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Brother and sister beaten in violent home invasion
Paramedics transported a man and a woman to hospital after a violent home invasion in the 1300 block of Oak Avenue Friday afternoon. Emergency crews loaded the man onto a stretcher and carted him out...
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Fraudster gets 10 months
Nabeel Ahmed made a living from fraud. Using fictitious Middle Eastern names, the 30-year-old Windsor man accumulated scads of fake ID — law school admission certificates, student cards, driver’s...
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Bus fare hike deferred, expanded transit service eyed
The new year was supposed to open with a fare hike for city bus users, but Mayor Eddie Francis’s 2013 message to Transit Windsor is: Hold on, not so fast. “I don’t think the answers to the budgetary...
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Police hunt suspects in violent home invasion
Four men on the prowl for drugs and money are being sought by police after a violent home invasion Friday sent two to hospital. Police believe the suspects thought residents of a home in the 1300 block...
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After crossing ‘fiscal cliff,’ Obama presses for action on raising U.S....
HONOLULU, Hawaii – President Barack Obama is hailing a last-minute deal that pulled the country back from the “fiscal cliff,” but says it’s just one step in a broader effort to boost the economy and...
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Police seek public’s help in east end minivan fire
Windsor police are asking for the public’s help in a suspicious east end minivan fire. Police said Saturday, shortly after 3 a.m., Windsor firefighters extinguished a blaze that gutted a 2003 Chevrolet...
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Officials say body shop fire caused $300,000 damage
An investigation into the cause of a fire early Friday at a west side body shop has determined the blaze caused $300,000 in damage. A cause of the fire will be released when an investigation by the...
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Need for awareness grows with the reality of dementia
She no longer calls him by name and often forgets what she had for breakfast 10 minutes after eating. “I’m not sure she knows who I am. She tells me that she loves me and she says ‘I really appreciate...
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Ohio authorities launch site to sort fact, fiction in case of high school...
Julie Carr Smyth, The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio – Authorities investigating rape accusations against two high school football players in eastern Ohio launched a website Saturday as interest in...
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford back in court to appeal ruling booting him from office
TORONTO – Toronto’s Mayor Rob Ford is back in court today to appeal a ruling that ordered him out of office. An Ontario Superior Court Justice ruled in November that Ford violated conflict of interest...
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Several hundred people hold vigil in Colorado for elk killed by police officer
BOULDER, Colo. – Several hundred people turned out for a vigil in the U.S. for an elk killed by a police officer. Those honouring the animal on Sunday lit candles, sang and told stories. The large...
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Brad Pitt debuts on China’s version of Twitter with mysterious message that...
BEIJING, China – Brad Pitt is now on China’s version of Twitter, and his mysterious first tweet has drawn thousands of comments. The actor’s verified Sina Weibo account sent the message Monday: “It is...
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Oregon brewery taps new market: hooch for pooches
BEND, Ore. — An Oregon man who loves beer and loves his dog has concocted some hooch for the pooch. Daniel Keeton works at Bend’s Boneyard Brewery tasting room and calls his canine creation Dawg Grog....
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Violent attackers on the loose after invading the wrong Windsor home
Windsor police continue their hunt for a gang of drug-seeking home invaders who burst into the wrong home and savagely beat two innocent people. Police were called around 3:50 p.m. Friday to a home in...
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Pedestrian struck in east end crash
Emergency crews are on scene of a two car accident on Tecumseh Road East near Lauzon Parkway. The accident happened around 12:45 p.m. in the 7000 block of Tecumseh Road East. Two pickup trucks were...
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Windsor police arrest New Year’s party crasher for stabbing the host
Windsor police arrested a 17-year-old boy today after he allegedly crashed a New Year’s Eve party and stabbed the host. Investigators are still looking for four of his associates, who also showed up...
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Being NHL Fan Is ‘Ruff’
Debby Wright walks her three-year-old Mi Ki, Mickey, who is ready for the return of the NHL season as he sports his Montreal Canadiens jacket for a brisk sunny walk along Windsor’s riverfront, Monday,...
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OPP warn of post-holiday season break-ins
Enjoying the cool stuff you got for Christmas? Provincial police want to remind you there are those who might also think your Christmas presents are pretty nice — nice enough to steal. “It is common...
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Planned teacher strike angers parents
Angry parents are getting a lesson in frustration as teachers plan to launch another protest strike Friday in a long, bitter dispute with the province. Amanda Armstrong, whose five-year-old son Alex is...
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Farming operation proposes converting cow waste to electricity
The O’Neil dairy operation in Tecumseh has 600 cows that get milked twice a day and produce a lot of manure. While brainstorming with his uncle about how to make some money off manure, Jason O’Neil...
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