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Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:26:18 +0000
Tony Faria December 29, 1944-April 7, 2021
Tony Faria, the University of Windsor marketing professor who created the school’s Office of Automotive and Vehicle Research and sounded the alarm over the future of the industry in Canada, has died. Faria died suddenly April 7. He was 76. A gr...

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:13:46 +0000
Freedom of Information fight reveals frustration over tunnel project ‘mismanagement’
As massive delays, cost overruns, revenue losses, union grievances and growing mistrust plagued the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel ceiling project, Windsor officials discussed making sure their Detroit counterparts would “own” the fallout. The email conv...

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 23:48:59 +0000
Windsor man who killed own child in fit of anger sentenced to 6.5 years
A Windsor man who pleaded for forgiveness prior to being sentenced Tuesday for killing his infant son two years ago was told by the judge to go somewhere else to seek mercy. “Forgiveness is not something I’m here for,” Superior Cour...

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 23:04:21 +0000
Mayor pitches $1M alternative to citywide speed limit reduction from 50 to 40 km/h
As council braces for a heated debate Monday on dropping the residential speed limit from 50 to 40 km/h, Mayor Drew Dilkens is pitching an alternative approach to preventing cars from bombing through neighbourhoods. “I want to do something that...

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 22:21:23 +0000
Swastika appearances in community disturb Windsor Jewish Federation
Windsor resident Salomon Smeer survived the Holocaust, but his mother did not. He's one of the reasons the Windsor Jewish Federation is condemning recent swastika signs in the community as "outrageous and unnecessary."

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 22:20:50 +0000
Windsor police investigate shots fired on Longfellow Avenue
The Windsor Police Service major crime unit is looking for information about gunshots fired on Longfellow Avenue over the weekend. On Sunday at 1:30 a.m., patrol officers responded to the street’s 1700 block for a report of multiple shots fired...

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:49:39 +0000
Tullio's hopes to host, Spitfires' dream of playing in Memorial Cup end as CHL cancels tournament
Windsor’s Rocco Tullio hoisted the Memorial Cup in 2015. As owner of the Oshawa Generals, Tullio’s squad, which was guided by Windsor native D.J. Smith, claimed the title in Quebec City. Tullio was hoping for another shot at junior hockey’s cro...

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:35:52 +0000
Windsor police caught in crossfire of social media confusion
Windsor police communications officers have been busy dealing with unwarranted backlash on Twitter in recent days after footage of a violent traffic stop in a Virginia town by the same name surfaced online. The local law enforcement agency has replie...

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 20:18:23 +0000
Jarvis: Fanning the flames in a crisis
I hope Essex councillor and former Windsor Star colleague Chris Vander Doelen recovers fully and swiftly from COVID-19. But what he tweeted about the disease is appalling, in so many ways. “The Chinese flu,” he called it. It’s this ...

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 19:51:10 +0000
Health unit encourages safe Ramadan celebrations
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reminding residents to celebrate Ramadan safely this year by staying home. On Tuesday, the Islamic holy month’s first day, Medical Officer of Health Dr. Wajid Ahmed advised those observing their second pa...



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