Windsor Star
Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:57:31 +0000Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority board votes for independent review
The Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority board unanimously voted to seek an an independent proponent to conduct a peer review of the recommendations presented to it by its Food and Organic Oversight and Technical Committee on how to meet the province&...
Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:26:51 +0000Windsor police seize sawed-off shotgun, imitation firearms in Forest Glade
A Windsor man faces multiple firearm-related charges following a Windsor police drugs and guns investigation that culminated on Monday. Earlier this month, city police launched an investigation into the suspected possession of illegal firearms, durin...
Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:25:34 +0000Amherstburg man charged with impaired driving
The driver of a vehicle that crashed in Amherstburg Saturday night causing life-threatening injuries to a passenger has faces an impaired driving charge. Shortly before midnight, Windsor police patrol officers responded to a report of a single-vehicl...
Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:23:43 +0000Police seek witnesses to indecent act in Amherstburg
Windsor police are asking anyone who’s witnessed an indecent act on a public trail in Amherstburg to come forward after a report over the weekend led to a suspect’s arrest. On Saturday at approximately 8:30 a.m., patrol officers with the ...
Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:20:15 +0000Health unit waiting for green light to start mixing vaccines
Windsor-Essex residents could soon have the option to pick a different COVID-19 vaccine for their second dose, but not before the local health unit receives more guidance from federal and provincial officials. Following the National Advisory Committe...
Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:18:14 +0000Moving Sand Point Beach a high priority for mayor, councillor, after recent drowning
The recent death-by-drowning of a 24-year-old man — the sixth such fatality at Sand Point Beach since its opening in 1980 — has prompted Mayor Drew Dilkens and Ward 7 Coun. Jeewen Gill to attempt to speed up the long-planned moving of the beach t...
Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:11:09 +0000Jarvis: A lot of people still need the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
“Ontario is ready to deliver a two-dose summer,” Premier Doug Ford declared Friday as the province accelerated second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. The Windsor Essex County Health Unit website was jammed when booking for people ages 80 and ...
Tue, 01 Jun 2021 23:37:40 +0000Windsor-Essex receives youth mental health funding support
As part of a sweeping Ontario government overall $31-million investment to support you mental health, it was announced Tuesday Windsor-Essex will receive $2.7 million in operating funds to support its new local Youth Wellness Hub. The hubs are in pla...
Tue, 01 Jun 2021 23:36:48 +0000Dad's work with NHLers has helped Paquette prepare for OHL Draft
Essex’s Charlie Paquette did not have to grow up wondering what it was like to be an NHL player. Running into an NHL player was almost a daily occurrence for the 15-year-old Paquette with his dad, Andy Paquette, training several at his PowerTech Ho...
Tue, 01 Jun 2021 22:52:34 +0000PPE donated to Wyandotte Town Centre BIA ahead of reopening
The Wyandotte Town Centre Business Improvement Area received a donation of about 3,000 masks and gloves for its member businesses and customers on Tuesday. The donation came from the Integrative Canadian Group Organization from their Community Distri...