Windsor Star

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:35:48 +0000
Cristoforo answers the challenge for Spitfires while Costanzo breaks DiPietro's record
Anthony Cristoforo finally wore the coaching staff down.  The fourth-year defenceman for the Windsor Spitfires had been begging the coaching staff a chance to play forward.  On Thursday, with two veteran forwards Liam Greentree and A.J. Spell...

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:35:59 +0000
Windsor police make arrest after second standoff in single day
Windsor police arrested a 34-year-old man following an hours-long standoff Wednesday evening, just hours after responding to a similar incident earlier that day. The Windsor Police Service said officers arrived shortly after 5 p.m. on Wednesday to a ...

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:34:20 +0000
Police charge man with assault, uttering threats after Byng Road standoff
A 40-year-old man was arrested following a three-hour standoff Wednesday at a home in the Devonshire Heights area.  The incident began around 1 p.m., when officers responded to a report of an assault at a residence in the 3400 block of Byng R...

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:10:57 +0000
Windsor man charged for alleged online child luring
An investigation that began in the Greater Toronto Area’s Peel Region, led to the arrest of a Windsor man accused of luring a child online for sexual purposes.  Windsor police were contacted by officers with the Peel Regional Police internet c...

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:58:57 +0000
New Windsor-Essex public school board trustees want to prepare students for changing workforce
A newly appointed Windsor-Essex public school board trustee who works in the automotive industry is motivated to help students prepare for the rapidly changing workforce. Chandrika Abhang, selected to represent LaSalle and Amherstburg, was sworn in T...

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:42:33 +0000
Windsor man who got nose busted by cops gets house arrest for punching cops
'Keep doing what you're doing and I don't think we'll see you back here,' Windsor judge tells young man who turned violent on alcohol.

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:58:07 +0000
'Creating barriers for kids' — Parents launch petition to save student bus program
Parents angry about the end of a Transit Windsor program that shuttled students to high school have launched a petition to bring it back. Some of them brought their cause to the school yard this week, handing out flyers at Vincent Massey Secondary Sc...

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:46:38 +0000
'Happy and appreciated' — Vulnerable enjoy holiday meal at Downtown Mission
'This isn't always the easiest place to be, but individuals who are here ... get to see that the community is behind them.'

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:25:21 +0000
St. Clair College donates $6K to Knobby's Kids hockey program
A $6,000 donation from St. Clair College will help more kids in Windsor-Essex lace up their skates and hit the ice. The donation will help offset costs for insurance and rink rentals for the 18th season of Knobby’s Kids, a local program that pr...

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:10:52 +0000
Opinion: Canada should stop taxing food altogether, food professor argues
Ending the GST/HST on all food is one of the simplest, fairest and most effective measures the federal government can take immediately

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