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The quest to make the perfect chorizo
A chorizo changed Rob Bornais’ life. He was vacationing in the Caribbean about eight years ago when he gobbled up a sausage so delicious he would spend years devoted to replicating the supreme sausage....
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Feathers and fur in Ojibway
Award-winning Star photographer Tyler Brownbridge’s patience paid off handsomely at Ojibway Nature Centre’s feeding stations on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. He captured shots of birds and squirrels...
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Windsor fire chief seeks $4.4M for aerial trucks
In these tough economic times, you’d think the makers of aerial platform firefighting vehicles would jump for joy at the chance of supplying four of the pricey units to Windsor Fire and Rescue...
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Show jumper did not smuggle a $125,000 horse: Windsor lawyer
Show jumper Vanessa Fenwick is facing the biggest hurdle of her competitive career: an accusation that she tried to smuggle a $125,000 horse into Canada. But the Toronto-area equestrian rider arrested...
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Chatham-Kent group launches $9-million wind turbine lawsuit
CHATHAM-KENT A group of residents in Chatham-Kent’s Dover Township have filed a $9-million lawsuit against International Power Canada Inc. and East Lake St. Clair Wind Inc., over the installation of 55...
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Where’s the real shawarma capital of Canada?
If you live in Windsor, chances are you know shawarma: That savoury Middle Eastern fast food of slow-roasted meat cone shavings. Warmly wrapped in a pita, generously garnished with pickled turnips,...
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Tiny boat’s tale takes new twist
A retired Ohio teacher whose class launched a tiny carved wooden boat 17 years ago that was found washed ashore on Point Pelee last week has been contacted. And there is a lot more to the story behind...
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U of W students encouraged to be bone marrow donors
Jon Brent calls his life-saving bone marrow transplant the juice of life and he can’t help wanting to sign up as many potential donors as he can. And at the University of Windsor where the 20-year-old...
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Windsor RCMP seize illegal smokes
A Windsor man has been arrested and charged under the Excise Act for allegedly distributing and selling contraband cigarettes. Windsor RCMP have seized 1,080 cartons of cigarettes as a result of the...
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Windsor Youth Centre a hit with teens, struggles for funds
Amid the cold, damp weather Wednesday, Ayan Holland is among a steady stream of young people who start filing in through the doors of a small, storefront locale in the city’s core and immediately...
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Mike Bates: Strength training benefits
By Mike Bates One of the most misunderstood concepts in exercise is strength training. A properly designed program will not only strengthen your muscles but also the tendons and ligaments that support...
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OPP arrest and charge suspect in poppy box thefts
A 29-year-old Leamington man has been arrested and is facing charges in connection with the recent thefts of Remembrance Day poppy donation boxes. OPP said they identified the suspect with the help of...
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NHL cancels Winter Classic: ‘It embarrasses me as a player’
You say the Winter Classic is cancelled? I say the heck with the NHL. Who needs it? Let’s show the players and the owners that we mean business, too. Forget about Michigan Stadium. Let’s rent the rink...
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BMO working on access issues
The Bank of Montreal is close to restoring full access to its online banking, ATMs, debit and credit card services following a system-wide crash Friday morning. For most the day, BMO customers were...
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NHL with the Classic kill
It’s shaping up to be more a winter of discontent than a classic for local hockey fans. The NHL officially pulled the plug Friday on the Winter Classic, which was scheduled for Jan. 1 between the...
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Company seeks “online models,” Windsor police morality squad investigates
The Windsor police morality squad is investigating after two gutsy University of Windsor students went “undercover” to gather information about a company hiring female students as online models....
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Area utilities dispatch crews to hurricane zone
As Enwin Utilities held a crew on standby Friday for possible deployment to the U.S. East Coast devastated by Hurricane Sandy, other area power companies already had their linesmen on the scene,...
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Leamington man poses as pizza delivery man in home invasion, sentenced to...
A Leamington man was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for his role in a violent home invasion where he posed as a pizza delivery man. Appearing in a Windsor court Friday, Jason Raffoul, 36, plead...
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Violent attack proves cops need community’s help to solve crime
A robbery victim lost a tooth and suffered a broken jaw Friday, but police say her injuries could have been much worse were it not for a passerby who wasn’t afraid to get involved. “We need people to...
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Windsor lawyer helps ease drunk-driving law
Canadians may have a bit more ability to beat drunk-driving charges following a Supreme Court ruling Friday which declared that part of the old law unfairly curtailed the presumption of innocence....
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