace

OPP conducting Move Over campaign during Civic Holiday weekend (ORILLIA, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is conducting its annual Move Over campaign during one of the busiest weekends of the year on highways and roads, getting drivers’ attention through robust enforcement and education around this important law. Drivers are expected […]

OPP News Town & County News

Civic Holiday Long Weekend Traffic Safety Campaign

OPP to Target Aggressive Drivers  (ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers from the Essex, Tecumseh, Kingsville, Lakeshore and Leamington Detachments are working together this weekend for the Civic Day Long Weekend traffic safety campaign. Together the detachments will be out patrolling from Friday, July 29th to the end of […]

Gymnastics Sports & Leisure

Rose City Gymnastics’ Trampoline Team at Nationals

At long last, the results are in! Rose City Gymnastics had four athletes from the Trampoline Program qualify to compete at the Canadian National Championships. The Championships were held in Calgary this past week. Trampoline Director Rob Laudenbach travelled with his athletes. They are Jacqueline Ceccacci(17) from Windsor, Jonathan Houser(17) […]

Pets & Pet Health

BISSELL Pet Foundation Lowers Fees to Fight Shelter Overcrowding

BISSELL Pet Foundation Fights Shelter Overcrowding by Reducing Adoption Fees Across North America Windsor/ Essex County – Windsor/ Essex County Humane Society is part of 250+ shelters participating in this summer’s “Empty the Shelters” event! BISSELL Pet Foundation’s “Empty the Shelters” event is the largest funded adoption event in North […]

OPP News Town & County News

Update #3 — OPP Investigate Fire: Looking to Identify Person of Interest

-UPDATE #3- LEAMINGTON OPP INVESTIGATING FIRE OPP LOOKING TO IDENTIFY PERSON OF INTEREST (ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – The Essex County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crime Unit, under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), continues to assist the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario and […]

Pets & Pet Health

Pet of the Week: Meet Major General

The Kingsville Times is a proud partner and supporter of the Windsor/Essex County Humane Society. As a non-profit organization, the WECHS depends on the generosity of our community to help pets like Major General. Please consider making a donation at www.windsorhumane.org/donatenow or you can contact Arms Bumanlag at development@windsorhumane.org to see firsthand how […]

Town & County News

Bell Expands Pure Fibre Internet Access to Kingsville

KINGSVILLE, ON, July 12, 2022 – Bell today announced the expansion of pure fibre Internet service to homes and businesses in Kingsville. Part of Bell’s capital expenditure acceleration program for investment in national next-generation network infrastructure, the expansion program will bring all-fibre broadband access to approximately 5,000 additional locations in Kingsville […]

Pets & Pet Health

Pet of the Week: Meet Tiger

The Kingsville Times is a proud partner and supporter of the Windsor/Essex County Humane Society. As a non-profit organization, the WECHS depends on the generosity of our community to help pets like Tiger. Please consider donating at www.windsorhumane.org/donatenow or you can contact Arms Bumanlag at development@windsorhumane.org to see firsthand how your donations and support […]

Town & County News

Rogers Network Update

The Rogers network outage that began on Friday, July 8, 2022 had been corrected in large part by Saturday, July 9. But not entirely. Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri said on Saturday that less than 1 % of customers were still having issues. He said the outage had been due to […]

OPP News Town & County News

OPP Seize Illegal Cannabis Worth More Than $61 Million

(KINGSVILLE, ON) – Police have seized more than $61 million worth of illegal cannabis from two southwestern Ontario production sites as part of an ongoing investigation under the Cannabis Act. On June 28, 2022, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team (PJFCET) executed two search warrants in Kingsville, […]

Music

Kingsville Music Society Presents Touring Troubadour Jamie Warren on July 7

Introducing Touring Troubadours—a weekly concert series every Thursday evening this summer The Kingsville Music Society has your Thursdays covered this summer with a weekly Concert Series in a beautiful outdoor setting. Join us on July 7 at Mettawas Park Gazebo as Canadian singer-songwriter Jamie Warren kicks off our Touring Troubadours […]