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Support grows for single sports betting
Support is continuing to grow across Canada for passage of a single sport betting bill which has been bogged down in Canada’s Senate for more than a year. Chamber of commerce organizations in Windsor...
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Editorial: Patrolling with cameras
Amherstburg made a modest leap into the 21st century last week when some of its officers started wearing video cameras on the job. We say “modest” because just one day and one night patrol officer will...
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City gets donation toward International Children’s Games
A national organization that promotes children’s health made good on a $10,000 promise Tuesday and delivered a cheque for the International Children’s Games being hosted in Windsor this summer....
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Sides ramp up talks in LCBO negotiations
Talks between the LCBO and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union continued Tuesday with a May 17 strike deadline and the wrath of a province thirsty for a Victoria Day Weekend drink hanging over...
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University of Windsor tuition to jump three per cent
Tuition fees at the University of Windsor will jump three per cent across the board next school year, in keeping with the province’s new four-year tuition fee framework. But several first-year programs...
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Committee probes diluted cancer drug affair (with live blog replay)
Pharmacy assistants in Peterborough recognized a problem with intravenous bags of chemotherapy drugs from Marchese Hospital Solutions right away because the label didn’t specify the concentration, a...
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E.C. Row Expressway to be slowed for pothole patching
Local motorists, be aware: The E.C. Row won’t be much of an expressway for the next two days as the city’s public works department embarks on a painstaking pothole patching plan. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m....
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U of W approves $32-million tender for former Windsor Star buildings
The University of Windsor’s board of governors have approved the tendering of the project to convert the former Windsor Star buildings into the school of social work at a cost of more than $32 million....
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Catholic school board deficit to be slain through attrition
The first of a number of reports mandated by the supervisor overseeing the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board has determined the $791,647 accumulated deficit can be wiped out this year...
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Low levels in Great Lakes best left to nature, says Sarnia mayor
Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley says there is a risk of further damage to the Great Lakes by tinkering with nature. “I just think you are raising false hopes making changes on the St. Clair River,” he said....
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Plan for new city retail group rapped
A proposal by Mayor Eddie Francis to establish a municipal Retail Development Corporation has met with harsh criticism from a downtown business group, which claims in a memo that it amounts to...
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Chinese automaker BYD chooses California for electric bus plant
BYD — the Chinese company that Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis has been courting for two years — has announced that its much-anticipated first North American electric bus plant will be located in...
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Fraudsters modify scam to dupe more victims
Police say a group of well-organized fraudsters, likely operating out of Central Asia, is going for “quantity over quality” as it targets elderly victims in the Windsor-Essex area. The Windsor police...
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Photos: Wheelchair crash results in minor injuries
A motorized wheelchair became lodged under a Ford F150 after the driver was thrown from the chair on Tecumseh Road East near Clover Avenue, Wednesday May 1, 2013. The man was taken to hospital and...
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May Day parade brings labour history to life (with gallery)
In the early 1900s, free speech came at a price. Union organizers would carry soap boxes to street corners and shout their message to whomever would listen. If they caught the attention of police...
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Double amputee plans to fight seatbelt ticket
A Saskatoon man is demanding an apology and refusing to pay a $175 ticket issued by police for not wearing a seatbelt, since he has no arms and can’t fasten one unassisted. Steven Simonar, who drives...
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Purse snatcher sought
Windsor police are looking for a man who stole a woman’s purse early this morning. Police said the woman left the TD Canada Trust on Ottawa Street after withdrawing some money around 12:22 a.m. She was...
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Crews fight fire at Our Lady of the Rosary
Windsor fire crews responded to a small fire at Our Lady of the Rosary church this morning. The call came in around 7:10 a.m. for a fire at the historic church at Riverside Drive East and Drouillard...
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Police probe sexual assault near Jackson Park
Windsor police are investigating after an 18-year-old woman was sexually assaulted on her way home from work Wednesday night. Police said the woman was crossing the front lawn of Kennedy high school...
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Two seriously injured in Amherstburg crash
Two people were sent to hospital with serious injuries after a car ploughed through a fence and burst into flames Thursday morning. Amherstburg police said the accident happened sometime overnight near...
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