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Central Linen Supply fire under investigation
Fire officials are investigating after a business in central Windsor went up in flames Sunday afternoon. The fire broke out around 2 p.m. at Central Linen Supply located in the 300 block of Eugenie...
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Man stabbed near Windsor Arena
Police are on the lookout for two suspects after a man was stabbed in central Windsor Sunday night. The incident occurred at about 9:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Windsor Arena at McDougall and...
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Super union founding convention slated for Labour Day
The founding convention for the union born of the merger between the Canadian Auto Workers union and Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union will take place in Toronto from Aug. 30 to Sept. 1,...
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Amico seeks zoning bylaw for Howard Avenue property
AMHERSTBURG, Ont. — Town council will consider a rezoning request from Amico Properties to allow for a contractor’s yard and stockpiling of clean clay and top soil at a Howard Avenue property....
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Crumbling concrete of Ambassador Bridge worries pedestrians, motorists
The Ambassador Bridge turned 83 years old on the weekend, and, according to some nervous pedestrians and motorists, it’s showing its age. Crumbling concrete and holes in the bridge roadbed have left...
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S’no place like River Lights Winter Festival in A’burg
AMHERSTBURG, Ont. — A display of lights and fireworks, carriage rides and gingerbread houses will be featured in Amherstburg at the River Lights Winter Festival. Kick off the holiday season with an...
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Damage estimated at $500,000 in linen fire
Damage is estimated at $500,000 after a blaze Sunday at Central Linen Supply. Inspectors from the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal arrived at the scene at around 11 a.m. Monday and initial...
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Pupatello unfazed as competition increases for Ontario Liberal leadership
Suddenly, the Ontario Liberal leadership race doesn’t look so easy for Sandra Pupatello. Less than a week after the former Windsor West MPP announced her return to politics and her leadership...
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Severely ill girl lives for Justin Bieber
Quadriplegic since birth, unable to speak and coping with numerous health problems, Tanisha sits nearly immobile in her special chair in the room closest to the nurses’ desk at Windsor Regional...
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More people need fresh food in Windsor area: United Way
Significantly fewer people in the Windsor area regularly eat fresh food compared to the national average, United Way figures show. Almost 26,000 more people in Windsor and Essex County would need to...
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Enwin crew returns from Long Island after supervisor’s death
An Enwin crew that has been working for a week restoring hydro in parts of Long Island in the wake of hurricane Sandy is returning to Windsor after the sudden death of their supervisor on the weekend....
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Opposition leader in Essex Nov. 14
With all the excitement of a prorogued provincial legislature, the retirement announcement of one local Liberal powerhouse (Finance Minister Dwight Duncan) and the dusting off of another former local...
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Second Santa parade in Windsor creates BIA tension
Santa could be coming to town twice but if the Olde Sandwich Towne BIA has its way he’ll stick to a single visit. City council will consider a request Nov. 19 from the Downtown Windsor Business...
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Study: OxyContin prescriptions quadrupled on Windsor side of tunnel in 2010
Prescriptions for the painkilling drug oxycodone exploded to four times their normal amount on the Windsor side of the tunnel in 2010, says a new study. The massive surge — resulting in the dispensing...
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Since when are report cards and parent-teacher interviews optional?
Our daughter, who is in high school, received a report card last week, but the parent-teacher interview was cancelled. There will be parent-teacher interviews for our two sons, who are in elementary...
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Wheatley woman’s insurance lawsuit drags on for two decades
Joyce Dundas is convinced Zurich Insurance is waiting for her to die. The Wheatley widow sued the insurance company after the 1988 death of her husband, Howard. Twenty-four years later, the lawsuit is...
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Amherstburg’s yard waste depot to remain operational in 2013
AMHERSTBURG Residents will continue to have options for disposing of yard waste after town council decided to maintain the status quo for 2013. Council agreed to maintain both bi-monthly curbside...
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Amherstburg councillors to be trained at emergency operations centre
AMHERSTBURG Town councillors will be trained in the operations of the emergency operations centre. Coun. Diane Pouget put forward the motion Tuesday asking that all councillors be trained “as quickly...
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Heroics, sacrifice cited among Jubilee winners
Six weeks into his deployment in dangerous southern Afghanistan in 2010, Cpl. Steve Cunningham of the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment was thrust into the role of hero during a hot Canada Day patrol....
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