Windsor, Ontario news

• Crown seeking prison for Windsor gun collector who improperly stored firearms

  20-08-2026 16:17 via windsorstar.com
  
  Prosecutors are seeking a five-year prison sentence for a weapons collector who improperly stored more than 20 restricted firearms in his Windsor apartment. Read More
  
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• Deadline to register as candidate for Ontario's municipal elections closes Friday afternoon

  21-08-2026 12:53 via cbc.ca
  
  A clearer picture of the choices Ontarians will face at the ballot box is set to emerge this afternoon as nominations for the fall municipal elections come to a close.
  
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• Windsor surges to No. 4 among Canada's hottest rental markets

  21-08-2026 12:28 via windsorstar.com
  
  Windsor has climbed to its highest-ever position in a national ranking of Canadian rental markets, as relatively affordable rents and a shrinking supply of available apartments keep renters searching. Read More
  
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• Docuseries puts Windsor's creative community in the spotlight

  21-08-2026 12:28 via windsorstar.com
  
  Windsor artist Jeff Denomme — the name behind The Haunted Zoo brand — is the focus of a new docuseries called The Zookeeper, providing a peak behind the curtain of what it takes to be an artist in Canada's Motor City. Read More
  
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• Canadian bans on U.S. alcohol take centre stage in tariff talks. American businesses are caught in the middle

  21-08-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Bans by Canadian provinces on U.S. alcohol has taken centre stage in trade negotiations as premiers consider whether to put bottles back on the shelves to pacify the White House. Winemakers and industry associations say it's bewildering to have their livelihoods end up as leverage in an international dispute.
  
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• Windsor WSIB employee angry, devastated by redundancy notices

  21-08-2026 03:18 via cbc.ca
  
  A Windsor-based employee of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board says she’s angry and devastated after receiving a redundancy notice this week. Her union says she’s one of more than 130 local employees to get one.
  
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• Windsor police say man charged with child sex assault fled to U.S. while on bail

  20-08-2026 23:50 via windsorstar.com
  
  An international manhunt is underway for a Windsor man charged with a slew of crimes, including sexually assaulting a child, after he allegedly fled to the U.S. while out on bail. Read More
  
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• 'We're very close,' LeBlanc says of tariff deal after hours-long meeting with U.S. officials

  20-08-2026 21:47 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc held what is believed to be his longest meeting to date with American officials in Washington as both sides push to finalize a deal that will deliver tariff relief for hard-hit Canadian industries and restore U.S. alcohol sales in province-run liquor stores.
  
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• What's on Windsor: Prohibition-era fun, punk rock, carnival vibes, butterflies and more

  20-08-2026 21:37 via windsorstar.com
  
  Here's a look at what's happening across Windsor-Essex this weekend. Read More
  
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• Pair of Essex County motorists face impaired driving charges

  20-08-2026 21:27 via windsorstar.com
  
  A pair of motorists face impaired driving charges following two separate incidents in Essex County.  Read More
  
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• City of Windsor seeks to expropriate dozens of Ambassador Bridge-owned properties in west end

  20-08-2026 21:07 via cbc.ca
  
  The municipality has begun the process of expropriating at least 45 derelict or vacant properties in the Sandwich Town area — most of them belonging to Canadian Transit Company (Ambassador Bridge).
  
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• Windsor moves to expropriate 45 derelict properties in Sandwich neighbourhood

  20-08-2026 21:00 via windsorstar.com
  
  After decades of boarded-up homes, demolition orders and frustrated attempts to revive parts of Windsor's west end neighbourhood, city hall is taking its most aggressive step yet by moving to expropriate 45 properties in Sandwich. Read More
  
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• Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens to seek re-election

  20-08-2026 20:16 via windsorstar.com
  
  Drew Dilkens still wants to be Windsor's mayor. Read More
  
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• Drew Dilkens will seek re-election as Windsor's mayor

  20-08-2026 19:53 via cbc.ca
  
  First elected Mayor of Windsor in 2014, Dilkens has announced he will pursue a fourth term.
  
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• Windsor woman charged with assault of two young boys at their lemonade stand

  20-08-2026 19:28 via windsorstar.com
  
  A 61-year-old woman has been charged with assault following an altercation at a Walkerville lemonade stand, which left two boys with minor injuries.  Read More
  
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• Jack Miner seeks slower traffic as geese killed crossing Kingsville road

  20-08-2026 19:06 via windsorstar.com
  
  The Jack Miner Migratory Bird Sanctuary is asking to slow traffic on Road 3 W, where officials say seven to 10 geese are killed by vehicles in a typical year. Read More
  
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• OPP target Leamington intersection after dangerous driving complaints

  20-08-2026 19:02 via windsorstar.com
  
  In the wake of complaints over driver behaviour at a designated three-way stop intersection, Essex County OPP are targeting enforcement in one local municipality. Read More
  
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• LG Energy continues to pivot away from EV batteries

  20-08-2026 16:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Most of LG Energy's factories in North America are now making storage batteries — the result of an ongoing and deliberate shift from production of electric vehicle cells.
  
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• 'Miracle and unity': Windsor community rallies behind men displaced by recovery home fire

  20-08-2026 16:07 via cbc.ca
  
  A fire in Sandwich town Monday night has temporarily displaced the men living at a Windsor transitional recovery home. Their kitchen has been completely gutted but community donations are helping.
  
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• Charity ride rolls through Windsor-Essex to support local food banks

  20-08-2026 12:41 via windsorstar.com
  
  Motorcyclists will hit the roads of Windsor-Essex later this month with a mission to help stock local food banks. Read More
  
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• Deadline to run in upcoming municipal election looms

  20-08-2026 12:20 via windsorstar.com
  
  Time is running out to vie for municipal office. Read More
  
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• New Windsor Regional Hospital program helps soothe patients – especially kids

  20-08-2026 03:28 via cbc.ca
  
  Patients at the Windsor Regional Hospital now have a new way to relax and relieve anxiety. The Nolan’s Smile Foundation has launched what’s called a Snoezelen cart program. The carts are equipped with items like water bubble tubes, a fiber-optic light spray and other soothing sensory experiences. John Trepanier co-founded the foundation in honour of his son who died of leukemia. He says the cart program was inspired by his son’s experience as a patient.
  
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• Province-wide WSIB staffing cuts will impact 131 workers in Windsor, union says

  20-08-2026 01:20 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ontario Compensation Employees Union says the provincial government has deemed hundreds of WSIB jobs redundant — and Windsor's WSIB workers will be among those worst-hit with job cuts.
  
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• Police probe possible 'hate-motivated' vandalism at Windsor church

  20-08-2026 00:13 via windsorstar.com
  
  Windsor police are investigating a possible hate crime after a shirtless man chucked rocks through the windows of a church on Giles Boulevard. Read More
  
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• $1.28M in contraband seized, 3 Londoners arrested after drug trafficking investigation on Walpole Island

  19-08-2026 22:35 via cbc.ca
  
  Project Brake — an OPP investigation into drug trafficking on Walpole Island First Nation — has resulted in charges against three individuals in London, Ont., and the seizure of an estimated $1.28M in fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and more.
  
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• OPP drug raid leads to woman's arrest in Essex

  19-08-2026 20:42 via windsorstar.com
  
  A 43-year-old woman is facing multiple drug trafficking charges following the execution of a search warrant at a home in the Town of Essex. Read More
  
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• Carney, Trump, top negotiators signal trade deal in the works

  19-08-2026 20:07 via cbc.ca
  
  As Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc met with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington on Wednesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said there has been 'significant progress' on a trade deal with the U.S., while President Donald Trump said there's 'a very good deal' on the table, with neither giving much detail on what exactly has been negotiated.
  
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• Man charged after alleged sexual assault of teen, Windsor police say

  19-08-2026 19:31 via cbc.ca
  
  The Windsor Police Service says it has charged a 41-year-old man after an investigation into the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl.
  
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• Kingsville driver caught with wrong plates faces nine charges

  19-08-2026 18:43 via windsorstar.com
  
  A 31-year-old Kingsville driver is facing nine charges after an Essex County OPP officer stopped his vehicle to investigate an unauthorized licence plate. Read More
  
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• Windsor police release video of suspect in multiple Bird scooter thefts

  19-08-2026 18:19 via cbc.ca
  
  As part of an investigation into the theft of multiple Bird scooters in Windsor, police have shared a surveillance video that shows an adult male with a heavy build taking a scooter from a line of them on a sidewalk.
  
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