Windsor Star
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:30:14 +0000'Complete absence' of evidence — Judge acquits Windsor man in Bowling Alley mass shooting
The man accused of a mass shooting in east Windsor will walk free following an attempted murder trial built on what the judge called shaky evidence and dishonest witnesses. Fernando Ratcliffe, 26, was acquitted of all charges Friday, four years after...
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:43:12 +0000Windsor fires back at fired city planner's 'vexatious' lawsuit
Windsor ex-planner Thom Hunt's $2.8M wrongful dismissal lawsuit "spurious" and "deliberately inflammatory," city claims.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:57:41 +0000Windsor police defend non-arrest stance on public drug use
'Enforcement alone has limited effectiveness in changing this behaviour,' Windsor police said in explaining why drug users in public aren't automatically arrested.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:50:38 +0000Better was apparently not good enough as IceDogs part ways with Windsor's Evola less than a year after former Spitfire was named GM
Better was apparently not good enough. The Niagara IceDogs parted ways with Windsor native Frank Evola as general manager on Thursday just 10 months after he was hired away from the Windsor Spitfires. “We are grateful for his time with the ...
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:09:14 +0000'They can't give me the truth' — Windsor judge slams Crown witnesses in mass shooting trial
Fernando Ratcliffe faces five counts of attempted murder for allegedly shooting a gun from a vehicle into a crowd outside Super Bowl Lanes on April 9, 2022.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:01:02 +0000Windsor motorist charged with dangerous driving in crash that killed toddler
Two months after a fatal collision in Kingsville that took the life of a 15-month-old child, police have charged a Windsor man with multiple dangerous driving counts, including one count for causing death. The incident occurred the morning of Mar...
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:46:11 +0000Windsor, Essex County school buses cancelled amid heavy fog
Heavy fog has led to the cancellation of all morning school bus transportation in Windsor and Essex County. Windsor-Essex Student Transportation Services issued the cancellation notice early Friday morning. School transportation service will resu...
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:20:21 +0000Dyer: Has post-war generation forgotten how hard-won peace is?
Post-WW2 slaughter, the solution settled on was simple: changing borders by force is against the law; attacking another country is a crime.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:43:15 +0000Spitfires sweep Firebirds to continue path of 2010 Memorial Cup championship team
The Windsor Spitfires have to like the direction this is going. For the first time in 16 years, the Spitfires have opened the Ontario Hockey League playoffs with back-to-back series sweeps. “That’s pretty sweet to hear,” Spitfires’ f...
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:05:37 +0000'Someone else needs a crack at it' — Hilda MacDonald not seeking reelection as Essex County warden
Essex County Warden Hilda MacDonald revealed Thursday she won’t seek re-election in the prominent political position, citing fairness, “heavy” times, and hefty workloads. “I feel every municipality should have a chance at it,” MacDonald, al...