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New home construction still struggling in Windsor
The bloom is off the Windsor rose as fewer and fewer people build homes in the city compared with residential construction in neighbouring communities in Essex County. According to 2012 statistics, 30...
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Man assaulted, robbed in Remington Park
Windsor police are looking for two men who punched and robbed another man in Remington Park. The incident happened around 9:10 p.m. Tuesday. Police said the victim, 21, was walking through the park...
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U.S. Coast Guard offers reward in prank call case
A prankster whose fake distress calls over marine radio are costing emergency services in the U.S. and Canada tens of thousands of dollars is in the crosshairs of the U.S. Coast Guard. The coast guard...
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Careless smoking blamed on $200,000 blaze on Lesperance
Careless smoking has been deemed the cause of a garage fire in Tecumseh that caused $200,000 damage. Fire crews were called to a bungalow at 385 Lesperance Rd. at around 1:45 p.m. after a cigarette was...
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Mayors meet with feds over deregulation of food package sizes
The federal government hasn’t scuttled deregulation of standard food package sizes, but area mayors say they feel their concerns about its impact on the food processing industry have been heard....
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ERCA on way to 6,000,000th tree
The Essex Region Conservation Authority will plant its six millionth tree this fall. The tree planting program that began in 1976 with 32,000; 150,000 to 175,000 trees are expected to be planted in the...
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Zekelman returns as CEO of JMC Steel Group
Barry Zekelman will take over the helm at Chicago-based JMC Steel Group following the resignation of chief executive officer, Frank A. Riddick III, the company announced Wednesday. Riddick is...
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Tecumseh skateboard park moves ahead with loan
Tecumseh is lending money to a citizens’ group so that a skateboard park can be constructed. The town and the Tecumseh Community Policing Committee were to share the $300,000 expense associated with...
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Canada’s crumbling roads, water lines and sewers are ‘at risk,’ say municipal...
Canada’s municipal roads, water lines and sewers are “at risk, but not yet in a state of disrepair,” according to a national report card discussed by urban leaders from across the country on Wednesday....
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Trial hears of ‘sexcapades’
Their relationship gave new meaning to the phrase “playing doctor.” Alleged extortionist Tammy Hands suggested roleplaying during her sexual encounters with a local doctor, her trial heard Wednesday....
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Ojibway Nature Centre gets formal green designation
Students, community leaders and politicians gathered Wednesday at the Ojibway Nature Centre to celebrate the certification of the City of Windsor’s first LEED silver municipal building. LEED...
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New York City plans to stop booking, arraigning many low-level marijuana...
NEW YORK, N.Y. – New York City plans to stop booking and arraigning many people arrested on low-level marijuana-possession charges. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that the change will take place...
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Vander Doelen: Church Could Replace Grace
The former Grace Hospital, Windsor’s most infamous eyesore, could be quickly replaced with a multimillion-dollar Orthodox church and community centre once it is demolished. More than 1,000 members of...
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Incoming asteroid misses Earth by 17,150 miles, unrelated to exploding meteor...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A 150-foot asteroid hurtled through Earth’s backyard Friday, coming within an incredible 17,150 miles and making the closest known flyby for a rock of its size. In a chilling...
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Phone records presented at sex tape extortion trial
The trial involving the alleged extortion of a local family physician introduced phone records Friday that appear to corroborate the doctor’s claim. The doctor, who can’t be identified under Criminal...
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Amherstburg firefighters battle heritage house fire
AMHERSTBURG — It was the end of the workday Friday at the TD Canada Trust on Richmond Street when someone came up to Janet Willoughby. “Your house is on fire.” It didn’t take Willoughby too long to get...
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Video: Villanova students do the ‘Harlem Shake’
Students at St. Thomas of Villanova High School in LaSalle are causing a buzz on YouTube with their version of the “Harlem Shake” — a new dance craze making the rounds on the web. The video had more...
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OPP seek debit card theft suspect
Kingsville OPP are looking looking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect wanted for the alleged theft of a debit card last month. Police said they received a call from a woman saying she had...
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Panhandlers increasingly setting up shop on downtown streets
It’s the same faces out on the downtown streets – often at the same time of day and location – hat in hand or propped in front of them with scattered coins inside. The number of panhandlers in the...
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Regional Jail is 70 per cent complete
The first inmate will sleep in his bunk at the South West Detention Centre in Windsor this summer, said an official with Infrastructure Ontario, the provincial organization tasked with building the...
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