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Feds drop appeal of 100-kilo coke acquittal
A federal prosecutor has dropped the government’s appeal of the acquittal of a man charged with one of the largest-ever cocaine busts at the Windsor border. In October 2012, Superior Court Justice...
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Three arrested after string of South Windsor vehicle break-ins
Windsor police arrested three men early Monday morning following reports of vehicle thefts in a South Windsor neighbourhood. Police said a witness reported seeing three suspects in a silver car stop in...
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Caught at border with marijuana in cereal box, man pleads guilty
A Toronto-area man whose refusal to pay duty on a $10 bottle of champagne led to a search of his car and seizure of $16,000 worth of marijuana pleaded guilty Monday to a drug smuggling charge. Isaiah...
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No impact on Windsor as Air Canada signs deal with Premier Aviation
A new five-year maintenance contract Premier Aviation signed with Air Canada Tuesday will have no impact on Windsor operations. The deal to maintain Air Canada’s fleet of 60 Embraer E-190 and E-175...
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Mayor hints at next big job for Game’s volunteers
An army of almost 1,100 volunteers enjoyed being part of the International Children’s Games so much that they can’t wait to get involved in Windsor’s next big community event, a United Way organizer...
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Poor public transit options preventing Windsorites from working
People in Windsor and Essex County are being forced to pass up job offers because there are no public transit options to get them to work, says Pathway to Potential director Adam Vasey. Vasey said he’s...
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Commercial developments planned for Division Road
A former Home Depot outlet next to Windsor’s popular Devonshire Mall — vacant since 2008 and for a while home to hundreds of seagulls — is slated to become part of a $30-million retail and commercial...
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Windsor police Const. Kent Rice awaits sentencing for assault
A Windsor courtroom broke out in gasps Tuesday at the suggestion that Windsor police Const. Kent Patrick Rice spend even a single day in jail for assaulting a young criminal. Rice, a 14-year-veteran of...
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Windsor police investigate drugstore robbery
The Windsor Police are investigating a robbery at the Neighbourhood Drug Store on Wyandotte Street East and Glengarry Avenue that occurred after 7 p.m. Tuesday. According to police, a man walked in the...
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Woman finds boyfriend beaten unconscious, bleeding on the floor
Windsor police are trying to piece together the chain of events that ended with a woman returning home to find her boyfriend unconscious and bleeding on the floor. Detectives were hoping to speak with...
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Wheatley man charged in head-on crash with ambulance
A Wheatley man is facing charges after the minivan he was driving collided head-on with an ambulance earlier this summer. Chatham-Kent police said the crash happened on Queens Line just east of the...
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Windsor police Ride to Remember the fallen
As officers from the Windsor Police Service loaded their bikes and gear into a trailer Tuesday for the 2013 Ride to Remember, families of officers who died in the line of duty gathered nearby to show...
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Truck hits front porch on city’s west side
Windsor police are investigating after a truck crashed into the front porch of a home in the 400 block of Caron Avenue Tuesday night. According to police, a male is in custody after fleeing the scene....
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Peddie gives $300,000 gift to University of Windsor
Retired Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment CEO and president Richard Peddie has never forgotten he got the start to a successful business career at the University of Windsor and this past weekend he...
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Airport workers ratify new contract
Workers at Windsor International Airport ratified a new contract Wednesday. The agreement, which covers 12 full-time and four part-time workers who are members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada,...
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Local PC delegate apologizes for swipe at NDP leader’s weight (With videos)
Rob Cheshire is sorry he called Andrea Horwath The Great Pumpkin — a crack at her weight that got him slammed as a sexist bully in the national news. Cheshire, a retired auto worker, was active in the...
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Farmers’ market opens at University of Windsor (with video)
Adam Wright admits he now knows how his mother must have felt trying to get him to eat his vegetables as a boy. Judging by the excited responses he’s seen on social media from his fellow University of...
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Were the Children’s Games a big win or a money-loser?
A University of Windsor sports management professor says the reason she wouldn’t undertake an economic impact analysis of the International Children’s Games was simple — they don’t make money. “Events...
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Windsorite wins $100,000 on instant lottery ticket
Windsor’s Nasri El Achkar is $100,000 richer after playing the Instant 20X Lucky lottery game. El Achkar bought the winning ticket at an Esso station on Wyandotte Street. Instant 20X Lucky tickets sell...
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Holy Names to dedicate library to beloved teacher
The library at Holy Names high school will be dedicated to cherished teacher Tim Hommel, who died suddenly earlier this year. Students, friends and family have been invited to attend the dedication...
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