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Christmas Eve fire destroys South Windsor basement
A Christmas Eve basement fire caused between $50,000 and $100,000 in damage Tuesday night, a fire official said. The fire started around 10 p.m. in the finished basement of a home in the 3500 block of...
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Two transported to hospital after Tecumseh collisions
Some late morning snow made for a picturesque Christmas scene Wednesday, but the slippery road conditions may have been behind two collisions in quick succession in Tecumseh. Tecumseh fire crews...
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Las Vegas cabbie finds $300K in back seat
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Las Vegas cab driver Gerardo Gamboa thought someone left a bag of chocolates in the back seat. But this stash turned out to be cold hard cash. The Las Vegas Review-Journal...
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International students enjoy Canadian Christmas at the Green Bean (with video)
International university students, west-end residents and anyone else looking for a little holiday company found it at the Green Bean’s second annual community Christmas dinner Wednesday. Volunteers...
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Critically injured snowboarder embraces life’s second chance (with video)
Nearly 11 months ago, 21-year-old Cole Kierdorf was close to death after a snowboarding accident left him in a coma for six weeks. Cole Kierdorf, right, with mother Janet Kierdorf, left, brother Shane...
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Christmas services are a family tradition
Most churchgoers on Christmas Eve were loath to admit they don’t attend services regularly even though a recent survey showed only about 14 per cent of Canadians were church regulars, according to an...
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Christmas Day’s another work day for many Windsorites
Not everyone got to lounge around in pyjamas all day on Wednesday — for a growing number of hospitality and service industry workers, Christmas Day is another workday. Gone are the days when you...
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Windsor man who swam across Detroit River doesn’t want anyone to follow his...
By Diana Mehta, The Canadian Press Over the last six months, John Morillo has received free drinks in local pubs, been asked for his autograph and has even been called “Aquaman.” But the Windsor,...
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Residents in three provinces stay in dark as efforts continue to restore...
TORONTO — Frustrations are mounting as tens of thousands of people in three provinces wait for their power to be restored after last weekend’s vicious ice storm. Utility companies are calling for...
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Boxing Day crowds an economic barometer
We’re not quite back where we were pre-recession, but the Boxing Day crowds at Devonshire Mall are a good indication of improving economic times, general manager Chris Savard said. “In many ways, we...
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Blowing snow a road hazard on Boxing Day
Police in Windsor and Essex County were kept busy on Boxing Day. There were two accidents and a vehicle fire on E.C. Row Expressway, one of which shut down part of the highway for an hour. Around 11:15...
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Photos: Boxing Day Crowds
Shoppers were were out in full force searching out Boxing Day discounts at Devonshire Mall in Windsor, Ont. on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. Boxing Day shoppers Riley Sharron, left, and his sister Deirdre...
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$4,000 taken in grocery store burglary
A sophisticated heist netted thieves thousands of dollars after they broke into a grocery store over the Christmas holidays. The break-in occurred sometime between 6 p.m. Christmas Eve when the Metro...
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Police investigate after shots fired in west end
Windsor police are investigating after shots were reportedly fired in the city’s west end this morning. Police responded to Rooney Street and McKay Avenue and College and Campbell avenues around 3:15...
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Family holds blood donor clinic in honour of sons who’ve received 152...
Because their infant sons Christian and Lukas needed a staggering number of lifesaving blood transfusions – 104 and 48 respectively – Kristopher and Lisa Roehler intensely understand why donors are so...
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Ugly Sweater run set for Sunday
Things will get ugly on Windsor’s riverfront Sunday. The Optimist Club of Windsor will be hosting its first annual Ugly Sweater 5 km Run in support of the neonatal intensive care unit at Windsor...
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Culprits in Christmas grocery store heist broke in through a back door
Windsor police now say the culprits in a Christmas Eve grocery store heist broke in through a back door, not the ceiling. The break-in to Metro at 3663 Tecumseh Rd. E. happened sometime overnight...
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LaSalle police ask people to keep watch over their neighbourhoods after a...
A rash of break-ins has LaSalle police asking people to prevent “further hardship to more families” by keeping an eye on what’s happening in their neighbourhoods. Police said there have been a “large...
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Striking Red Cross support workers going to arbitration
Fifty two personal support workers in Windsor on strike since mid-December as part of a provincewide job action will be going to arbitration in January with union leaders hopeful it will help end the...
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Windsor police probe another brawl outside Mynt Night Club
One man was sent to hospital early Friday — and no one will talk to police — after the latest round of violence outside a notorious downtown bar. “Nobody is really co-operating with the police,” said...
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