Windsor Star
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 03:04:50 +0000Holmes emerges from crowded field to be named general manager of Lions
Brad Holmes was not considered frontrunner to replace Bob Quinn as general manager of the Detroit Lions. Emerging from a field of 12 candidates, the 41-year-old Holmes, who has no experience as a general manager, was given a five-year contract on Thu...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:57:40 +0000City of Windsor adjusts public services under new stay-at-home order
The recent additional measures under the Reopening Ontario Act are having an impact on the availability of certain City of Windsor services.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:51:47 +0000U of Windsor's Odette MBA program honours FCA Canada
FCA Canada has been awarded the inaugural Sue Skrobiak Award for Excellence by the University of Windsor’s Odette School of Business MBA program. The award is presented annually to a person or organization that has positively impacted the Odette MB...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:46:48 +0000Health unit reports 216 new COVID-19 cases, four more deaths
Four more Windsor-Essex residents have succumbed to complications from COVID-19. The local health unit on Thursday reported the deaths of a man in his 70s, a man and a woman in their 80s, and a woman in her 90s. All four of them lived in long-term ca...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:36:56 +0000Tecumseh taxpayers to pay 1.48 per cent more in 2021
Tecumseh taxpayers will pay 1.48 per cent more in property taxes this year. The town’s council finished its 2021 budget deliberations Wednesday. The increase amounts to $51 more for a $250,000-home, the average assessment for a single-family dw...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:24:52 +0000Pandemic-battered single mom makes COVID career pivot
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken some pretty hard shots at Kourtney Belisle, but the 29-year-old single mom simply refuses to break. First the pandemic forced Belisle to close the fitness studio she owned and operated in North Bay. A fledgling busines...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:19:25 +0000Council to consider debt financing for $170M public housing rehab
A much-needed $170-million rehabilitation of the region’s deteriorating community housing stock is an opportunity that can’t be missed, despite requiring the city to increase its debt load, according to Mayor Drew Dilkens. The proposed seven-year...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:04:56 +0000Enforcement actions are being taken against anti-lockdown protests, says Windsor mayor
Mayor Drew Dilkens said concerned citizens should not expect Windsor police to confront such illegal events with "shields and a battering ram." But he assures the public: "These people will have to attend court and answer to a Justice of the Peace."
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 23:37:42 +0000Donations sought for new fence at Jack Miner sanctuary
KINGSVILLE — After decades of protecting the fowl and fauna at the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Kingsville, fencing donated by Miner’s friend, American industrialist Henry Ford, has met its end. A crumbling foundation and years of wear ...
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 23:36:41 +0000LaSalle police offer advice on coyotes as breeding season begins
LaSalle police say they've recently been receiving reports of coyote sightings — as usual this time of year.