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Several Windsor area beaches have higher E. coli counts
The local heath unit advised residents Friday that a few local beaches, though not closed, have higher levels of E. coli. West Belle River Beach, Seacliff Beach, Mettawas Beach and Cedar Beach have E....
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Fiddling family: Natalie MacMaster balances music and life
Cape Breton-born fiddler Natalie MacMaster can count a dozen albums, two Juno awards, and even the Order of Canada among her accomplishments. But she considers her greatest achievement her family: Six...
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Manning Road closed after transport truck collision
One person sustained life-threatening injuries after a car and transport truck collided on Manning Road Friday evening. Crews responded around 6 p.m. after the vehicles collided, sending the transport...
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Farmers focus on soil at Aug. 12 twilight tour
The Essex Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s annual twilight tour will be held Aug. 12 at a Lakeshore farm. The tour begins at 5 p.m. at the farm of 2014 Essex Conservation Farm Award winner Chuck...
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Coco Group wants legal fees paid by residents fighting to save Ojibway
A grassroots group which has been fighting to block a big box development next to protected Ojibway complex lands is being sued for $170,000 in legal fees by the developer. For more than eight years,...
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Windsor In Pictures: Friday, July 31, 2015
Students at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School are annoyed that their basketball court has been locked, Wednesday July 29, 2015. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star) Runner Mike Aubin uses the track at...
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Let the race begin: Local federal candidates set to embark on 11-week...
The 11-week countdown is on and local federal candidates have entered full-campaigning mode for the longest, most expensive election in Canadian history. Prime Minister Stephen Harper ended months of...
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Young Belle River boy fighting cancer with superpowers
There is a superhero living among us. He stands three feet, five inches tall and answers to the name “Mason,” but could easily be mistaken for Iron Man with his special chest piece and tough-guy...
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Lakeshore man arrested after allegedly fleeing from RIDE program
An alleged drunk driver is facing several charges including resisting arrest after police say he tried to dodge a RIDE program. Essex County OPP had set up a RIDE stop in front of their Lakeshore...
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Woman searches for wedding rings lost in Leamington
Provincial police are hoping someone out there can help reunite a woman with her purse and the cherished rings that were inside it. The woman reported losing the purse Aug. 1. Essex County OPP said the...
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Windsor in Pictures: Aug. 4, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers had you covered Tuesday. Check out the gallery. Local runners Melissa Bishop, from left, Noelle Montcalm, Nicole Sassine and Corey Bellemore make a stop...
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Urban waste disposal plans proposed for residential neighbourhood
A Windsor recycling company’s plan to bring in waste from Canada and the U.S. and process it at its east-side plant has Ward 5 Coun. Ed Sleiman concerned there could be significant disruption to...
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Leamington council to review repair tenders for Kinsmen pool
The filtration system at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex is in need of an upgrade that could cost the town at least $223,000. Council will consider bids for the replacement of the pool’s salt...
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Miss Comber Fair Grace Mullen to compete at Canadian National Exhibition
Grace Mullen was four years old when she went out in her pink rubber boots to hoe a field for the first time. Her mother momentarily panicked when she couldn’t see her daughter who had fallen asleep...
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Chief Frederick pushes for regional policing
Windsor police Chief Al Frederick thinks the best way to cut police costs is to join forces. “To reduce costs we have to regionalize,” he said Tuesday. “There’s no question in my mind that...
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Windsor in Pictures: Aug. 5, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. Leslie Martin, executive vice president, Engineering & Operations at Windsor Detroit...
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Highbury Canco take over naming rights to main rink at Leamington Kinsmen...
The company that purchased the former Heinz plant in Leamington is also taking over naming rights for the hockey arena that carried its predecessor’s name. Highbury Canco Corporation, which purchased...
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Domino’s CEO reveals more than $6 million in charitable donations
More than a year after finding out their post-secondary educations would be paid for, about 40 Leamington high school students finally met their benefactor on Wednesday. Michael Schlater, the CEO of...
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Integrated electronic records system connects health-care providers
The time-consuming paperwork shuffle of finding and sharing patient information among health-care providers will soon end with the introduction of an electronic records’ system all hospitals within the...
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Windsor in Pictures: Aug. 6, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Thursday. Check out the gallery. Hanna Maoh is photographed at the Cross-Border Institute at the University of Windsor in...
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