Windsor Star

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 17:41:50 +0000
Windsor crews battled fire that sent one person to hospital
One person was taken to hospital Thursday with unknown injuries while crews battled a fire in the 2200 block of Alexis Road. Crews were called to the scene around noon and quickly extinguished the blaze. No damage estimates have been released.  ...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 17:39:45 +0000
Windsor police search for man wanted after sexual assault of a minor
Windsor police are searching for a 24-year-old man wanted in connection to a sexual assault of a minor. Officers with the major crimes unit launched an investigation earlier this month after receiving information of an alleged sexual assault of a chi...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 17:07:20 +0000
St. Clair College students bring Broadway musical CATS to Chrysler stage
St. Clair College performing arts students hope to inspire audiences to support the Windsor-Essex County Humane Society as they put a modern twist on the perennial stage musical CATS. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic masterpiece, based on T.S. Eli...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:47:38 +0000
'Great opportunity' — Feds eye Windsor's HMCS Hunter building for affordable housing
After nearly ten years of sitting vacant in downtown Windsor, the HMCS Hunter naval reserve building has been flagged as a candidate for affordable housing conversion in the latest federal budget. The Liberals on Tuesday announced their 2024 budget, ...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:40:54 +0000
Striking a chord: Windsor's String Project musicians showcase young talent
Dozens of blossoming young musicians with pint-sized violins performed a concert for teachers, fellow students, and their parents this week as part of The String Project.  The program, which uses musical education as a vehicle for social developmen...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:48:24 +0000
Windsor's GreenShield Canada employees ratify contract
Members of Windsor-based Unifor Local 240 and Toronto-based Unifor Local 673 ratified a new three-year contract with GreenShield Canada on Wednesday. The 580 Windsor workers voted 92 per cent in favour while 91 per cent of the 24 Toronto workers appr...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:41:54 +0000
Windsor builders hail federal budget housing measures as 'good start'
Local developers are calling the multibillion-dollar affordable housing measures in the 2024 federal budget “a good start” but say much work remains before any real impact is felt. The Liberal government on Tuesday committed to spending $...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:59:15 +0000
Windsor law students square off in (mock) murder trial
With the judge’s bench and other courtroom seats still warm from hosting the city’s most recent murder trial, local students took to a Superior Court of Justice courtroom in downtown Windsor on Monday to square off in a mock homicide case...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:19:18 +0000
Marine emergency exercises slated for weekend
Sailors and first responders will hone their emergency preparedness this weekend, undergoing marine training on the Detroit River. More than 80 sailors from the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve — HMCS Hunter, along with members of the Canadian Coast Gu...

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:50:46 +0000
Trustees quash latest effort to change Kingsville school name
A last-ditch effort to revive the debate around the naming of a new school in Kingsville was abruptly shut down during a meeting of the Greater Essex County District School Board Tuesday.   A motion requesting that the school board examine the namin...

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