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Amherstburg council approves Amico request for zoning amendment
AMHERSTBURG Town council has approved rezoning of a proposed dump site for Windsor-Essex Parkway project soil despite concerns raised by residents Tuesday over noise, dust, increased truck traffic and...
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Stolen dump truck results in crash, power outage
A 24-year-old is facing charges after he took a large dump truck for a joy ride and crashed it into hydro pole early Wednesday morning. Windsor police said the man crashed into a hydro pole around 1:15...
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Leamington Transit to unveil new buses
Leamington Mayor John Paterson will unveil one of two new handicapped-accessible buses next month. The buses, which are being bought at a cost of $326,000 through the Ontario Dedicated Tax Fund for...
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Increased need to adopt a family for Christmas: CAS
Shari Turcotte loves playing Santa. For the past 21 years the administrative assistant at the University of Windsor and her co-workers have adopted a family through the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid...
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Windsor drug addicts turn to painkiller patches for their fix, say...
The scientific name for it is fentanyl. A synthetic narcotic said to be 100 times more powerful than morphine, it’s used in the form of skin patches for painkilling purposes — but local pharmacists and...
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Liberal leadership candidate Sousa vows to fight for high-speed rail
Mississauga South MPP Charles Sousa, who threw his hat into the provincial Liberal leadership ring on the weekend, says he would push the federal government for a high-speed rail link if he becomes...
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Did a trainer illegally inject a horse at Windsor Raceway?
A Tecumseh trainer accused of illegally giving drugs to a horse was caught on OPP surveillance video administering an injection at Windsor Raceway, the Crown alleged Tuesday. Derek Riesberry, accused...
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Passersby hailed for heroics in fiery Hwy. 3 crash
KINGSVILLE — It took a fleet of ambulances to rush seven people to Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital Wednesday night following a fiery head-on collision on Highway 3 west of Graham Side Road that left one...
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Victim of brutal attack wins compensation
The pain and suffering, as well as the occasional bout of anxiety, still linger, but more than two years after he was brutally attacked by thugs, robbed and threatened, Chris Rabideau walked away...
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Gallery: Kingsville Crash
Essex County OPP said emergency crews were called to Highway 3 west of Graham Side Road at around 6:45 p.m. after an eastbound Chrysler Intrepid entered the westbound lane to pass another vehicle and...
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Talks break off with Windsor’s inside workers
Contract talks broke off Wednesday between the employer and the union representing the City of Windsor’s inside workers. Mayor Eddie Francis said the city filed with the Ontario Ministry of Labour for...
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Crews battle south Windsor blaze
Investigators with Windsor fire will be probing a blaze which broke out in a south Windsor home Wednesday night. Fire crews responded around 9:30 p.m. to 532 John Harvey Crescent to a fire in the...
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Photos: Detroit’s Brewster-Douglass projects to come down
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced today the demolition of the vacant Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects in the Brush Park neighbourhood bordering I-75 just outside of downtown Detroit. The 18-acre...
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Senior found lying in a road, Windsor police seek hit and run driver
Windsor police are looking for a possible hit-and-run driver after a 75-year-old was found lying in a road early Wednesday. Police said the victim was discovered around 6:30 a.m. in the 2700 block of...
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Major eyesore in Detroit to face the wrecking ball
One of Detroit’s most legendary housing projects that at one time was childhood home to stars such as Diana Ross, boxer Joe Louis and comedienne Lily Tomlin will face the wrecking ball after sitting...
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Good Samaritans save the day, get attacked
Some Good Samaritans were attacked for their trouble Wednesday when they swooped in to help two assault victims. Windsor police said the assailants, a 30-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman, were...
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Hudak pushes economic themes
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak stuck to the familiar themes of the economy and job growth as the keynote speaker at Thursday’s annual general meeting of the Windsor-Essex Regional...
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Colbert invited to join Santa in Windsor
The American comedian who suggested Windsor may be “Earth’s rectum” in his recently released book has been invited by the city’s downtown businesses to pay a visit on Dec. 15, meet Santa and lead this...
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Every half second counts, says hospital patient advocate
Ridley Barron’s 17-month-old son Josh survived the car accident that killed his mom, only to die later in hospital because of a medication error. Josh would have turned 10 this year. His father, a...
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Jarvis: Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust. Ron Gaudet, hailed as “a star in economic development” when he became the new chief executive officer of the WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation in 2010, has been...
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