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Windsor should consider tree protection bylaw (with video)
Windsor needs a tree protection bylaw, Citizens Environment Alliance president Frank Butler said Monday. It should have had one years ago, he said, and recent events including the destruction of a...
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Brutal winter helps Great Lakes
One great thing about the brutal waves of snow and arctic cold hammering the region this winter: it’s going to feel so darn good when spring finally breaks. But there’s an even better silver lining for...
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Cold is a problem, but housing starts still up (with video)
Though this winter’s extreme cold has dampened house hunting and makes construction tricky, January housing starts in the Windsor area almost tripled from a year ago. There’s more good news for...
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McDonald’s supports local athletes
Area residents will have an opportunity Feb. 19 to show their support for amateur sports by celebrating Canada’s Olympic athletes at McDonald’s as part of the chain’s Ronald’s Fandemonium tour. The...
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Man reaches for officer’s gun in Chatham assault incident
A 34-year-old man is facing charges after he allegedly reached for an officer’s gun in a rage in Chatham on Sunday. Chatham-Kent police said the incident happened shortly after noon at an apartment...
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Municipalities decide on voting methods
Tecumseh will decide Tuesday whether it will take the plunge and join two other Essex County municipalities in using the Internet for voting in the 2014 municipal election. Town clerk Laura Moy made no...
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Diesel spill cleanup to continue after milder weather comes
A diesel fuel spill in the Detroit River last week has been largely contained, but efforts will continue once temperatures warm up. On Tuesday the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw was refueling near the...
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Medical marijuana plant proposed for Anchor Drive
An industrial building on Anchor Drive could become the home of a medical marijuana grow operation. City planners learned just before a meeting Monday afternoon that Medical Marihuana Patient Relief...
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Pawnshop recommended for Wyandotte Street East
The city’s standing committee on planning and economic development is recommending approval of a new pawnshop on Wyandotte Street East. The Cash Boutique, a payday lender, is proposing adding a...
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Company seeking to put 10-storey piles on riverfront — but claims no petcoke
A Detroit company which illegally stored huge piles of petroleum coke on the riverfront told a municipal committee Tuesday it no longer wants to put the black crude oil byproduct back on the site. A...
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Bridge funding one of three big bonuses in budget for Windsor-Essex, Francis...
If he didn’t know any better, Mayor Eddie Francis says he might have guessed that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty had roots in Windsor after Tuesday’s budget. Francis...
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Study: Mammograms do not reduce deaths, no advantage over exams (With poll)
By Sharon Kirkey, Postmedia News New research involving nearly 90,000 women in Canada has found that mammography doesn’t reduce breast cancer deaths and offers no survival advantage over physical...
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Downtown BIA to fund Farmer’s Market
The downtown Farmer’s Market is set to receive an injection of fresh funding, thanks to the Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association. The organization announced Tuesday that it will continue...
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Smoke intensifies from week-long Detroit fire
Black smoke billowed over the Detroit skyline this afternoon after a fire flared up at a large factory that has been burning for a week. Windsorites near the riverfront could easily see the thick plume...
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Windsor’s ‘concerned citizen’ hotline still cold
Are you aware the City of Windsor has a phone number you can call if you suspect municipal theft, fraud, waste or abuse? Well, at least 58 people know about the Concerned Citizen/Concerned Employee...
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Healing gardens program launched in Windsor-Essex
The Naturalized Habitat Network has launched a healing gardens program and is looking for about 100 people from Windsor or Essex County to take part in it. It’s a new direction for the non-profit...
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Windsor plows won’t touch ice ‘trails’ on residential roads
It will take a thaw and not the city’s plowing crews to clear Windsor’s ice-rutted residential roads. “There’s not a whole lot we can do about it — it’s too cold for salt, and the ice is too hard for...
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Graduating law students stunned over massive fee hike
Graduating law students in Ontario were hit with a massive fee hike this month that will nearly double the cost of completing the articling and written exam process required to be called to the bar to...
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Masse backtracks on federal budget
MP Brian Masse (NDP — Windsor West) has softened his stance on the federal budget, saying he wants funding for the bridge and the automotive industry to be more accountable, but supports the measures....
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