Belle River man charged with drunk driving after crashing into hydro pole
A 20-year-old Belle River man has been charged with impaired driving after he crashed his car into a hydro pole in Chatham early Saturday morning. Police said the collision occurred at 2 a.m. at the...
View ArticleCompassion snowballs into gifts for area homeless (with video)
Johnny Brake has spent several recent nights braving the cold huddled beneath a picnic bench, so he’s glad he now has a warm bed to sleep in at the Salvation Army over the holidays. But he knows he’ll...
View Article‘A bad situation:’ Ice storm stalls travel, cuts power in Eastern Canada...
Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press TORONTO – A steady dose of freezing rain across parts of Eastern Canada turned roads and sidewalks into skating rinks Sunday, cut power to hundreds of thousands of...
View ArticleVideo and Photos: Flint’s Largest Building Demolished
The Genesee Towers collapses on itself after demolition crews detonated charges to destroy the building on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 in downtown Flint, Mich. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Zack Wittman)...
View ArticleWindsor police release description of drug store robber
Windsor police have released a description of the knife-wielding robber who escaped with prescription drugs after jumping the counter of a Tecumseh Road pharmacy. Police responded Saturday around 7...
View ArticleNote your local clinic’s holiday hours to avoid unnecessary trips to ER
Windsor Regional Hospital is reminding residents to check holiday hours with their local clinics and doctors’ offices to avoid unnecessary trips to the emergency room. In the interests of keeping ER...
View ArticleDrunk man drives through crash scene, rolls his truck in front of police
Essex County OPP had to rescue an alleged drunk driver from his submerged truck over the weekend, after watching him roll through a crash scene and flip the vehicle into a ditch. Police were at the...
View ArticleHit-and-run driver leaves cyclist, and rear view mirror, at the scene
Lakeshore OPP are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck a cyclist hard enough to rip off the car’s side mirror. It happened around 6 p.m. Saturday on Essex County Road 35 in Comber. Police said a...
View ArticleCity issues $2.1M in sewage treatment tenders
Christmas came early for a handful of Canadian and American chemical companies after city council last week approved more than $2.1 million in chemical purchases for use at Windsor’s two waste water...
View ArticleArt Gallery getting better security
It will soon become more difficult to steal the paintings at the Art Gallery of Windsor. City council has approved close to $400,000 to improve the security systems at the art gallery to better protect...
View ArticleYoung philanthropists make donations to hospital (with video)
Windsor Regional Hospital received a special visit Monday from a miniature Santa Claus. Ten-year-old Owen Gillis-Bezaire arrived at the hospital dressed in a full Santa Clause costume, beard and all....
View ArticleWindsor Maxmillions winners have yet to come forward
They’re out there, somewhere. But as of Monday, the holders of the most recent winning Lotto MAX tickets bought in Windsor had yet to claim their prizes. Two of 13 winning Maxmillions tickets in the...
View ArticleAtlanta-bound Delta jet with 180 passengers slides off taxiway at Detroit...
ROMULUS, Mich. – A Delta jet headed to Atlanta with 180 passengers aboard has slid off a taxiway at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. No one was hurt. Delta Air Lines spokesman Morgan Durrant (duh-RANT’)...
View ArticleChild-protection case challenged by Lev Tahor (with video)
CHATHAM Does a judge in Ontario have the legal authority to hear a child-protection case begun in Quebec? Ontario court Justice Stephen Fuerth will begin grappling with the issue next month when a case...
View ArticleSuspect in custody following standoff with Windsor Police
A suspect is in custody and Wyandotte Street has reopened near Cameron Avenue after a ‘distraught’ individual barricaded themselves in an apartment unit for several hours Tuesday morning. At least 10...
View ArticleWindsor winners claim their Maxmillions
Windsor’s newest millionaire has been identified by the OLG as Steven D. Ward. Ward, who won the $1 million prize in the December 20th Lotto Max draw, purchased the winning ticket at Mac’s on Cabana...
View ArticleTwo drivers charged after crash that killed pedestrian
The drivers of two different vehicles have been charged following a freak car crash that killed an innocent bystander walking down the street. The crash happened Dec. 16 at the intersection of Tecumseh...
View ArticleOpening of Windsor’s Adventure Bay water park delayed
Those looking forward to fun at Adventure Bay — the indoor water park portion of Windsor’s Family Aquatic Complex — will have to wait until the new year. Mayor Eddie Francis called a noon press...
View ArticleEnwin crews in Toronto to assist with ice storm damage
Enwin Utilities employees have gone to Toronto to help that ice-stricken city restore power. Toronto Hydro spokeswoman Andrea Corkum said 10 Enwin employees arrived in Toronto Tuesday morning. “(They)...
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