Windsor in Pictures: Jan. 12, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Tuesday. Check out the gallery. Essex 73’s Tyler Scott slides under Lakers Dak Johnstone in first period of Great Lakes Junior C...
View ArticleMotivational speaker uses music to teach respect and confidenct
A former Canadian Idol contestant is using her voice to help children learn respect and confidence. Sara Westbrook sang to students at Holy Cross Catholic Elementary School in LaSalle Wednesday....
View ArticleVander Doelen: Hospital fight a pointless waste
That determined group which insisted that Windsor’s new arena be built in the city core can celebrate — they’ve finally won the argument, 40 years later. We’re talking about the WFCU Centre, Windsor’s...
View ArticleChrysler retirees learn about benefit changes
More than 1,500 Chrysler retirees turned out Wednesday to learn about changes to their benefits package — changes that officials say are vital to preserving the trust fund. Gordon Graham, the executive...
View ArticleCrime Stoppers welcomes new program manager
Windsor and Essex County Crime Stoppers has a new program manager. Tyler Lamphier took the reins from Ron Funkenhauser earlier this month. Lamphier spent the last two years working as program manager...
View ArticleMan ordered to stay out of town as part of assault sentence
A Hamilton man with a long criminal record has been ordered to stay out of Leamington after getting into a bar fight during which a man was stabbed in the lung. Steven Kelly Hayden, 35, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleWindsor in Pictures: Jan. 13, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. Gordon Graham, executive director for asrTrust Retiree Health Care, talks with retirees during a...
View ArticleHotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare adds 30 rehab beds
Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare officially opened a 30-bed rehabilitation unit Thursday, which directors say will not only help more patients return home sooner but will free up space in local hospitals....
View ArticleWindsor in Pictures: Jan. 14, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Thursday. Check out the gallery. Windsor Police Cst. Leigh Ann Godwin (L) and OPP Cst. Amanda Allen, members of the Windsor and...
View ArticleLocal luncheon group buys cow for women in Dominican Republic
Josephina will never meet the group of Essex County women who raised money to buy her and place her in a good home. Josephina is a cow after all, and will help better the lives of a family in a rural...
View ArticleLaSalle Police Service $150,000 under budget for 2015
LaSalle’s police chief said Monday he will look for savings in the department’s 2016 budget but a $150,000 surplus from 2015 should make that job a lot easier. “We will be coming up significantly under...
View ArticleWindsor Weekend In Pictures: January 16-17, 2016
Participants take part in the 2nd annual Dream Climb at the Chrysler Building, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. The Dream Climb is hosted by the Windsor/Essex Hospitals Foundation and is in support of the...
View ArticleMega-hospital site confirmation of county's growth
The proposed site of a new mega-hospital has confirmed the growing reality that Essex County is on its way to becoming an equal partner in terms of population with the city of Windsor. It’s been a slow...
View ArticleDriver transported to hospital with 'life-threatening' injuries
One person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a rollover-crash in Amherstburg Monday morning. The collision occurred shortly before 8:30 a.m. in the 2100 block of Front...
View ArticleWindsor In Pictures: January 18, 2016
The St. Anne Saints Stephane Crevier fires a shot at the Kingsville Cavaliers John Prout at Tecumseh Arena on Monday, January 18, 2016. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star) Canada Post letter carrier...
View ArticleProtesters rally against health-care cuts outside pre-budget hearing
Windsor protesters gave Ontario’s health-care system a thorough examination Tuesday and offered a grim diagnosis. About 60 people rallied against health-care cutbacks outside Caesar’s Windsor while...
View ArticlePhotos: Saints battle Vortex in girls' high school volleyball action
St. Anne Catholic High School’s Saints squared off against the Tecumseh Vista Academy Vortex in girls’ high school volley ball Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016. St. Anne Saints Madison Tracey couldn’t quite...
View ArticleRanta Marina in Amherstburg up for sale
Realtor John D’Alimonte hasn’t even staked a for sale sign in the ground yet and he’s already got an offer to buy Ranta Marina in Amherstburg. “I actually just listed it on Friday,” he said. “I’ll get...
View ArticlePhotos: Holy Names Knights down Sandwich Sabres 10-6
Sandwich Secondary School’s Sabres boys’ hockey faced the Holy Names Catholic High School Knights in boys hockey at the Vollmer Centre in LaSalle, Ont. on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2019. The Knights beat the...
View ArticleWindsor in Pictures: Jan. 19, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Tuesday. Check out the gallery. Chris Buckley, president of the Ontario Federation of Labour, speaks with the media during a...
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