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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 24, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Monday. Check out the gallery. Robert Budway, team leader for the Ontario Clean Water Agency, visits LaSalle pumping station No. 3...
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Leamington firefighters battle heavy equipment fire
Leamington firefighters battled a heavy equipment fire Tuesday morning that forced the closure of County Road 37 near the intersection of County Road 8. The blaze broke out about 11:30 a.m. No cause or...
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Rollover collision slows traffic on Sexton Side Road
A motorist suffered non-life threatening injuries in a rollover collision on Sexton Side Road Tuesday. The two-vehicle collision occurred about noon near the intersection with County Road 46. Emergency...
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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 25, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Tuesday. Check out the gallery. Ben Johnson opens the door at Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Windsor, Ont., before his...
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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 26, 2016
The University of Windsor Lancers Guilia Barile slide tackles McMaster Marauders Cassidy Davis at Alumni Field in Windsor on Oct. 26, 2016. University of Windsor Lancers Becca Feurth leaps over a...
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Tempers flare at Essex County Library board meeting
The Essex County Library board meeting got loud Wednesday night as about 40 striking librarians and their supporters crowded the public gallery and tempers to flared. Among the observers was Wayne...
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'Happy trails!'— Tecumseh plans cross-town bike path
Cyclists and other enthusiasts of outdoor active transportation modes may soon be able to just keep on rolling when they hit the eastern terminus of Windsor’s Ganatchio Trail. Tecumseh council this...
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Hallowe'en forecast: What Windsor Essex trick-or-treaters can expect Monday...
You won’t have to work a parka or an umbrella into your kid’s Hallowe’en costume Monday night. “An un-Canadian Halloween as pleasant weather is expected,” declared The Weather Network meterologist Brad...
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Essex County reaches tentative pact with inside and outside workers
Essex County has reached a tentative agreement with inside and outside workers represented by CUPE 2974.1 The union represents 48 full-time and part-time workers with the county and the Essex-Windsor...
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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 27, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. Nurses Megan Hennin, left, and Kristin Smith are photographed at Windsor Regional Hospital in...
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First they take away the books . . .
I’m down to my last “emergency” book. You know, the ones you keep on hand just in case of extended icy conditions, power outages, incapacitation. I’ve no budget to buy books, so I really miss our...
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Around Town: 13th Annual Bishop's Dinner
Brook Handysides with his wife Sarah Handysides, left, pose with John St. Aubin and Ross Clarke, right, at the 13th Annual Bishop’s Dinner for Windsor-Essex held at the Ciociaro Club of Windsor October...
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Provincial police release surveillance video after break and enter in Lakeshore
Essex County OPP have released surveillance video of a man who scaled a fence and broke into a Lakeshore pool and spa business. The break-in occurred around 2:40 a.m. Oct. 21 at Relax Pools and Spa in...
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A man named John: St. Paul's Anglican Church in Essex to honour Community...
One Sunday about two years ago, a man named John came into the fold at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Essex. He’s a smiling man who doesn’t say much. He enjoys any song that includes clapping even...
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Sleighing Hunger to raise spirits, donations this holiday season
Windsor’s favourite philanthropic supergroup will be taking the stage again this holiday season for its annual Sleighing Hunger charity concert. The S’Aints are six of the area’s top musicians and will...
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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 28, 2016
WINDSOR, ONTARIO – OCTOBER 28, 2016 – The S’Aints band performs at the Caesars Windsor Colosseum to promote their annual Sleigh Hunger fundraising concert. (DAN JANISSE/Windsor Star) Jody Raffoul of...
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Jarvis: Where's the urgency?
One hundred and twenty-nine days. That’s longer than the 126-day strike by Chrysler workers in 1946. Longer than the 109-day strike by Ford workers in 1954. Longer than the 101-day strike by city...
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Windsor Weekend in Pictures: Oct. 29 to 30, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographer Dax Melmer covered the city and county this weekend. Check out the gallery. Alex Brown, 13, centre, meets his new yellow lab, Jake, with his mother Jackie...
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Caldwell First Nation signs vandalized in Leamington
The defacing of Caldwell First Nation property in Leamington is “disgusting,” says the town’s mayor. Leamington Mayor John Paterson took to Facebook Sunday after three signs on Caldwell First Nation...
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Former Essex MP Jeff Watson to move west for 'something wild and different'
After spending his entire life until now in the region where he was born, former Essex MP Jeff Watson is moving west — and he says it’s mainly for the adventure. “The kids, some of them want to ride...
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