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Wed, 28 Jul 2021 01:33:58 +0000
'Build, build, build' — but be smart, Windsor forum on housing to urge
For years and years, Windsor’s planners and policy makers had to focus their attention on negotiating blight, population loss, the hollowing out of the city’s urban core and emptying neighbourhoods. That’s all changed. Even in the m...

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 00:23:58 +0000
Her LaSalle family, local community celebrates as Masse reaches Olympic podium
The silver medal performance of LaSalle’s Kylie Masse at the Olympic Games is just the latest in a string of ongoing accomplishments that has her family and so many people in the Windsor area celebrating with her along the way. Masse first set...

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 00:12:22 +0000
CBSA employees in strike position just days before border reopening
Workers at Canada’s borders are poised to go on strike just days before the country’s planned reopening of land borders to vaccinated American travellers.  The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and Customs and Immigration Union (CIU)...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:57:51 +0000
GoFundMe campaign started for grieving family of local motorcyclist
Funds are being raised to help with the funeral costs for Andreas Rodrigues, 31, of LaSalle, and to benefit his young daughter.

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:47:36 +0000
City wants public input on proposed redesign of University and Victoria avenues
The City of Windsor is looking for public input on a $50 million “reimagining” of University and Victoria avenues that would offer less room for cars and more space for greenery, pedestrians and cyclists. “The University Avenue you see today wa...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:44:41 +0000
Peddies plan commercial/residential development in Amherstburg's historic downtown
Two years after purchasing and restoring a 135-year old building in downtown Amherstburg, Richard and Colleen Peddie are bringing to life a new 1880s-style, three-storey building that will house commercial and residential space. The new structure at ...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:46:18 +0000
Town hall sessions to be held on downtown Windsor supervised injection site
Panelists will answer questions about the proposed locations of a consumption and treatment services facility in downtown Windsor.

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:40:29 +0000
Windsor police seek break-and-enter suspects
A property in Windsor’s Ojibway industrial park was the target of a break-in last weekend, say police — and some of the suspects were recorded on a surveillance camera. The crime occurred in the 600 block of Sprucewood Ave. in Windsor’s...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:38:58 +0000
Windsor MP, mayor announce $1 million in airport funding
Windsor’s airport will receive more than $1 million in capital upgrades as the airport’s operations, hard-hit by the pandemic, begin to emerge post-COVID-19. Windsor-Tecumseh Liberal MP Irek Kusmierczyk, as well as YQG president Mark Galvin a...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 21:18:59 +0000
Windsor man gives thumbs up to $500,000 lottery win
Xuan Nguyen, a 59-year-old upholstery repairman in Windsor, won $500,000 via Maxmillions on the Lotto MAX draw of June 22.



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