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A number of changes have cut down the time Windsor-Essex has been without an ambulance available to respond during an emergency

Whether you live in Amherstburg, LaSalle, Essex, Tecumseh, Leamington, or Lakeshore, you'll be paying more in property taxes in 2024. Municipal tax increases ranging from 8.2 per cent to 3.8 per cent are being finalized across Essex County.

Aggression against nurses at Broome Hospital has doubled in the past two years as patients battle long wait times.

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The acting medical officer of health for Windsor-Essex says the burden of respiratory illness in the community is high right now as people are urged to get up to date on their vaccinations.

A safe sobering centre would provide better care for people who are publicly intoxicated in Thunder Bay, Ont., and could ease pressure on first responder and emergency medical systems, say witnesses at the inquest for two Oji-Cree First Nation men who died in police custody.

The County of Essex said there have been no systemic changes made but number of Code Blacks are down considerably following emergency declaration.

County of Essex officials are shifting the emergency declaration to monitoring levels as the the ambulance offload situation stabalizes.

The County of Essex is considering when to rescind the emergency order it gave last week due to a lack of ambulance service in the Windsor-Essex region.

Chatham-Kent EMS is in a “strong position” compared to other jurisdictions when it comes to instances of Code Blacks – situations where no ambulances are…