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Local car dealer donates $25,000 to Children’s Aid Society
Rose City Ford has made a $25,000 donation to the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society. The money will help build an infant nursery in the new Bill and Dot Muzzatti Child and Family Centre, which is...
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Windsor girls getting ready to ‘Say Yes to the Dress’ (with video)
Windsor girls are getting ready to say yes to the dress. The fourth annual New Beginnings “Say Yes to the Dress” event invites young women to browse a large selection of formal and graduation dresses...
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Mayor appointed airport acting-CEO
Adding to his already-thick portfolio of occupations, Mayor Eddie Francis now sports a new job title: interim chief executive officer of Windsor International Airport. At the most recent meeting last...
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Jarvis: ‘King of the world!’
It is a pivotal point in the long and controversial quest for a new bridge at the busiest commercial border crossing in North America: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder will announce at a news conference...
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Barbershop quartet: Glee for grownups (with video)
There’s some shock value when four guys dressed alike break into song a cappella at a coffee shop or an office. Everything stops. A crowd draws. Smiles appear. Applause follows. It’s barbershop harmony...
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DRIC bridge gets long-awaited U.S. presidential permit
A long-awaited U.S. presidential permit from Washington to build a new Detroit River bridge has been approved with an announcement to be made Friday in Detroit, The Star has learned. Several sources...
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Photos and Video: A Wee Bit Of Scotland
Members of the Scottish Society of Windsor Pipe Band practice Thursday, April 11, 2013, at the Scottish Club in Windsor, Ont. The Scottish Club of Windsor will be holding its first Tartan Day...
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Belle River man disappointed by Ken Dryden’s refusal to sign ’72 Summit jersey
Bill Dubs has spent the last five years criss-crossing Canada and the U.S., a 1972 Summit Series jersey in hand, collecting the autographs of all the surviving players from Canada’s most shining hockey...
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Alleged Leamington stabber arrested in Hamilton
Provincial police have tracked down their suspect in Hamilton more than a month after a melee at a Leamington bar ended with a stabbing. Steven Hayden, 33, of Hamilton, is charged with assault,...
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Eyes on the road: Put down the phone, and the cheeseburger
If you’re texting while driving, yelling at your kids or just filling your face, provincial police will be looking for you next week during their distracted driving crackdown. The campaign will run...
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Leamington Oak and Erie street intersection gets makeover
Leamington will use more than $1 million of its federal gas tax funding to improve one of its busiest intersections. Erie Street South and Oak Street will soon get a makeover including new left turn...
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Timmies regular wins $5000 MasterCard (With Video)
Feb. 27 was a day that seemed like any other for Windsorite Stan Barchan, until he rolled up the rim on his large coffee. The 55-year-old ordered his usual – coffee with four sugars and one cream from...
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Photos: Let’s Build That Bridge
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (C) shakes hands with Gary Doer, Ambassador of Canada to the United States as Lisa Raitt, Canada’s Labour Minister prepares to speaks to speak Friday, April 12, 2013, in...
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Star editorial: More than a bridge
Friday marked one of the most important days in the history of the Windsor region. That’s because the significance of President Barack Obama signing off on the new downriver bridge goes far beyond...
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A true legacy project for Sandwich
The remarkable thing about Windsor’s designated punching-bag neighbourhood, historic Sandwich, is how it absorbs beating after beating but still believes it can climb up off the canvas, spit out some...
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Accused driver was not drunk, says mother of dead teen
The mother of a Colchester teen killed in a car wreck insists that the boy’s father — the driver of the vehicle — wasn’t drunk. Robin McLennan testified in court on Friday that her ex-husband David...
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New Detroit crossing seven years away
It will take until 2020 to build a new Detroit River crossing while the project continues to wrestle with legal challenges by Ambassador Bridge owner Matty Moroun. But Friday’s announcement by Michigan...
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Mike Graston’s Colour Cartoon For Saturday, April 13, 2013
For a full gallery of Graston’s colour cartoons, click here.
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Shots fired overnight in central Windsor
Police are investigating after shots were fired at a residence in central Windsor early Saturday morning. The incident occurred at about 2 a.m. in the 800 block of Langlois Avenue, said Staff Sgt. Todd...
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Lotto 6-49 estimated at $55 million, a Canadian lottery record
TORONTO – Lottery kiosks are expected to be busy heading into tonight’s Lotto 6-49 draw. Hopeful players will likely be lining up to buy tickets for what Ontario Lottery and Gaming estimates will be a...
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