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Wood stove likely cause of Colchester house fire
A problem with a wood stove is suspected to be the cause of a house fire near Colchester on Friday morning. Chief Ed Pillon said Essex Fire Rescue Services were alerted around 7:20 a.m. about a...
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GECDSB to sell Oakwood Elementary to French public board
A three-way deal is expected to close next week that will see the Greater Essex County District School Board sell the former Oakwood Elementary to the French public board, Conseil Scolaire Viamonde....
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Students showing Olympic colours (With video)
First Lutheran Christian Academy school in Windsor was a sea of red and white on Friday as Olympic fever was in full swing. The students, from junior kindergarten to Grade 8, were decked out in...
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College students from Panama experience snow for first time in Windsor snow...
Like most of the 37 students from Panama who arrived in Windsor during Wednesday’s snow storm, 22-year-old Karell Suira had never seen or touched snow. Amazing and wonderful were her words to describe...
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LaSalle patrol officers may soon carry Tasers
Patrol officers in LaSalle may soon have another option in their “tool belt” to help gain control on the streets. The LaSalle Police Service is considering outfitting its frontline officers with Tasers...
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Adventure Bay closure dates announced
Windsor’s Adventure Bay family water park will be closed from Sunday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. until 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, so that a sand-based coating can be added to the floor “to improve traction for...
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Windsor’s unemployment rate tumbles to lowest in a decade
Windsor’s unemployment rate in January plunged to its lowest level in more than a decade, falling to 6.9 per cent. The rate was a substantial decline from 7.7 per cent in December, according to numbers...
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U.S. fraud indictment dropped after former Windsor developer’s death confirmed
Former Windsor real estate developer Eric Brauss, who fled to Brazil in 2009 in the face of a fraud indictment in Dallas for allegedly absconding with $6 million in investors’ money, had his rumoured...
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‘Capsized boat’ actually a frozen river buoy
Emergency responders on both sides of the border were sent scrambling to the Detroit River Friday afternoon following reports of a capsized boat. But what triggered the marine emergency response to the...
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Unlike too-slippery Adventure Bay, rink at Charles Clark not slippery enough
Windsor Star columnist Anne Jarvis went Friday from power of the pen to power of the blades when she took a sneak preview skate on the new artificial ice rink at Charles Clark Square. And the result?...
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Windsor man arrested for speeding in stolen vehicle
A Windsor man is facing a number of charges after he was stopped for speeding in Lakeshore earlier this week. Ontario Provincial Police said they stopped a car travelling at a high rate of speed on...
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OPP seek witnesses in Lakeshore snowmobile crash
The Ontario Provincial Police are looking to the public for more information about a snowmobile crash that happened in Lakeshore last month. Lakeshore OPP said they were called to an area of Lake St....
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What have you done to Charles Clark Square?
It’s like skating on a vinyl floor. It’s brutal. I think we’ve been sold a $56,000 bill of goods. The fake “ice” at Charles Clark Square was supposed to open Saturday - more than a third of the way...
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Teen Siddall recalled as ‘smartest, most athletic’ person
An avid student, gifted athlete, competitor, role model and an inspiration: These were the words used to describe 14-year-old Kevin Siddall. More than 1,000 people attended Corpus Christi Church for...
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Driver suffers serious injuries after early morning accident
A woman was being treated in intensive care for a serious head injury sustained when she was ejected from her vehicle after hitting a guardrail on Central Avenue Sunday morning. According to Windsor...
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Subway restaurant hit in Chatham-Kent
Robbers and rock-throwing thieves have taken a big bite out of Subway restaurants. A Subway store on Queen Street in Chatham was the third location in Southwestern Ontario targeted in recent days. A...
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Russia: Gunman opens fire in Sakhalin cathedral, killing nun and parishioner
MOSCOW — A man employed as a private security guard opened fire Sunday in a cathedral on Russia’s Sakhalin Island in the Pacific, killing a nun and a parishioner and wounding six others, investigators...
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Possible return of petcoke piles protested
A group of Windsor environmentalists who thought they’d seen the last of petcoke piles along the banks of the Detroit River when they were removed last year, mounted a new protest Sunday, saying the...
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Fundraiser planned for cancer-stricken Kingsville apple farmer
A Kingsville apple farmer has gone through a rough patch the past few months, but the response from his friends and neighbours has lifted his spirits. John Meleg, has struggled to keep his crops at...
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Windsor unleashes sidewalk cops to tackle avalanche of complaints
Windsor’s sidewalk cops were unleashed Monday as snow and ice concerns on public rights-of-way vaulted into the top spot among citizens’ complaints to city hall. “It’s terrible. I almost fell on...
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