Essex Region Conservation Authority is planting 125,000 trees amid concerns tree planting is not a priority for the provincial government. The reforestation is taking place on over 150 acres of land across the watersheds of the region — on both con...

What was touted as a tax freeze at budget time turns out to be a 2.4 per cent tax increase for residential taxpayers and a decrease in the six per cent range for commercial and industrial properties. That’s the gist of 2021 Tax Policy Report â€...

Windsor is scheduled to be a small road for some elite track and field athletes attempting to qualify for this summer’s Olympic Games in Japan. The Johnny Loaring Classic is one of nine meets being used by Athletics Canada to serve as part of the T...

A confidential investigation into the deaths of three migrant farm workers from COVID-19 is recommending a public investigation. That’s right. Ontario’s Office of the Chief Coroner “should consider calling an inquest” into the...

Adults age 55 and older can now receive a COVID-19 vaccination shot at mass vaccination sites in Windsor-Essex. The local health unit on Thursday expanded the age eligibility for the jab, dropping the restriction from 60-plus. Starting immediately, a...

Marlene Paul’s dream of a new start had a rough beginning, including a period of homelessness after arriving in Windsor in September 2018, but the growing demand for the Indigenous artist’s unique dream catcher designs has banished those early ni...

A local soccer academy joined 16 other community organizations across the province in a public appeal to Ontario Premier Doug Ford regarding the negative mental health impact on youth left with no sports activities. A survey of parents garnered 3,500...

A Windsor man who allegedly agreed to meet with a child for the purpose of committing a sexual offense is a teacher, the local Catholic school board has confirmed. The teacher “is no longer in a classroom environment and will not be in front of...

Eight recent opioid overdoses have prompted the local health unit to issue an alert. The overdoses, six of which involved fentanyl, occurred between April 19 and April 25, last Sunday. Most of them happened in Windsor. In comparison to previous years...

The Town of Leamington is moving ahead with legal action against 12 greenhouse operators for violating a new light pollution bylaw. Inspectors discovered 23 greenhouses violating the Greenhouse Light Abatement Bylaw between January and March, accordi...