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What was the response this time?
“I beg them, please, follow the (public health) measures,” the region’s top public health official, Dr. Wajid Ahmed, pleaded the next day.
“It is definitely being investigated,” Windsor Police Sgt. Isidor Lulic told the Star.
A police cruiser was stationed outside the church while all this went on.
“Public health, municipal bylaw officers and local police services are working together to provide an enforcement approach which prioritizes the safety of those in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic,” read a statement by the health unit Tuesday.
So why was this allowed, again? Why wasn’t Harvest Bible Church shut down?
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It is difficult to sell the region to potential business investors when there is a substandard health care system, the CEO of the Windsor Essex County Development Corporation told city council on Monday.
That was the reason the organization’s board unanimously approved spending $270,000 on an outside consultant to create the “We Can’t Wait” campaign that pushed for advancement of the proposed $2-billion new hospital plan, said WEEDC’s CEO Stephen MacKenzie.
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“In 2019, this wasn’t in the province’s five-year capital budget,” he said. “We are an economic development agency. A strong health system is part of the package we market for the region and we are lacking there.”
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For those select residential streets in Windsor that already possess ornamental or historic streetlights, the good news is city council has agreed to pay replacement costs without added expense placed on homeowners.
The bad news is that from now on, any developer wishing to install decorative streetlights instead of the standard municipal style within a new subdivision will be required to pay the added cost with future upkeep also falling to homeowners who move in.
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With the Windsor area’s real estate and rental markets spiralling out of control for many in terms of availability and affordability, Mayor Drew Dilkens hosted an online roundtable discussion on Wednesday designed to provide answers on what lies ahead.
In the past year alone, the average home price in Windsor-Essex County has jumped 25 per cent, while the value of residential construction is up more than $1 million in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same time frame last year.
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