Windsor Star
Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:12:59 +0000Home prices surging in hot local real estate market
A surge in real estates prices that extended down the Highway 401 corridor created a 35-per cent jump in the average price of a home in the Windsor area this January compared to January 2020. The average local sales price for the month was $510,716 c...
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 23:59:59 +0000Rental licensing pilot project pitched for student-saturated wards
After years of complaints about deplorable housing conditions around its university, Windsor appears headed towards a rental housing licensing pilot project requiring regular inspections. The pilot project would run in Wards 1 and 2, which contain th...
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 23:16:43 +0000City invites artists to apply for project grants
The City of Windsor is opening up its 2021 arts funding purse for projects that “help build a stronger creative community.” Windsor’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Fund has $87,200 available, to be handed out in two funding rounds for ...
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 23:05:43 +0000St. Clair refunding tuition for PSW students who enrolled last fall
St. Clair College will dip into its own revenues to pay back $200,000 in tuition fees for students currently enrolled in its personal support worker program. A newly announced provincial government initiative offering free tuition for anyone interest...
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:57:02 +0000Input sought in naming new Amherstburg high school
The public is invited to suggest a name for the new dual high school under construction in Amherstburg. The school will combine the students from General Amherst and Western secondary schools. Participants can suggest what concepts should be consider...
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:55:45 +0000Mass COVID-19 vaccinations begin for local residents 80 and older
Vaccination of Windsor community residents ages 80 and older began on Monday morning, with the use of the WFCU Centre as a COVID-19 vaccine clinic.
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:14:38 +0000Hiram Walker Distillery wins top honours at Canadian Whisky Awards
Windsor’s Hiram Walker Distillery was named 2021 Distillery of the Year at the Canadian Whisky Awards. In it’s 11th year, the Canadian Whisky Awards recognize the best Canadian whiskies. Winners are determined by an independent panel of nine ...
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 20:30:36 +0000New COVID-19 test rules cause confusion at border
Dale Siefker hadn’t crossed the border into Michigan since March of 2020 because of the pandemic, but when the Essex businessman returned from a same-day trip last week, he was slapped with a $3,780 fine for refusing to provide a negative COVID-19 ...
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:00:51 +0000Reader letter: Streetlight replacement issue in Southwood Lakes triggers frustration
Re: Illuminating story, by Brian Cross, Jan. 23 When we read the article pertaining to the replacement of street lights in the Southwood Lakes subdivision, we were in disbelief a municipal committee would even consider this issue in the middle of a p...
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:00:51 +0000Reader letter: Closing airport tower will hurt region's economic potential
We can travel by air to anywhere in the world from the Windsor airport by connecting through Toronto. I believe a downgrade of the Windsor control tower will deny Windsor/Essex the right to continue to be part of Canada’s growth potential. During t...