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‘Super Tuesday’ hits Windsor and Essex County schools
Nearly half of Ontario’s students will be affected by the “Super Tuesday” strikes today. Teachers with the Greater Essex County District School Board will stage a one-day strike along with about 35,000...
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Westbound lanes of Highway 401 closed in Chatham for fatal crash probe
The westbound lanes of Highway 401 near the Highway 40 exit in Chatham will remain closed until about 12 p.m. while OPP investigators probe a fatal tractor-trailer collision. Police say a...
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Union asks high-school teachers to OK walkout
Matthew Pearson, The Ottawa Citizen The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation is asking its members this week to support a one-day provincewide walkout to protest Bill 115. In a memo to OSSTF...
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OPP Toys for Tots campaign helps sick kids cope with fear
The OPP Essex Auxiliary unit will drop off a load of toys today at Windsor Regional Hospital’s pediatric unit to help sick kids cope with the fear of what’s happening to them. The auxiliary unit...
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2 police officers fatally shot in Topeka; officers shoot, kill suspect after...
John Hanna, The Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. – A man with a history of theft and weapons convictions gunned down two police officers investigating possible drug activity in a Kansas grocery parking...
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Part of westbound 401 closed after fatal tractor-trailer crash
The westbound lanes of Highway 401 will be shut down until at least 12 p.m. today after a fatal tractor-trailer crash. The single vehicle crash happened around 1:20 a.m. on the 401 near Charing Cross...
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Gov. Snyder vetoes bill allowing concealed weapons in churches, schools,...
Jeff Karoub, The Associated Press DETROIT – Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has vetoed legislation that would allow concealed weapons in churches, schools and daycare centres. The Republican governor told...
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Windsor area students protest lack of extra-curriculars
High school students frustrated over the loss of their extracurricular activities and after-hours tutoring took out their frustration in the form of a protest Tuesday afternoon. Just minutes after...
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Windsor first stop for cutting-edge lake ship
A state-of-the-art self-unloading lake freighter stopped in Windsor on Tuesday during a maiden voyage which began in Jiangyin, China. The Baie St. Paul is the first of four new Trillium Class...
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Guest column: Teachers, leave those kids alone
Amy Johnson As a parent, I am extremely disappointed with the teacher dispute. My mother was a teacher for 38 years in Manitoba. They gave up their right to strike long ago. I am sensitive to issues...
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Catholic board posts small budget surplus
The Catholic school board has ended the fiscal year with a surplus of $190,000 and has cut its accumulated deficit to $2.2 million from $2.4 million, according to the board’s superintendent of...
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Canada’s Chris Hadfield takes off for 5-month space station visit (with video)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan – Chris Hadfield has successfully blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission that is to see him become the first Canadian to command the International...
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Obama supports assault weapons ban; powerful gun group breaks silence after...
The Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. – The White House said President Barack Obama supports reinstating an assault weapons ban as the United States wrestled with the treacherous issue of gun control in...
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Time names Barack Obama ‘Person of the Year’ for 2012
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama has been named Time’s “Person of the Year” for 2012. The selection was announced Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” show. The short list for the honour included Malala...
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Windsor repair shop gets festive with Christmas Tire Tree
Windsorites with a flat tire or broken trasmission looking for a mechanic may have noticed something a little different outside Gil Drouillard’s D&D Auto and Truck repair shop. It’s a 60-tire...
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Drunk car thief crashes into light pole, police say
Provincial police caught a Windsor man walking bloody-faced along a road after he allegedly got drunk, stole a car and crashed it into a pole, then dumped the car but kept the keys. Lakeshore OPP were...
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Parkway builders weighing closure of two high-traffic roads
Builders of the $1.4-billion Herb Gray Parkway want to hear from the public about two lengthy road closures aimed at speeding up the project. The Huron Church Line connection to Highway 3, just south...
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Schools raise funds for fire victims
After a devastating fire struck Michelle Letts’ home and destroyed most of her family’s belongings, students from two high schools rallied to help the family with donations of food, furniture and...
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Injured worker remains in coma while family hopes for recovery, and answers
Sliced pancreas, punctured lung, cracked vertebrae, failed organs – Jean Thomas struggles through bitter tears and terrible words trying to repeat her grandson’s list of injuries. David Thomas, 24,...
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