Windsor Star
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 22:28:26 +0000Windsor police seek two suspects after deliberately set fire on Drouillard Road
Windsor police are searching for two suspects after a deliberately set fire damaged a vacant home on Drouillard Road Saturday morning. Officers responded to a report of a blaze a house in the 1600 block of Drouillard Road at around 3:30 a.m. on Dec. ...
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:18:09 +0000Essex County fire departments get more than $250K for safety gear
More than $250,000 in provincial funding is heading to area fire departments for safety upgrades, aimed largely at reducing firefighters’ cancer risk. This week, MPP Anthony Leardi (PC — Essex) joined fire officials and municipal leaders acro...
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:16:14 +0000'We've become a necessity' — Hub of Opportunities hands out 700 Christmas dinners
Volunteers with the UHC – Hub of Opportunities handed out 700 Christmas food hampers this week — another example of how the happiest season highlights the hard times for many. “We were here for emergency situations, but now we’ve become a nec...
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 13:00:16 +0000Leamington man pleads guilty to the murder of his 83-year-old mother
A man admitted to having murdered his 83-year-old mother outside of her Leamington apartment last March, as gruesome details emerged in court about the matricide. Kevin Goodings, 61, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his mother A...
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:55:58 +0000Windsor to dissolve Roseland Golf Club board, hand reins to city department
Windsor city council is dissolving the board behind a money-making golf course. In a news release on Thursday, the City of Windsor announced the “mandatory dissolution” of Roseland Golf Club Limited and its governing board of directors. T...
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:40:13 +0000'Tip of the iceberg' — Windsor-Essex flu cases skyrocket with worst of season still ahead
The flu has hit hard, fast, and early in Windsor-Essex with hundreds of reported cases and dozens of hospitalizations — and health officials fear the worst is on its way. “We usually spike around the first two weeks in January,” Erika Vitale, d...
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:19:12 +0000'Official sponsor' — Windsor's WFCU Credit Union lands league-wide OHL deal
From the rink to balance sheets, the Ontario Hockey League has found a new partner — and it’s one that already feels right at home in Windsor. The OHL announced a new league-wide partnership with the Windsor Family Credit Union this week, nam...
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:50:57 +0000'Really hard decision' — BookFest Windsor organizers pull the plug on one of Canada's top literary events
Rather than focus on mourning its death, literary community says memory of BookFest Windsor 'something to be celebrated.'
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:45:23 +0000Windsor judge sentences father of two for criminal harassment
A Windsor judge told a man guilty of criminal harassment that the courts have been "very, very clear" about taking cases of intimate partner violence more seriously.
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:39:00 +0000LaSalle officials confirm talks with Amherstburg over policing have stalled
The door hasn’t completely shut on future talks but officials in LaSalle say a proposal to expand policing services to Amherstburg is impossible under current time constraints. Amherstburg’s contract with Windsor for policing services is set to e...