Windsor Star
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 02:57:02 +0000With potential playoff matchup looming, Spitfires close out regular-season series with Spirit in style
It was a positive sign with the playoffs looming. The Windsor Spitfires face the West Division-rival Saginaw eight times in the regular season. It was a tough start to the season series for the Spitfires, who dropped three of the first four meet...
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:43:24 +0000Province pledges $1M to improve Windsor patient access to CT scans
The Ontario government is contributing $1 million in new funds to expand access to CT scans in Windsor. “Access to timely diagnostic imaging is essential to delivering high-quality patient care,” said Windsor–Tecumseh MPP Andrew Dowie. “By st...
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:39:14 +0000Attempted murder suspect arrested in Windsor for bail violations
A 39-year-old man charged in a 2025 shooting incident on Windsor’s west side was arrested Friday for allegedly violating bail conditions for the second time in less than a year. Damian Richards was arrested in the 1500 block of University Aven...
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:11:30 +0000Woodlot, wetland owners fear impact of proposed Windsor-Lakeshore power line
'It's an important piece of land and to fragment it more would be pretty disastrous on a lot of different species.'
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:07:21 +0000UPDATE: Windsor house fire sends one man to hospital, one dog dies
One person has been transported to hospital after escaping a fire at a home in Windsor’s Devonshire Heights neighbourhood Sunday evening that police are investigating as arson. Windsor Fire and Rescue Services crews responded to the Sunday even...
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:10:04 +0000Guest column: Rising wealth inequality, including in Canada, a growing threat to democracy
Tax the super-rich, our guest columnists write. Recent survey of over 2,300 millionaires shows even the wealthy agree – over half think extreme wealth threatens democracy.
Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:38:21 +0000'Blatant corruption' — U.S. Representatives sponsor bill to protect Gordie Howe bridge from Trump
'Donald Trump won Michigan, and now he’s turning his back on the working people who put him in office.'
Sun, 15 Feb 2026 14:28:52 +0000‘A major milestone’ – One million battery cells produced at Windsor’s NextStar Energy facility
NextStar Energy has produced its one-millionth battery cell at its Windsor manufacturing facility, the company announced on Thursday. The company, which began commercial cell production in Windsor last November, said the achievement marked “a major...
Sun, 15 Feb 2026 14:22:17 +0000'Recipe for collapse' — Windsor-Essex paramedics vote 100% in favour of strike mandate
The union that represents hundreds of paramedics in Windsor-Essex says the workers have voted to authorize a strike. CUPE Local 2974 said in a news release that members voted 100 per cent in favour of a strike, if necessary, in response to “c...
Sun, 15 Feb 2026 04:27:53 +0000Spitfires end three-year drought against Spirit
The drought is finally over for the Windsor Spitfires. A 4-2 road win over the Saginaw Spirit on Saturday gave Windsor its first regulation win at the Dow Event Center in more than three years. “Yeah, they were saying that,” Spitfires’...