Inquest begins into death of construction worker in Lakeshore
Family members watched a surveillance video of Elie Seremach’s deadly fall for the first time Monday morning. They crowded close to the barrier in court to see it a second time, some in tears and...
View ArticleWindsor in Pictures: Nov. 2, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Monday. Check out the gallery. Thomas Rolfe leads a tour of the Hiatus House facility in Windsor on Monday, November 2, 2015....
View ArticleVideo: Angler catches monster muskie at Belle River marina
Star photographer Jason Kryk was dockside when Mike Critchlow hauled in a monster muskie at Belle River marina Tuesday. Critchlow, an avid fisherman, quickly unhooked the fish and released it back to...
View ArticleWindsor in Pictures: Nov. 3, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Tuesday. Check out the gallery. Mike Critchlow displays a monster muskie after catching it from shore at the Belle River...
View ArticleCoroner's jury rules construction site death accidental, releases six...
The widow of a roofer who died after a tragic fall says changes need to happen so that no other wife has to go through the pain she’s experienced. A jury at the Coroner’s Inquest into Elie Seremach’s...
View ArticleDowntown Amherstburg wins award in Great Places in Canada contest
Amherstburg’s historic downtown was named Wednesday as the People’s Choice winner for best neighbourhood in the Great Places in Canada contest. The town is the first community in Essex County to win...
View ArticleWindsor in Pictures: Nov. 4, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. Windsor police investigate a serious accident on Tecumseh Road West near Dougall Avenue. A...
View ArticleERCA seeks nominations for annual conservation awards
Essex Region Conservation Authority is accepting nominations for its 2015 Conservation Awards. “We feel it is important to recognize and thank all those who are making on-the-ground contributions...
View ArticleCounty to explore idea of shared auditor general with city
Essex County councillors agreed this week to explore the possibility of establishing a joint auditor general’s office with the City of Windsor. Essex hires on-call integrity commissioner The Town of...
View ArticleYoung people joining philanthropy trend
It’s not your grandfather’s philanthropy. Young people are embracing the idea of charitable giving more than ever, if a celebration of charitable giving Thursday to mark National Philanthropy Day is...
View ArticleWindsor in Pictures: Nov. 5, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. WINDSOR, ON. NOVEMBER 5, 2015 David Joncas is the last resident of Brighton Beach in...
View ArticleGolden Boy Luke Willson returns to alma mater with gilded football
St. Thomas of Villanova graduate Luke Willson returned to his alma mater Friday to present the school with a Golden Football. The NFL’s Seattle Seahawks’s tight end received the football from the NFL...
View ArticleWindsor In Pictures: Nov. 6, 2015
Public health inspector Phil Wong holds up a radon gas test kit at a press conference at the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit in Windsor on Friday, November 6, 2015. Zumba Glow organizers Sam Arpino,...
View ArticleWindsor Weekend In Pictures: Nov. 7-8, 2015
Len Dupuis from the Royal Canadian Legion 261, heads the colour guard as they lead the Remembrance Day Parade down Ouellette Ave. in downtown Windsor, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015. Su Lee, a cadet with the...
View ArticleTodd Lane and Tenth Street intersection to close for two weeks
The intersection of Todd Lane and Tenth Street in LaSalle will be closed to all traffic beginning on Tuesday. It is expected to last two weeks depending on weather conditions. The detour route is...
View ArticleOriginal songs to be sung at Windsor Remembrance Day commemoration
Two original songs will be performed for the first time at Windsor’s downtown Remembrance Day ceremony Wednesday. “What we’ve done over recent years is bring back the passion and the emotion to these...
View ArticleWindsor in Pictures: Nov. 9, 2015
Essex Red Raiders Lucia McElwain drives to the basket against Walkerville Tartans Tess Snaden, left, in high school senior girls playoff basketball at Essex gym Monday November 9, 2015. Essex Red...
View ArticleWindsor in Pictures: Nov. 10, 2015
Korean Society of Windsor President Paul Yoo, left, Canadian Korean War veterans Mel Lewis, Von Johnson, Pete Remdenok, Chuck Milks, Joe Johnston, Ted Price and Korean Society member Paul Ra, right,...
View ArticleWindsor area 'Homecare Heroes' honoured by CCAC
Eighteen caregivers from Windsor and Essex County were honoured Tuesday by the Erie St. Clair Community Care Access Centre. “These are paid and unpaid caregivers who have positively affected the lives...
View ArticleIs our physician shortage over?
Local officials are mystified by new Ontario study that effectively proclaims the end of this region’s long-standing doctor shortage with this statistic: that 96 per cent of local adults have a primary...
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