Windsor Star

Sat, 18 May 2024 21:57:13 +0000
Encampment organizer prepared to 'escalate' protest at UWindsor
Demonstrators behind a “Liberation Zone” at the University of Windsor say they will “escalate” their pro-Palestinian protest if the institution’s top brass refuse to talk. Although some UWindsor administrators met with e...

Sat, 18 May 2024 12:57:49 +0000
Free WiFi extended across Essex County parks, public spaces
Residents, businesses and visitors in five Essex County communities can now access free Wi-Fi in 21 parks and public spaces after the launch of the new service Tuesday. “It’s an awesome opportunity for connection, particularly for small businesse...

Sat, 18 May 2024 12:32:43 +0000
Perfect games, lifelong passions: Windsor ends 100 years of five-pin bowling
There have been countless great nights, and a few perfect ones.  Built in 1946, the Playdium Lanes five-pin bowling alley has stood as a treasured oasis and symbol of friendship, family, and community for generations of Windsorites. It is scheduled ...

Sat, 18 May 2024 11:00:50 +0000
Guest column: Small cost for lovely nostalgic tradition of sending letters
There are occasions when the mailed word matters. Condolences. Thank-you letters from small children. Wedding invitations

Fri, 17 May 2024 20:00:27 +0000
Brown-John: Collapsing bridges, fire, explosions — my year of living with disasters
By: Lloyd Brown-John Some may remember the satirical comic strip Li’l Abner. A dark rain cloud hung perpetually over the head of one of its characters, Joe Btfsplk. It symbolized Joe’s life of constant bad luck. He was “the world’s wo...

Fri, 17 May 2024 19:39:56 +0000
Moose Hide campaign engages men, boys in ending violence against women, children
Men and boys must take a greater role in ending violence against women and children, say leaders of an Indigenous-led campaign launched Thursday in Windsor. Dozens of health care workers, community members, and Indigenous partners gathered to mark a ...

Fri, 17 May 2024 18:52:17 +0000
Windsor judge cites faulty police report in tossing out guilty verdicts in double-fatal crash
A judge has set aside the recent guilty verdicts of a Lakeshore man convicted in the deaths of two people in a 2020 collision after a Windsor police traffic reconstruction report was deemed erroneous. Following a trial in the fall, Philip Hayes, 33, ...

Fri, 17 May 2024 18:25:55 +0000
What does it take to be Windsor’s police chief? Love
Elementary school student Abel Thomas gave Windsor police Chief Jason Bellaire a run for his money Thursday, besting the chief at his own job. “I have to say that at our command meeting this morning, he outperformed me pretty easily,” Bellaire to...

Fri, 17 May 2024 18:11:42 +0000
Windsor man faces trafficking charges for fentanyl, other drugs
Windsor police seized more than $250,000 in illegal drugs and arrested and charged a Windsor man with several counts of possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking. Officers with the Windsor police drugs and guns enforcement unit and emergency...

Fri, 17 May 2024 15:58:05 +0000
Top doc warns drug abuse ‘significant threat’ to Windsor-Essex
Windsor and Essex County’s top doctor is calling for widespread collaboration to tackle life-threatening substance use problems currently burdening the health-care system. Following a board of health meeting Thursday, medical officer of health ...

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