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Saturday night vigil to show support for Heinz workers, farmers
A Leamington occasional teacher with no direct connection to the 740 people losing their jobs at the Heinz plant is paying for the insurance required for tonight’s vigil to show the community’s...
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Vista Academy to stage fundraiser for student who lost home in fire
Tecumseh Vista Academy will stage a charity fundraiser hockey game Monday in support of a Grade 11 student at the school whose family lost their home recently in a fire. The school’s hockey team will...
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Detroit-Windsor border may foil Rob Ford’s hockey trip
Rob Ford may soon experience a pain that Windsorites know all too well: hassles at the Detroit border. Toronto’s embattled mayor has made it known that he wants to attend the NHL’s 2014 Winter Classic...
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Suspect arrested in west Windsor stabbing
One man is in hospital and a 51-year-old Windsor man is in police custody following an early morning stabbing in the city’s west end. Windsor police Staff Sgt. Mark Denonville said an altercation...
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$100K Tilbury fire under investigation
A Friday night fire in a vacant house in Tilbury has been assessed as causing $100,000 in damage. The Chatham-Kent fire department and police responded to the fire on Louise Street. A police...
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$50-million Lotto Max carries over; now 20 MaxMillions prizes
TORONTO – For the second straight week, there is no winning ticket for the $50-million dollar Lotto Max jackpot. However, there are three winning tickets for the 10 MaxMillions prizes of $1-million...
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Howe a big hit at Winter Fest
Downtown Windsor’s Winter Fest Saturday featured a man known for wearing red and white, but famous for delivering goals rather than presents. Red Wings hockey legend Gordie Howe was the grand marshal...
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4 dead, 63 injured in train derailment in the Bronx: N.Y. Gov. (with video)
By Verena Dobnik And Deepti Hajela, The Associated Press NEW YORK, N.Y. – A Metro-North passenger train derailed on a curved section of track in the Bronx on Sunday morning, killing four people and...
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Alaska plane crash kills 4, including infant
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A mother on board a plane that crashed in remote southwest Alaska made a frantic phone call for help resuscitating her 5-month-old baby, then left the fatally injured boy to lead...
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Fire causes $10,000 damage to Tecumseh home
A Tecumseh home sustained about $10,000 damage following a fire Sunday afternoon. Tecumseh Fire and Rescue Service reports the fire broke out in a house located in the 100 block of Edgewater Boulevard...
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Compassion offered to blindsided Heinz workers
When John Skoczen stood up to voice his pain over the impending closure of Heinz, the plant he’s worked at since 1978, he received a flood of support during a candlelight vigil Saturday night. “All...
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AIDS candlelight vigil mourns the millions who have died
World AIDS Day is when we remember those who’ve succumbed to HIV, but for Michael Hamilton, it’s also a day when he wonders why he’s still living. Hamilton, president of the boards of AIDS Committee...
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New NEXUS lane to be added at Detroit-Windsor tunnel
Windsor’s commuters and other frequent cross-border travellers will be happy to learn approval has been given to add another NEXUS lane at the Detoit-Windsor tunnel. The addition of another lane under...
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Call about suspicious vehicle leads to three arrests
Windsor police have arrested three alleged car thieves after a concerned citizen called them about a suspicious vehicle. Police received a call around 4 p.m. Sunday about a suspicious black Ford F-150...
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Data recorders may shed light on fatal New York train crash (With Video)
Jim Fitzgerald, The Associated Press NEW YORK, N.Y. – Two data recorders retrieved from the commuter train that veered off a sharply curved track by a river’s edge, killing four people, may shed light...
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Tori Stafford’s killer seeks public money to fund appeal of murder conviction
By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press TORONTO — The jury that convicted Michael Rafferty of killing eight-year-old Victoria Stafford should have considered that he might have been only an accessory...
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Mayor announces 3-way deal to keep feds and lure law faculty downtown
A “framework of a deal” has been reached that will see federal employees move into a new city hall and the University of Windsor law faculty lured into the Paul Martin Building, Mayor Eddie Francis...
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Local electrical firm fined $25,000 for operating without licence
Windsor-based electrical company JF Industrial Systems Inc. has been convicted of charges related to performing electrical work illegally and was fined $25,000. The company was found guilty on one...
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Windsor store among several raided in $6.5 million counterfeit probe
A Windsor cellphone store was among dozens of businesses raided by police following a four-month probe and the seizure of $6.5 million in counterfeit products ranging from electronics to Viagra. Sam...
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LaSalle wind turbine project rejected by ministry
The Ministry of the Environment has rejected a plan to install two industrial wind turbines in rural LaSalle according to opponents of the project. “(Our lawyer) informed us that (property owner Larry)...
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