To be successful this season, the Windsor Spitfires will need some first-year players to be more than mere rookies. Ryan Abraham was Windsor’s first-round pick in the 2020 Ontario Hockey League Draft, but the COVID-19 pandemic means he has yet to p...

After being forced into cancellation last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city’s annual Ribfest returned on the weekend — although not in its previous format due to ongoing virus restrictions. The event staged at the riverfront plaza ins...

Another protest rally by those against enforcement of COVID-19 vaccinations and passports held on the riverfront Saturday coincided with another protest by local hospital and other frontline emergency workers upset about mandatory vaccination policie...

Windsor police were called upon to conduct an emergency rescue of a man in the Detroit River early on Sunday morning. A male of unknown age was out on a kayak when it capsized shortly before 3:30 a.m., according to police. The marine unit of Windsor ...

Essex County OPP have put out a missing person alert for an Essex man. Clare Romanick, 65, has not been seen since mid-afternoon on Saturday with his whereabouts unknown. Police say they are concerned for his well-being since he left his residence on...

Once Ontario decides to use proof of vaccination documents, I am concerned there will be several sites on the web that will be selling forged vaccination passports. Canada recently fined two travellers $19,720 each that officials say had forged docum...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford originally opposed the introduction of a vaccine passport on principle. Recently, he reversed his position under the looming possibility of further lockdowns. I understand his reasoning as with the fourth wave underway, we m...

Ethan Martin had always hoped his road to the Ontario Hockey League would lead to Windsor and a chance to play for the Spitfires. A fourth-round pick by the Spitfires in this year’s OHL Draft, the 16-year-old Martin officially signed on with the cl...

LaSalle police are investigating a robbery that took place on Saturday morning at CIBC Bank on Malden Road. The incident occurred around 9:45 a.m. when a male entered the bank, approach a teller and demanded cash. No weapon was used during the incide...

The Windsor-Essex Community Health Centre (weCHC) has formed a partnership with area farms in hopes of helping to better address health care needs of temporary International Agricultural Workers (IAWs). The partnership between weCHC and Great Lakes G...