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Windsor YMCA pool closing
The Windsor-Essex YMCA pool, one of the oldest in the city, is closing. Signs on dressing room doors informed members Wednesday morning that the downtown pool will close permanently as of April 27 at...
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Hand found in Windsor rail yard likely result of collision elsewhere, say police
There’s a strong possibility the severed human hand recently found in a Windsor rail yard fell from the undercarriage of a train involved in a collision that took place elsewhere, say investigators....
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Graffiti vandals run wild at Seacliff Park in Leamington
Artists, taggers, vandals — whatever you want to call them, they’ve been leaving their mark at Leamington’s Seacliff Park, and police are sick of it. On Wednesday, Essex County OPP appealed to the...
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Surveillance cameras catch use of stolen debit card
Theft and fraud suspect 1 OPP are hoping the public can help identify two people who used a stolen debit card multiple times. Surveillance cameras captured the suspects making purchases at a Mac’s...
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Windsor police have barricaded Pillette Road
Windsor police have part of Pillette Road barricaded and are urging people to stay away from the area as they deal with on ongoing situation. Pillette is closed between Wyandotte Street and the train...
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Minivan plows through house in Chatham
A Chatham home received an unexpected visitor on Wednesday afternoon when a minivan smashed through the front of the building and ended up completely within the house interior. The incident happened...
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Man convicted of animal cruelty in dog’s strangulation death
A Belle River man who wrapped electrical tape around a dog’s muzzle before it died of asphyxiation was convicted Wednesday of animal cruelty. John Mackenzie, 56, was found guilty of killing a dog and...
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Drivers’ patience to be tested with upcoming parkway closures
Motorists travelling through or around the construction site of the Herb Gray Parkway may want to pack a little extra patience or avoid the area altogether in the coming months as a pair of closures...
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Children and youth service agencies holding information sessions
The Windsor-Essex County Children and Youth Planning Committee is holding information and consultation sessions today and Saturday for parents seeking information about child development, community...
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Maidstone historical society leaves resource centre
The Maidstone & Area Historical Society will sell off equipment, downsize its exhibit materials and scale back some of its programming as it gets ready this spring to depart the town-owned...
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Early morning break-in culprit startles female resident near university
A female resident in a neighbourhood near the University of Windsor had a rude awakening early Thursday when a break-in thief shined a flashlight in her face. The incident happened shortly before 4...
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Teachers’ professional development session open to the public
The Greater Essex County District School Board is offering the public an opportunity to see the inner workings of education by opening up a high school teachers’ professional development session April...
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Wildeman: UWSA’s Israel boycott referendum was a failure
The controversial campus vote on boycotting Israel was full of violations and failed to follow the student constitution, says the University of Windsor. On Thursday, university president Alan Wildeman...
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Video game-playing teen charged for Pillette Road pellet gun incident
An 18-year-old male is facing charges of robbery and pointing a firearm following Wednesday’s dramatic police response to a gun call in Windsor’s east end. Joshua Drouillard of Windsor was arrested...
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MP Van Kesteren receives new appointment from Stephen Harper
Chatham-Kent-Essex MP Dave Van Kesteren has been appointed chairman of the Conservative party’s Southwest Ontario Caucus. He was appointed to the position by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Van Kesteren...
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Watermain work set to begin on Wyandotte Street East
Wyandotte Street East between St. Rose and Fairview avenues will be down to one lane in each direction beginning Monday for watermain work. D’Amore Construction will be installing a new 300 mm...
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Tecumseh lobbies for future north shore school
After losing two schools to declining enrolment, Tecumseh Mayor Gary McNamara switched gears from fighting the closures to making a pitch as the best spot for the next north shore public school....
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Police seek robbers in violent home invasion
Windsor police are looking for two men who burst into a Shepherd Street West home overnight and tied up, assaulted and robbed a man. The resident, who lives in the 400 block, said he answered a knock...
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Youth crime in Windsor dramatically declines
There’s a lot less crime in this city involving youthful offenders, according to the latest statistics from Windsor police. Last year, police dealt with a total of 485 criminal occurrences in which the...
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PDF: City Of Windsor Sunshine List
What follows is a copy of the Sunshine List City of Windsor workers who made more than $100,000 last year. City of Windsor Sunshine List — 2014 for 2013
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