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Essex-Windsor EMS is seeking a permanent, full-time Administrative Assistant. Learn more on our.

SWIFT today announced construction of high-speed broadband infrastructure has begun in Essex County to bring fibre-to-the-home internet service to more than 3,400 homes and businesses. “Increasing access to high-speed internet is pivotal to supporting our rural economies and small-town communities,” said Barry Field, executive director, SWIFT.

Essex County Council will undertake deliberations and consider adoption of the proposed 2023 Budget on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 4 p. m. Additional Budget Deliberations.

Due to updated federal and provincial guidance related to the importance of masking indoors, issued in response to an autumn surge in respiratory illnesses, the County of Essex is again implementing a masking policy in its facilities. Effective 8 a. m.

As local healthcare leaders, we are united in our concern about the trend of respiratory illnesses in Windsor and Essex County. Relative to previous years, the seasonal flu virus is spreading more quickly and aggressively and our COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to lag behind the provincial average.

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The County of Essex and Family Services Windsor-Essex officially opened on Friday a Homelessness Hub in Leamington that will provide support and services to residents in Essex County struggling to find accommodations amidst an accelerating housing and homelessness crisis. “The Essex County Homelessness Hub will provide vital supports to the residents who need it most, offering them hope and a hand up, and it reflects the reality that the housing and homelessness crisis is not simply a big city problem,” said Warden Gary McNamara.

"The County of Essex declared a local emergency Monday following an alarming rise in the frequency and duration of Code Blacks, situations when there are no local ambulances available. To ensure that the record is correct, instances of Code Black are calculated in minutes and totalled 491 minutes during the first two weeks of October compared to 116 minutes in all of September, 77 minutes in August and 31 minutes in July.

County Road 12. will be closed (bridge out) between County Road 23 and County Road 15 from Oct.

Solution to Ambulance Offload Delays Urgently Needed, says Warden. A solution to the mounting impact of ambulance offload delays is urgently needed, Warden Gary McNamara said at the beginning of Wednesday’s regular Essex County council meeting.