Windsor Star
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 05:04:31 +0000Local firm Picsume lands government funding and partnerships
Local software firm Picsume will receive government funding, services and tax incentives worth around $600,000 in partnership with the University of Windsor and Lambton College to advance research on its award-winning platform that improves how job s...
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 05:02:06 +0000'We've got to continue to fight': Council takes next steps in Dresden landfill dispute
Council voted to continue to call for a full environmental assessment for the proposed landfill project and recycling facility.
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 05:00:26 +0000Takes a village: Preparations in full swing ahead of Carrousel of Nations weekend
With just days to go before the first weekend of Windsor and Essex County’s largest food and cultural festival, Carrousel of Nations organizers say preparations are at a peak. “It’s the calm before the storm” said Fred Francis...
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 04:38:38 +0000Two Windsor-Essex public board trustees disciplined over comments during Kingsville school name controversy
Trustees Cathy Cooke and Nancy Armstrong have been sanctioned by their colleagues at the Windsor-Essex public school board following comments they made to the media early last year after a debate over naming the new school in Kingsville. Greater Esse...
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:37:12 +0000Windsor's Sand Point Beach officially closed to swimmers
Windsor’s only beach is officially closed to swimmers. The move comes one day after city council voted to temporarily close Sand Point Beach pending a coroner’s report into the drowning death of a 15-year-old boy last month. Over the next...
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:41:22 +0000Homeless again: Capri curling kaput during fire repairs at Windsor ice rink
Windsor’s curling community will again be displaced from its home, this time to accommodate young ice users whose rink at the WFCU Centre was damaged by a massive fire. On Monday, city council agreed to revert the curlers’ ice pad at the ...
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:23:23 +0000'Red flag' — Inmate's request for opioid medication denied days before overdose, inquest hears
A nurse practitioner who denied opioid medication to a Windsor inmate days before he died of a fentanyl overdose stood by her decision Tuesday — as a coroner’s inquest questioned whether it cost him his life. Joseph Gratton, a 31-year-old fat...
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:49:08 +0000Sabres rally to secure back-to-back OFSAA slo-pitch titles
There’s always a little added pressure when you are the defending champion. The Sandwich Sabres finally felt a little of that pressure in the gold-medal final at the OFSAA slo-pitch championship. “There’s a lot of expectations to uphold,” Sab...
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 13:51:53 +0000Michigan roundup: Smith makes it clear he wants to return to Lions
It appears defensive end Za’Darius Smith wants to return to the Detroit Lions. Smith, who will turn 33 in September, was acquired by the Lions from the Cleveland Browns at the deadline last season, but Detroit released him at the end of March as a ...
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:42:56 +0000OPP investigate after body found in Leamington retention pond
Provincial police said they don’t suspect foul play after a body was found this week in a Leamington retention pond. The Essex County OPP launched a “sudden death” investigation on Sunday after officers responding to a call on County Road 14 fo...