A rally was held outside the Essex County Civic Centre Aug. 5 to support staff with Essex-Windsor EMS. A rally was held outside the Essex County administrative offices last Wednesday as an estimated 200 supporters rallied to support the Essex-Windsor EMS paramedics. Contract negotiations between CUPE Local 2974 have come to a standstill and many of those who attended the rally were upset that talks are not moving forward. A strike date has now been set for Oct. 5 at 12 a.m.

Troy Purdie, Tim McAllister, Inez Fox and Jill Kanwischer are among the team of volunteers that loaded a trailer in preparation for kitchen renovations at the Amherstburg Food & Fellowship Mission. The Amherstburg Food and Fellowship Mission is temporarily closed for renovations but the community is helping to feed those in need in the interim. The mission is having cabinets replaced in the kitchen and in other parts of the building and that has caused the building to have t

Town hall was packed on corcerns over a proposed mixed-use residential-commercial development on Simcoe St. Residents packed town council chambers and spilled into the lobby at town hall Monday night as they were concerned over a possible hotel and mixed use residential/commercial buildings at the corner of Simcoe St. and Meloche Road. Pointing out a plan for a possible 100-unit, five-storey hotel and three four-storey apartment buildings with ground floor retail, residents o