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Amherstburg budget deliberations delayed until late March
Amherstburg CAO Mike Phipps is estimating the 2014 budget won’t be ready for council to review until late March or early April but that’s news to several council members. “That’s what (Phipps) reported...
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Ontario minimum wage boosted to $11 an hour, effective June 1
Minimum wage in Ontario will be raised to $11 an hour, effective June 1, announced the provincial government on Thursday. The boost — a $0.75 increase — gives Ontario one of the highest minimum wages...
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Pole topples onto SUV that skidded off E.C. Row
Emergency crews are cleaning up following a collision on E.C. Row that saw a utility pole land on top of an SUV that skidded off the road. The collision happened shortly after 4:30 p.m. in the...
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Local agencies announce eating disorders help line (With Video)
The two local organizations that help teens and adults with eating disorders are teaming up to make sure their help is a single phone call away. The Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association and the Windsor...
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Mom collapses after son sentenced to 4½ years
The mother of a man sentenced to 4½ years Friday for exporting 97,000 ecstasy pills collapsed as officers led her son out of court. She cried while tightly hugging Shaun Quaicy Percival just before he...
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Video And Photos: Windsor Veterans Protest VA Office Closure
Decorated WWII veteran Ralph Mayville, 92, who served with the First Special Forces behind enemy lines, will be one of many local veterans who will have to deal with the closing of Veteran’s Affairs...
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Two men found dead in home with broken furnace (With video)
Police think exposure to cold from a broken furnace may have played a role in the deaths of two brothers found in their Moy Avenue home Friday. A small crowd of family members gathered in front of the...
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Veterans protest closure of VA office in Windsor (with video)
Emotions ran high in front of the Veterans Affairs office in Windsor on Friday as dozens of former military members and their supporters protested the office’s closure. Veterans Bruce Moncur (R) and...
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Winter weather brings spike in car crashes, police will use ‘education and...
Windsor police will be cracking down on bad drivers after this year’s fierce winter weather also brought a spike in the number of car crashes. “This can be directly attributed to the weather,” Sgt....
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Moroun’s bid to lift hazardous materials ban on bridge denied in Michigan
Michigan’s state government has reversed its recommendation from a year ago and will not allow hazardous materials to be transported across the Ambassador Bridge. “After months of listening to...
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Tons of dredged sediment approved for dumping on Great Barrier Reef
By Kristen Gelineau, The Associated Press SYDNEY – The government agency that oversees Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on Friday approved a plan to dump vast swathes of sediment on the reef as part of a...
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Windsor police bust team of sophisticated break-in artists
A team of sophisticated burglars were in the midst of their latest heist early Friday when Windsor police trapped the masked bandits inside a popular restaurant. Officers investigating a months-long...
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Windsor property owners: Your tax bills are in the mail
It’s that time of year again. Windsor property owners, be advised that your interim property tax bills for 2014 have been mailed. Details about the bills can be found on the city’s website...
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Citizens help OPP catch Windsor man who stole money from a bank machine
Provincial police say citizens helped them catch an opportunistic Windsor man who allegedly took $400 from another person’s bank account after she forgot her card at an ATM machine. Brad Horoky, 36, is...
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Amherstburg deputy mayor Ron Sutherland to run for mayor
Amherstburg Deputy Mayor Ron Sutherland announced Friday morning he is running for mayor saying the financially-troubled town lacks leadership. “We have some serious financial difficulties. There is a...
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Police remind motorists ‘slow is safe’ in winter conditions; minor accidents...
Windsor police report more than a dozen accidents have occurred throughout the city since snowfall began early Saturday morning. “Nothing serious, just cars spinning out into the ditch and some minor...
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Essential tremor sufferer to lead local support group (with video)
When Heather Nash was diagnosed with essential tremor – the most common involuntary shaking disorder in the world – more than a decade ago, she already knew her life had been turned upside down. “It’s...
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Black History Month kicks off
February is called Black History Month, but Northstar Cultural Community board director Jim Allen feels that’s a bit of a misnomer. “It’s not just black history, it’s our (Canadian) history,” Allen...
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Man skips customs, arrested in South Windsor
Windsor police had Dominion Boulevard closed between Northwood and Totten streets for several hours Saturday night after a man fled customs at the Ambassador Bridge. According to police, the man was...
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Heritage commitee hopes historic church rectory can be saved from demolition
Amherstburg’s heritage committee is hoping to preserve River Canard’s unique French history by saving the 100-year-old rectory at St. Joseph Church from demolition. “Our concern is primarily that when...
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