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What’s On Windsor: Whisky Weekend, Zombie Walk, TacoMania and more

Also, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra performs its annual Classical in the Concrete concert

By Derek Spalding

The exterior of the downtown headquarters of the Windsor Police Service

Windsor-Essex News

ERCA seeks legal advice after province requests secrecy agreements

Crime

Crime & Courts

Youth's sentencing for girl's brutal murder delayed to December

A teenager who pleaded guilty to murdering an 11-year-old girl by stabbing her to death will be sentenced in December.

Windsor Police officers speak to a man on Ouellette Avenue

Windsor-Essex News

Windsor police flood downtown streets in three-day visibility blitz

'The feedback was very positive from not just business owners and patrons downtown, but even our officers'

a man who ran away from his minibike during a traffic stop

Windsor-Essex News

Police search for minibike rider who ran from traffic stop

Man was wanted in connection with careless driving

Windsor-Essex News

Windsor man, 19, charged in fatal east-end hit-and-run

A 62-year-old man was transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead

One of two vehicles involved in a serious collision on Cabana Road West

Windsor-Essex News

Driver dies after two-vehicle crash in south Windsor

Police shut down a stretch of both the eastbound and westbound lanes of Cabana Road between Rankin Avenue and Charlevoix Avenue for several hours

Crime & Courts

Finding Mason Jenkins top priority of Correctional Service Canada; killer’s escape being investigated

Correctional Service Canada is investigating how Mason Jenkins escaped the minimum security facility, but locating him is top priority.

Politics

Windsor-Essex News

Sparks fly as Windsor mayoral candidates clash over city's future

Incumbent Drew Dilkens, current Ward 1 Coun. Fred Francis, and small business owner Kat Pasquach spar during debate

By Taylor Campbell

From left: Mayoral candidates Kat Pasquach, Drew Dilkens, and Fred Francis stand on stage at the Chrysler Theatre in Windsor for a debate

Windsor-Essex News

Building bike lanes a top priority for Windsor mayoral candidate Pasquach

‘If we’re going to move forward and make safety a priority, that means having designated bike lanes in our region’

Windsor-Essex News

Dilkens vows to use strong mayor powers to kill fourplexes if new council supports sweeping density

‘For a lot of Windsorites, this was a central issue to them’

Business

Gordie Howe bridge reinvents historic Windsor, Detroit neighbourhoods

Cyclists are filling the streets, businesses are booming and forgotten landmarks are being rediscovered

More than 1,000 job seekers line up for gig at new Windsor Costco

'There aren't a lot of jobs in the city in this sector. I've got to give this a shot.'

Occupancy of the almost 100,000-square-foot geo-thermally climate-controlled residence began in April.

160-bed long-term-care residence opens in Lakeshore

The company has three more planned in the region, including Amherstburg, Leamington and Windsor

Sports

Seen in this 2001 file photo, Egidio Novelleto, founding president of the Italian Canadian HandiCapable Association, helped launch a $5-million fundraising campaign for the creation of a multi-purpose athletic and recreation complex. WINDSOR STAR: DAN JANISSE)

Sports

Hall of Fame inductee Novelletto’s plans to take care of family grew to be so much more

Egidio Novelletto’s work became more than just taking care of family.

Windsor Spitfires' forward Ethan Garden (77). takes the ceremonial faceoff during Saturday's game against Sagainw Spirit captain Dima Zhilkin (71). The event is sually reserved for captain. Garden wasn't wearing the C for that game, but will have it on Thursday against North Bay after he was handed the honour by the club. (SAGINAW SPIRIT- STEVEN FRANK)

Sports

Garden’s rise to captain of Spitfires should come as a surprise to no one

If the move surprises you, then you really haven’t been paying close attention.

In Case You Missed It

Karly Merilees, a paramedic student at St. Clair College, tries raising and lowering an stretcher

Windsor-Essex News

What’s On Windsor: Whisky Weekend, Zombie Walk, TacoMania and more

Online marketplace deal turns into extortion, assault in Amherstburg

Windsor walks together on a path toward reconciliation

Essex says 64 residents affected by ‘unauthorized’ voter list disclosure

ERCA seeks legal advice after province requests secrecy agreements

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Crime

Youth's sentencing for girl's brutal murder delayed to December

Windsor police flood downtown streets in three-day visibility blitz

Police search for minibike rider who ran from traffic stop

Windsor man, 19, charged in fatal east-end hit-and-run

Driver dies after two-vehicle crash in south Windsor

Finding Mason Jenkins top priority of Correctional Service Canada; killer’s escape being investigated

Politics

Sparks fly as Windsor mayoral candidates clash over city's future

Building bike lanes a top priority for Windsor mayoral candidate Pasquach

Dilkens vows to use strong mayor powers to kill fourplexes if new council supports sweeping density

Business

Gordie Howe bridge reinvents historic Windsor, Detroit neighbourhoods

More than 1,000 job seekers line up for gig at new Windsor Costco

160-bed long-term-care residence opens in Lakeshore

Sports

Hall of Fame inductee Novelletto’s plans to take care of family grew to be so much more

Garden’s rise to captain of Spitfires should come as a surprise to no one

In Case You Missed It

Women test their strength for careers on the front lines

Teen injured in e-scooter collision in east Windsor

Math remains a tough subject for Windsor-Essex students in latest provincial testing

Three Windsor mayoral candidates square off in debate

Gordie Howe bridge artwork honours region’s Underground Railroad history