Videos: 3 Missing Women Found In Cleveland
A frantic phone call Monday, May 6, 2013, led police to a house near downtown Cleveland where Amanda Berry, Georgina “Gina” Dejesus and Michele Knight, who all vanished about a decade ago, were found,...
View ArticlePremier Wynne takes questions from Southwestern Ontario
Media in Southwestern Ontario got a chance to grill Premier Kathleen Wynne on her party’s newly tabled budget in a conference call Monday afternoon. The budget contained almost everything on a wish...
View ArticleWindsor police seek missing man
A 44-year-old local man has been missing since the weekend, say Windsor police. Christopher Magro — who lives at a rest home — was last seen at his place of residence around 4 p.m. Sunday. Magro...
View ArticleChildren’s Aid Society gets cash contribution
The Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society has received a contribution of $75,000 from TD financial to support the construction of the Bill and Dot Muzzatti Child and Family Centre. The centre, currently...
View ArticleTake donations out of bidding process, hospital CEO says
Medbuy should stop giving suppliers competing for contracts points if they agree to donate to a research and education fund for hospital staff, says Windsor Regional Hospital CEO David Musyj. The...
View Article‘Heartless’ airline scuttles trip to homeland
Being a few minutes late checking in at the airport cost a Windsor senior and his wife a trip to Europe this week. Mieczyslaw Czajkowski, 82, and his wife, Barbara Niewitecka were to fly to Poland...
View ArticleJarvis: Landlords and litter
Authentic and fresh, these are good bagels. “I think it’s the greatest food ever invented,” enthused Tristan Fehrenbach, owner of The Earnest Bagel Company. “Nobody does it in Windsor, not the...
View ArticleHistoric Windsor bar celebrates 135 years of good spirits
Throughout its 135 years, the Dominion House tavern has had plenty of regulars — including some so loyal that even death can’t seem to keep them away from their favourite Windsor watering hole. “I’ve...
View ArticleCollision on Wyandotte Street East hospitalizes four
A three-vehicle crash in Windsor’s east end has sent at least four people to hospital. The accident happened shortly before 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of Wyandotte Street East and George Avenue. A...
View ArticlePharmacy assistant who found diluted cancer drugs says label raised questions
TORONTO — An Ontario pharmacy assistant who discovered that chemotherapy drugs administered to more than 1,200 cancer patients in Ontario and New Brunswick were diluted says he doesn’t consider himself...
View ArticleOLG investigates ‘insider’ lottery win
A Windsor man must wait a month to collect the $10,000 he scored playing Encore after the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation deemed it an “insider win.” Edward Jewell won $10,000 in the Oct. 12...
View ArticleDetroit confirms permits sought for open storage of petcoke on riverfront
The City of Detroit will not penalize a company that has stored open piles of petcoke on the riverfront since last fall without permits. Paul Max, general manager for Detroit’s environmental affairs...
View ArticleGraphic: Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity
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View ArticleMPPs pay tribute to Bruce Crozier
Legislators at Queen’s Park paid tribute the the late Essex Liberal MPP Bruce Crozier Wednesday by wearing bow tie stickers and singing his praises. Minister of Rural Affairs and Peterborough MPP Jeff...
View ArticleChatham senior arrested for child porn
Police in Chatham have seized several computer devices and arrested a senior citizen on child porn charges. The Chatham-Kent Police Internet Child Exploitation Unit started the investigation in April...
View ArticleWindsor keeps the faith: Locals more likely to believe than average Canadian
As a member of one of the few religions that saw its ranks grow rather than shrink over the last decade, Mirza Baiz said he still sees a role for faith. “All religions teach the same thing. Whoever...
View ArticleSandra Pupatello new CEO of development corporation
In what sources describe as a major coup for Windsor and Essex County, The Star has learned that former high-flying Ontario cabinet minister Sandra Pupatello will become the newest CEO of the...
View ArticleTwo dogs rescued from Windsor house fire
Windsor firefighters rescued two dogs after a pot on a stove – with no one home – caused a house fire on Campbell Avenue. Crews responded shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday when smoke was reported coming...
View ArticleWFCU donates to Windsor Regional, renames Malden Park building lobby
The lobby at Windsor Regional Hospital’s Malden Park building will now carry the WFCU name thanks to a donation. The Windsor Family Credit Union donated an undisclosed amount to the hospital on...
View ArticleEx-girlfriend says stalker turned violent
It began with a bump. Retired school teacher Bernie Bulat, on trial for attempted murder, rear-ended the car carrying his former girlfriend and her new partner March 19, 2012. When the woman’s new beau...
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