Windsor, Ontario news

• Homeless centre worried Windsor's new housing hub location could sever 'vital connection'

  01-05-2024 19:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The city announced Tuesday plans for a $50-million project to put up 64 supportive housing units on 2.8 hectares of land on Wellington Avenue — on Windsor’s west-side — along with access to social services.
  
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• Check out these Windsor-Essex pets in some spook-tacular Halloween looks

  01-11-2024 01:13 via cbc.ca
  
  It's Halloween, and here at CBC Windsor we appreciate a good costume — even better, pets in costumes. We put a call out for your best photos, and you delivered.
  
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• 3 years after the explosion, Wheatley's state of emergency is over. Here's what comes next

  01-11-2024 00:34 via cbc.ca
  
  More than three years after an explosion in Wheatley's downtown core, Chatham-Kent has ended the community's state of emergency. The CBC's Jacob Barker spoke with Coun. Lauren Anderson, Kyra Knapp, the economic development officer for Wheatley's revitalization, and Chatham-Kent Fire Chief Chris Case about what comes next.
  
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• Ontario mayors ask Ford to use notwithstanding clause to clear homeless encampments

  01-11-2024 00:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Thirteen Ontario city mayors are asking Premier Doug Ford to use the notwithstanding clause to override a court decision preventing municipalities from clearing homeless encampments if their shelters are full.
  
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• Rumble strips 'not very effective' for traffic calming, City of Windsor finds

  31-10-2024 22:37 via cbc.ca
  
  A pilot project that put rumble strips on a section of Grand Marais Road East resulted in 'minimal benefit,' according to the City of Windsor's traffic department. The strips were installed to alert drivers of a stop sign — but radar data showed only a 2 km/h reduction in average speed.
  
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• Windy Halloween in the forecast for Windsor-Essex, Environment Canada says

  31-10-2024 21:15 via cbc.ca
  
  It’s going to be a blustery Halloween for all the trick-or-treaters, Environment Canada forecasted Thursday afternoon. 
  
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• Windsor Regional Hospital to require staff to mask ahead of expected uptick in respiratory illness

  31-10-2024 21:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The policy takes effect on Nov. 1, the hospital announced in a statement on Thursday.
  
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• Ontario lacks a health-care plan for alcohol harms as sales expand: health coalition

  31-10-2024 20:44 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford's government has no strategy to mitigate problems that could result from the province's newly liberalized alcohol sales rules, a health coalition said Thursday, warning that more death, cancer diagnoses and emergency department strains are on the horizon.
  
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• Windsor man takes home $100K with Encore winner

  31-10-2024 20:27 via windsorstar.com
  
  A Windsor man is $100,000 richer thanks to a winning LOTTO 649 Encore pick. Read More
  
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• Attempted murder suspect arrested in Windsor on bail violations

  31-10-2024 19:24 via windsorstar.com
  
  A 23-year-old man accused of attempted murder in a shooting death on Pierre Avenue in 2023 has been arrested for allegedly violating his bail conditions. Read More
  
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• Guest column: Ford hopes 'Dougie Dollars' will keep taxpayers happy

  31-10-2024 18:58 via windsorstar.com
  
  Why is Doug Ford promising to send a $200 payment to every Ontarian? To put it bluntly, because he can. Read More
  
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• Photos: Have yourselves a very scary — but safe — Windsor Halloween

  31-10-2024 16:59 via windsorstar.com
  
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• Windsor breaks 78-year-old record temperature

  31-10-2024 16:46 via cbc.ca
  
  Peter Kimbell, warning preparedness meteorologist at Environment Canada, says on Wednesday, Windsor saw it's highest heat record for Oct. 30 in 78 years ago, a number that reached 24.6 degrees.
  
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• Environmentalists denounce 'dangerous' pitch to sell Windsor parkland for housing

  31-10-2024 16:38 via windsorstar.com
  
  A local environmental group is speaking out against one Windsor councillor's desire to help address the housing crisis by selling off a slice of parkland for residential development. Read More
  
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• Elaborate RCMP undercover sting led to Windsor man's terror charge

  31-10-2024 16:34 via windsorstar.com
  
  A young Windsor man allegedly keen on joining and aiding an international far-right terrorist group later met a man who told him he could work for someone who "can make criminal charges disappear" and who could connect him to "Russian military guys." Read More
  
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• Chatham's Bridget Carleton happy to be part of WNBA 'wave' of excitement

  31-10-2024 16:16 via cbc.ca
  
  This past summer, a WNBA fan stopped Bridget Carleton on the street in Minnesota to reveal a tattoo of the Canadian player's name and jersey number on their arm. It was another example of the league's growing popularity in its most successful season ever.
  
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• Now among OHL's top clubs, Spitfires have a smaller margin for error to stay successful

  31-10-2024 14:50 via windsorstar.com
  
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• Windsor muralists hosting workshop to show budding artists how it’s done

  31-10-2024 14:31 via windsorstar.com
  
  Ever dreamed of making your mark along one of Windsor's most iconic public art alleys? Read More
  
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• Few surprises, but big investments, in Ontario fall economic statement

  31-10-2024 14:07 via windsorstar.com
  
  TORONTO — While most of the surprises in this year’s fall economic statement were strategically leaked to reporters earlier this week, the Doug Ford Conservatives put forward a plan Wednesday they say will continue the province’s path of strategic investment and make life a little more affordable. Read More
  
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• Disability advocate says ODSP rates need to doubled

  31-10-2024 13:59 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ontario government says it will send a $200 rebate cheque to roughly 15 million people in the province, for every taxpayer, as well as $200 for each child in eligible families.
  
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• As Ontario looks to give out $200 cheques, advocate says ODSP rates need to doubled

  31-10-2024 13:59 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ontario government says it will send a $200 rebate cheque to roughly 15 million people in the province, for every taxpayer, as well as $200 for each child in eligible families.
  
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• For sale: 'cheapest piece of Hollywood you can get' — in St. Thomas

  31-10-2024 13:53 via windsorstar.com
  
  The property at 67 1/2 Chestnut St. in St. Thomas was bought by McAdams’s parents, Lance and Sandra, in 1980. Read More
  
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• Windsor homebuilders, realtors welcome Tory proposal to nix GST on new homes

  31-10-2024 13:18 via windsorstar.com
  
  The presidents of the Windsor Essex Home Builders’ Association (WEHBA) and the Windsor Essex County Association of Realtors (WECAR) welcome the federal Conservatives’ proposal to eliminate the GST on new home construction, but caution it shouldn't come at the expense of existing programs. Read More
  
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• Why did Elon Musk go all in on Trump?

  31-10-2024 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In recent months, billionaire Elon Musk has become one of Donald Trump's biggest backers, both vocally and financially. Why?
  
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• Step aboard the HMCS Harry DeWolf, docked on Windsor's riverfront this week

  31-10-2024 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Big ships are a fact of life on the Detroit River — but rarely does the public get a glimpse on board. This week, however, there's a chance to tour the latest ship on Windsor's riverfront.
  
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• Here's what a dentist wants you to know about Halloween candy

  31-10-2024 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Dr. Alex Catauro, a family dentist in Windsor, offers some tips around candy and how parents can promote a healthy relationship with sweets.
  
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• Diwali fireworks aren't allowed without a permit — but these Windsorites think that should change

  31-10-2024 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Except on a few special days a year, Windsorites aren't allowed to buy or set off fireworks. But as the city's South Asian community prepares to celebrate Diwali, two local business owners say the Festival of Lights should be added to the list of holidays.
  
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• Advocate says ODSP rates need to double. Here's what the finance minister says

  31-10-2024 00:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Following his fall economic statement on Wednesday, Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy joined CBC Windsor's Chris Ensing. He addressed the government's new $200 rebate cheques for all Ontarians, and calls for the province to increase social assistance payments.
  
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• Shipment of grapes entering Canada hid massive stash of suspected cocaine

  31-10-2024 00:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Border officers at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., found 615 kilograms of suspected cocaine that was hidden in a shipment of grapes.
  
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• OPP recover 11 stolen vehicles among other items in seizure

  30-10-2024 22:08 via cbc.ca
  
  OPP in Lakeshore have recovered stolen vehicles, motorcycles, trailers in bust netting an estimated value of $300,000.
  
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