Author of the article: Anne Jarvis
Publishing date: Feb 23, 2021 • February 23, 2021 • 4 minute read • A Transit Windsor bus is shown at the St. Clair College main campus in Windsor, ON. on Tuesday, one day after city council approved a four-month pilot project to run an east-west express route from Tecumseh Mall to the college, starting in September. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star
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Some people are lucky. They’re still working during the pandemic, and they’re socking away savings.
But others have lost their livelihoods.
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Jarvis: Budgeting in a pandemic msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
WINDSOR, ONT. City of Windsor budget deliberations are in full swing as council digs into what the city’s chief financial officer is calling a “status quo” budget. On the table is a proposal that would see no increase in property taxes. At the same time, the city is looking for council to approve spending $1.6 billion over the next decade on capital projects – the bulk of that on roads, sewers transportation and parks. As CTV previously reported the city is also facing a $38 million budget hole caused by decreased revenues and added costs from the pandemic. But the city is leaving those additional costs unbudgeted – hoping for help from upper levels of government.
Temporary shelter to open after WECHU issues outbreak order at the Downtown Mission windsor.ctvnews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from windsor.ctvnews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit says it has issued an order mandating the continued shut down of the Downtown Mission which is suffering from a COVID-19 outbreak.