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Car flips over guard rail on Riverside Drive, nearly lands in Detroit River
Police say three people are lucky to have sustained only minor injuries after their vehicle flipped over a guard rail on Riverside Drive and nearly landed in the Detroit River early Sunday morning....
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East end convenience store robbed
Police are investigating after a Mac’s convenience store in the city’s east end was robbed early Sunday morning. Police said a man walked into the Mac’s at 295 Strabane Ave. shortly before 4 a.m. and...
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Teens arrested for breaking into school
Police have two teens in custody after they allegedly broke into St. Christopher elementary school early Sunday morning. Officers responded to the school after an alarm was set off shortly before 7...
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Be wary of door-to-door salesmen, OPP warn
Don’t let door-to-door salespeople in your house or let them push you into signing something you don’t want, the Ontario Provincial Police warned Monday. The OPP in Essex, Kingsville and Leamington...
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U of W to host lecture on climate change
Concerned about climate change? Then you’ll want to check out Catherine Potvin‘s lecture at the University of Windsor this week. Potvin — a plant biologist at McGill University — is an award-winning...
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Demolition begins on Detroit’s storied Brewster towers
The Brewster-Douglass towers, some of Detroit’s most visible and notorious blight, got the wrecking ball Monday afternoon. A large crowd gathered to watch a crane smash into the last remaining...
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Awareness week dispels negative image of Islam (With video)
Rima Khaled cannot say how long the University of Windsor has been hosting Islam Awareness Week but she knows it’s still necessary. It was going on, the director of the annual cultural event said, long...
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‘Who doesn’t like babies?’ How’s 4,000 at once? (With video)
Rochelle Deslippe plops the last little yellow balls of fluff in a bed of wood shavings in the Amherstburg barn that’s now a chirping nursery for 4,000 baby turkeys. They’re five hours old, have just...
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Amherstburg allocates gas tax, avoids borrowing $1.5 million to repay fund
Amherstburg’s “unspent” $1.5 million in gas tax funds has been allocated to “eligible projects” that have already been completed by the town so no new money will need to be borrowed according to the...
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Probe into Jiimaan ferry fiasco finds multiple problems
Lack of risk assessment and deficient emergency preparedness were among the problems when the Jiimaan ferry ran aground near Kingsville in 2012, an independent investigation has found. According to a...
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Windsor now has a race for the mayoralty
And then there were two. Raymond Poisson has decided to give Ernie the Baconman a run for the money after becoming the second mayoral candidate to register for Windsor’s top political spot. Dressed in...
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Two young Lev Tahor members on hunger strike, sect member claims
After foreign authorities foiled their attempt to flee Canada, two young Lev Tahor members are on a hunger strike to protest their removal from the ultra-orthodox Jewish sect accused of abusing them....
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Tory small business critic tours downtown Windsor (With video)
The provincial Tories’ small business critic got a crash course Monday in some of the issues facing downtown Windsor businesses such as the cost of hydro and Caesars Windsor pulling out of funding the...
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Cold weather alert issued, higher snowfall predicted for Wednesday
Enough already. Windsor and Essex County are poised to break the all-time local winter snowfall record with between 15 and 25 centimetres predicted to fall by the end of Wednesday. That would add to...
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Officer pleads guilty to discreditable conduct
A Windsor Police Services officer has pleaded guilty to two counts of discreditable conduct, including one for alleging criminal activities on the part of a Canadian Border Services Agency officer with...
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Multi-million dollar restaurant and bar planned for vacant downtown lot
A brand new four-storey high-end restaurant and bar complex is planned for a vacant lot in downtown Windsor. Downtown Business Improvement Association chair Larry Horwitz confirmed the project, which...
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New local craft beer to feature Leamington hops (With video)
Doug Sinclair was considering niche crops such as berries and pine nuts when he came across hops and thought: “Hmmm. I like beer.” That enthusiasm was tested last summer. Growing hops is almost a lost...
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City staff recommends end to Windsor Water World swimming
Despite a pledge by council to keep two neighbourhood pools open pending a possible plan to save Adie Knox Herman pool, city staff are recommending the shutdown of aquatic activities at Windsor Water...
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Leukemia patient finds unique way to raise awareness (With video)
A local cancer patient has come to terms with his diagnosis through the help of his heavily modified 1991 Honda Civic. Rob Snyder, 56, never thought the little hatchback would save his life when he...
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Towns struggle with insurance premium hikes
Some area municipalities are wrestling with steep hikes in insurance premiums this year. Premiums went up 20 per cent in Windsor, 17 per cent for the County of Essex and 10 per cent in Lakeshore....
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