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Councils reveal how much time spent in-camera
Councils in Windsor and Tecumseh spent about 20 per cent of meeting time behind closed doors last year, reports released this week show. The City of Windsor met for 15 hours and 32 minutes in-camera in...
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Provincial police identify victim of fatal motorcycle crash
Leamington OPP have identified the man who died early Sunday in a motorcycle crash. Christopher Harmston, 39, of Leamington, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Fox Run Road near the 15th...
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Selfies in the forest? 15 to 20 national parks getting Wi-Fi this summer
Up to 20 national parks or historic sites are expected to get Wi-Fi this summer but Point Pelee National Park isn’t one of them. Parks Canada is looking at wireless hotspots in its iconic parks such as...
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Severe thunderstorm watch for southwestern Ontario has ended
Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for large areas of Chatham-Kent and Essex counties, including Leamington and Windsor. Severe thunderstorms are possible into the late evening....
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Beatrice Fantoni’s Table Talk
Crowd-funding with food The weather is warming up but Windsor Soup is sticking around. After the success of the first Windsor Soup back in March, Pathway to Potential and the university student group...
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Lakeshore homeowner scares off intruder
Essex County OPP hope to hear from anyone who might have seen something out of the ordinary early Tuesday after a Lakeshore homeowner scared off an intruder. Police said it happened around 4 a.m. near...
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Rare bird spotted near Pelee sparks buzz in birding community
There was a buzz in the local birding community Tuesday after reports of an extremely rare sighting of a species normally seen west of here. Two Smith’s Longspurs were first spotted at around 10:30...
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Windsor-Essex’s longest-standing restaurants, Part 2
There’s research to show that restaurants survive a long time in business if they’re perceived as part of the community. Could that be the magic formula that’s permitted some joints to stay open in...
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Windsor in Pictures: April 29, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. Natalee Speers is a member of the Border City Brawlers roller derby team and Team Ontario....
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Economic Development Canada expects booming exports to lift local economy
The Windsor and Essex County economy stands to benefit from increasing global demand for food and manufactured goods, according to Economic Development Canada. “Ontario is a trading province and...
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LaSalle police looking for person in distress
LaSalle police are looking for a person who was in distress and placed several 911 calls asking for help on Wednesday. The reception was poor, but the GPS location of the phone showed it to be in the...
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Fog alert issued for Windsor and region
Environment Canada has issued a fog advisory for Windsor, Essex and Chatham-Kent starting at 10:10 p.m. Wednesday. Fog conditions from late this evening until the early morning will be near zero...
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‘I don’t regret that I hit rock bottom,’ says bodybuilder Richie Keirouz
Richie Keirouz has the world in his hands. He’s in the best shape of his life, has a great job and an amazing wife and family. But life wasn’t always great for Keirouz. In 2004, his life was in a...
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By The Numbers: Dog Attacks In Windsor And Essex County
424: The number of people bitten by dogs reported to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit in 2013 50: The number of dog attacks investigated by the Windsor Police in 2013. Fifteen of those were attacks...
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Photos And Video: South West Detention Centre
A metal detector in a hallway at the newly built South West Detention Centre in Windsor, Ont. is shown on Friday, May 2, 2014. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star) A recreational area at the newly built...
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Underground world of off-the-books migrant work revealed by Star investigation
It was like they never existed, at least not in Canada. The only hint was a note in the company log at Nature’s Finest Produce in Chatham about a visit by immigration officials on Sept. 25, 2012....
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LaSalle 911 calls turn out to be a hoax after extensive search
Forty-two calls to 911 that prompted an extensive search for a person in distress a week ago in LaSalle turned out to be a hoax. On its Facebook page, LaSalle Police Service posted an email message...
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Music of Queen featured for autism fundraiser
Autism Ontario Windsor Essex will host a fundraiser May 23rd at Windsor’s Chrysler Theatre featuring the music of Queen in the production ‘We Will Rock Blue!’ The show will feature North America’s...
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Local business owners feel economy strong, energy prices problematic
A majority of Windsor and Essex County business owners expect the economy to stay strong the remainder of this year, although the rising cost of energy remains troublesome, according to an annual...
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Not-so-little theatre company stages Annie Jr.
Some of the cast members fit the bill, but there’s nothing else pint-sized about Little Tomato Theatre Company’s Annie Jr. The Leamington-based youth group never does anything by halves, and that’s...
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