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New Delhi man charged with rape, torture of five-year-old girl
NEW DELHI – A five-year-old girl was in serious condition Saturday after being raped and tortured by a man who held her in a locked room in India’s capital for two days, officials said. The incident —...
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Homeland Security’s proposed new Canada-U.S. border fee prompts alarm
The U.S. government is proposing to charge a new fee for every vehicle or pedestrian crossing the U.S.-Canada border — an idea that has prompted fierce objections from New York lawmakers who claim the...
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School board retirees poised to fight loss of benefits (with video)
A union meeting was held Saturday at Herman high school where a couple dozen affected retirees received information and discussed options regarding the public school board’s announcement last week it...
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Jury still deliberating in McLennan impaired driving case
After two days of deliberation, the jury considering the impaired driving case of David J. McLennan remains undecided. The jury retired for the night Saturday without reaching a verdict and will begin...
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Rollover closes E C Row Dougall off-ramp
Windsor police have the E. C. Row Expressway Dougall Avenue off-ramp closed while they tend to a rollover accident. The accident happened shortly before 9:30 a.m. Tow trucks are removing a green...
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While Boston bombing suspect lies in hospital, U.S. begins search for ‘root...
By Lee-Anne Goodman, Canadian Press | WASHINGTON — With the prime suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings under guard in hospital with serious wounds and his older brother and accomplice dead, the...
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Carly Rae Jepsen, Leonard Cohen bookend the new and the vintage at Juno Awards
REGINA — The Juno Awards celebrated Canadian music stars old and new Saturday night as first-time winner Carly Rae Jepsen and veteran Leonard Cohen both scored major prizes while moody R&B singer...
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Unsafe Essex building faces wrecking ball
A three-storey building owned by the Town of Essex was demolished on Sunday in the wake of a stucco panel falling off the structure a couple of weeks ago. The town in 2011 took over the building at 49...
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Visionary, historic Penalty Box restaurant within months of opening
Original bricks have been carefully removed from the 127-year-old building and stacked neatly, new steel supports are in place and a temporary greenhouse went up Saturday on the site of the new...
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Police commend good Samaritan for turning in ‘substantial’ amount of money
Windsor police are commending a good Samaritan who turned in a “substantial” amount of money found in a parking lot Saturday night. Police said a citizen was at a South Windsor business Saturday night...
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Jarvis: The non-audit
I’d say you get what you pay for, except in the case of the Enwin audit, I don’t think we got even that. We paid $32,000 for this? Call it the non-audit. This non-audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers...
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New border fee proposed by U.S. government exasperates local commuter
A U.S. proposal to charge a new fee for every vehicle or pedestrian crossing the U.S.-Canada border would be an exasperating last straw for nurse Mary Ann Cameron, one of several thousand Windsorites...
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Photos: Table Tennis Tournament
Participants competed in the Windsor Table Tennis Club’s Annual Tournament at the Teutonia Club, Saturday, April 20, 2013. Zeljko Romlenac competes in the Windsor Table Tennis Club’s Annual Tournament...
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Boston Marathon bombing suspect unable to speak after shot to throat: senator...
By Bridget Murphy, Katie Zezima, Associated Press A U.S. senator says the hospitalized suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing was shot in the throat, raising questions about his ability to speak to...
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Photos: On Juno’s Red Carpet
The stars were out on the Red Carpet at the 2013 Juno Awards at the Brandt Centre on Sunday, April 21, 2013, in Regina, Sask. The Dragonettes arrive on the Red Carpet at the 2013 Juno Awards at the...
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Business, feds condemn new border fee proposal
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s plan to consider charging a fee for pedestrians and vehicles crossing the Canadian and Mexican borders by land triggered an immediate counterattack Monday by...
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Ontario Liberals will table budget (and possibly trigger election) on May 2
Ontario’s Liberal government will table its budget May 2. Finance Minister Charles Sousa is to make the announcement in a speech to the Economic Club of Canada today. He will also revise the...
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Don’t take the cinnamon challenge, doctors warn teens (with video)
CHICAGO – Don’t take the cinnamon challenge. That’s the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos but which has led to hospitalizations and a surge...
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Updated: Two men arrested in Al Qaeda plot to attack Via Rail, say RCMP (with...
Two men supported by the terrorist group al Qaeda have been arrested and will appear in court Tuesday for a plot to attack a Via passenger train, say the RCMP. Investigators believe the two accused...
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Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, fun. up for 11 Billboard Music Awards; Rihanna up for 10
NEW YORK, N.Y. – It’s a three-way tie: Taylor Swift, Maroon 5 and fun. are finalists in 11 categories at the Billboard Music Awards. Billboard announced the finalists Monday. Rihanna, Carly Rae Jepsen...
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