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Canadians’ preference for personalized health care not reflected in current...
If we want better and less costly health care, it’s time to start thinking more like patients and less like hospitals, a team of policy experts from Southwestern Ontario suggest. “It’s a major shift in...
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Police seek teens in armed home invasion
Police are searching for two teenagers following a home invasion on Pierre Avenue last night. Windsor police said the suspects, both around 17-years-old, entered the home in the 550 block of Pierre...
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Ron Gaudet starts job at the University of Windsor
Ron Gaudet, the former head of the WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation, has been hired at the University of Windsor. The university announced today that Gaudet started a two-year term Monday...
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Maghnieh ignores resignation calls, vows to regain voter trust
Disgraced city councillor Al Maghnieh endured angry calls for his resignation at Tuesday night’s Ward 10 meeting but vowed to press on, work hard and try to regain voters’ trust by the 2014 election....
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CUPE concerned for jobs, art gallery’s future
The union representing soon-to-be laid-off employees at the Art Gallery of Windsor is expressing concern over the future of the institution should city council turn down a plan to buy the building. And...
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Windsor Star Launches Responsive Website
I’m more obsessed with The Star’s website than my own erratic golf swing. I update it from home late at night and on weekends. I tinker with it constantly like the engine of some old jalopy. I sweat...
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A lesson on conflict of interest, perhaps
If I was on city council, I’d study the stunning ruling that dethroned Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. And, possibly, I’d feel uncomfortable. Ford was kicked out of office because of a conflict of interest. It...
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Charges dropped, second fraud suspect in Big 3 and 5 Diamond Motors probe...
All charges dropped against Sabhi Bakir because of recent information that the Crown did not elaborate on. — Craig Pearson (@WinStarPearson) November 28, 2012 Alex Bakir, 33 and his attourney John...
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OPP, medical centre join forces in Toys 4 Tots drive
The Essex County OPP auxiliary unit and the Tecumseh Manning Medical Centre will host their first annual Toys 4 Tots drive on Dec. 7. The drive will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the medical...
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Teachers in York, Niagara reject deal
Premier Dalton McGuinty said he is disappointed but remains optimistic the province and its teachers will settle their labour dispute after high school teachers in the Niagara and York school boards...
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Photos: Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway announcement
An official announcement was made that the new parkway will be named after Herb Gray. Dignitaries attended a press conference at the Ciociaro Club in Windsor, Ont. on Wednesday, November 28, 2012....
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Young boys were victims in one of two Windsor home invasions
A pair of armed robbers burst into a home and pointed a handgun at two young boys while demanding cash and marijuana, during the second of two unrelated home invasions in as many days. The most recent...
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Gray ‘moved’ by tribute to name parkway in his honour
The longest-serving member of Parliament in Canada’s history fell back on his love of rock and roll to describe the having the $1.4-billion Windsor-Essex Parkway renamed in his honour. “As Tom Cochane...
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Pot charges withdrawn after improper search
A driver who had more than a pound of marijuana in the trunk of his car was cleared of a drug trafficking charge Wednesday because of an improper police search. Before the case made it to trial,...
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Community leader McGivney turns 90
A low-key John McGivney was the centre of attention Wednesday when 500 friends and fans helped him celebrate his 90th birthday. The lawyer who never stopped giving personal time to worthy causes was...
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Man charged after head-on Huron Church crash
A 27-year-old University of Windsor student from Belle River was charged with making an unsafe left turn Wednesday after a head-on collision. The student was driving a 2007 black Nissan Versa west on...
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Riverside Drive eastbound lane to close
The eastbound lanes of Riverside Drive East will be closed for repairs in the area of the Hiram Walker plant in Old Walkerville next week. The closure between Devonshire Road and Walker Road begins at...
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Teachers’ union calls off further talks
With teachers unions escalating their fight against Bill 115 and now threatening walkouts, Education Minister Laurel Broten has warned that the government has the “tools” under the Students First Act...
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Elderly driver hits five parked cars and woman walking with infant
A routine shopping trip turned into a horror show Wednesday when an elderly driver speeding in reverse nearly killed a young family walking with their newborn infant. Sean MacPhail grabbed the stroller...
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Michigan tourist towns sinking with Great Lakes water levels
John Flesher/The Associated Press ONEKAMA, Mich. – For more than a century, easy access to Lake Michigan has made Onekama a popular place for summer visitors and a refuge for boaters fleeing dangerous...
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