Windsor Star
Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:51:01 +0000First Drive: High marks for Windsor-built 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Pinnacle
True to its name, this AWD minivan comes out on top, with enough amenities to make us skip over any thought of buying an SUV
Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:40:05 +0000Lakeshore's McMahon earns soccer scholarship at Marshall University
Lakeshore’s Hailey McMahon overcame an injury and a pandemic to reach her goal. A St. Anne high school student, the 17-year-old McMahon has signed on to play NCAA Division I soccer at Marshall University in Huntington, W. Va. in the fall. “I star...
Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:21:23 +0000Jarvis: From vials of hope to hopeless confusion
Almost 5,000 people in Windsor and Essex County — staff in long-term care and retirement homes and other congregate care settings, health care workers on the front line like hospital staff and paramedics and Indigenous people at high risk of COVID-...
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:52:17 +0000Pizza maker gets 58 months prison for sex with 13-year-old
Saying the punishment for a man convicted of having sex with a minor “must reflect society’s revulsion,” a Windsor judge on Thursday sentenced a local pizza maker to four years and 10 months in prison. At his trial last year, the de...
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:51:15 +0000ERCA's Byrne named to vacant CAO position
After 35 years overseeing the protection of Essex County’s watersheds, Tim Byrne will now serve Essex Region Conservation Authority as chief administrative officer/secretary-treasurer. Formerly the director of watershed management services, Byrne h...
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:48:50 +0000Town going back to school to learn about affordable housing
LEAMINGTON — Even in the midst of a pandemic, the housing market in Leamington is white-hot, and the shortage of local residential offerings is putting what is available increasingly out of economic reach for a growing number of the town’s re...
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:12:30 +0000UWindsor study touts job-creating logistics cluster around new bridge
Windsor and Detroit could see significant economic benefits from a logistical collaboration centred around the new Gordie Howe International Bridge, according to a study by the University of Windsor’s Cross-Border Institute. The study suggests the ...
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:54:27 +0000Windsor falls to 2nd, as Alberta records largest-ever meth seizure at border
By: Bill Kaufmann An inspection of a semi-trailer at the Coutts, Alberta, border crossing on Christmas Day has led to the largest border seizure of methamphetamine — 228.14 kg — in Canadian history and a Calgary man being charged. Previously, the...
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:46:11 +0000Two-vehicle collision in Leamington kills one
Ontario Provincial Police in Leamington are investigating a fatal crash between a transport truck and a passenger vehicle Wednesday evening. The vehicles collided slightly after 7 p.m. on County Road 18 between Highway 77 and Morse Road. The passenge...
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:03:58 +0000New order from top doc mandates self-isolation, makes enforcement easier in Windsor-Essex
The medical officer of health for Windsor-Essex has issued a new order to make sure those required to self-isolate due to COVID-19 actually stay home. Effective Feb. 1, the health unit can more readily issue fines of up to $5,000 to anyone who fails ...