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Asked and answered: which public offices reply to our questions
By Windsor News Desk | Updated Oct. 28, 2026
A standing scoreboard of the questions Windsor News sends to public offices, and how each one responded.
30questions to public offices scored
2answered
5replied, but not every question answered
20no reply by our deadline
Windsor News sends questions on the record before we publish, with a reply date. This scoreboard counts how each public office responded. It shows replies as well as silence, and it is updated as answers arrive. Counts are from our public questions tracker, last updated Oct. 27, 2026.
| Office | Asked | Answered | Replied, not every question answered | Acknowledged only | Sent us to FOI | No reply by our deadline | Still open | Typical time to reply |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Windsor | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 22 days |
| Windsor Police Service | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 days |
| County of Essex / Essex-Windsor EMS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | No reply to time |
| City of Windsor, Mayor's Office | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | No reply to time |
| Health Canada | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 days |
| Ontario Ministry of Health | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 days |
| Town of Tecumseh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | No reply to time |
| Windsor-Essex County Health Unit | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 days |
| Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 days |
| Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No reply to time |
| Windsor Police Service Board | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | No reply to time |
How we score
- One question sent to several offices counts once for each office.
- Answered: the office answered what we asked. Replied, not every question answered: a statement or reply that left some questions open. Acknowledged only: a reply saying the office is looking into it, with no answer by our deadline. An automatic reply counts as no reply.
- Typical time to reply is the median number of calendar days from the day we asked to the office's first reply that answered at least part of it.
- We score public institutions only. Questions to election campaigns, candidates, companies, unions and individual politicians are on the tracker but not scored here.
- Deadlines are reply dates we asked for, not legal deadlines. Freedom-of-information requests run on legal clocks and are listed separately below.
Every scored question
| Office | Sent | What we asked | Outcome | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Windsor | Sept. 30, 2026 | What the $2,626,537 budget item 2026-0097 covered, whether services changed, and when details will be released. | Replied, not every question answered, first reply Oct. 22, 2026 (22 days) | Tracker row |
| City of Windsor | Oct. 5, 2026 | Whether the City has any role in mayoral debate invitations or inclusion criteria. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| City of Windsor | Oct. 9, 2026 | The final year the City's 1% hospital levy, approved April 25, 2016 for 14 years, will be collected; whether the 1% stays in the base budget, is removed or is redirected once it ends; how much the levy has collected so far and how it appears in the 2025 and 2026 budgets; and whether the City's $108.5 million share of the new hospital is expected to rise with project costs, and how that would be funded. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| City of Windsor | Oct. 12, 2026 | Whether the City of Windsor, or any of its agencies, boards or committees, has ever contracted with, paid or retained Kaili Horney (also known as Kaili Rachelle Horney and Kaili Chedore), KRC Legal or Border City Legal for any services, and if so when and for roughly what amount; whether anyone by these names has ever held a City appointment to a board or committee; and whether anyone by these names has ever been employed by the City, to the extent that can be disclosed. | Told us to file an FOI request | Tracker row |
| City of Windsor | Oct. 16, 2026 | The Downtown Mission's plan to move into the H4 hub at 400 Wyandotte St. E. by spring 2027: how many people H4 shelters overnight now, its capacity and finish date after upgrades, whether current overnight users stay and are counted in the up-to-150 beds, who will operate H4 and whether an operating agreement is in progress, and the estimated City cost and whether and when council will vote. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| City of Windsor | Oct. 24, 2026 | Whether the City runs the Ward 10 air sampler near E.J. Lajeunesse or gets its results, whether it has asked the province for results or upgrades, and where it stands on a second monitoring station near Remington Park. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| City of Windsor | Oct. 25, 2026 | The Oct. 23 special council meeting on By-law 154-2026, the 70% residential development charge reduction: whether council passed it, amended it or deferred it, and how each member voted; when the reduction takes effect and when refunds or credits start for charges paid on or after March 30, 2026; staff's estimate of the revenue the City will forgo over three years and how any gap not covered by the up to $77.6 million will be funded; which by-law it amends; whether it ends March 29 or March 31, 2029; whether the province has accepted the Lauzon Parkway extension as a sixth project; and when the minutes will be posted. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| City of Windsor, Mayor's Office | Oct. 17, 2026 | Overdose response, Windsor-Essex. The health unit's opioid surveillance dashboard (data as of Oct. 15, 2026) shows 526 opioid overdose emergency department visits from January to September 2026, compared with 339 in all of 2025. We asked each office what it is doing now and what more can be done; what action it will take in response, and by when; whether it will join a joint Windsor-Essex overdose task force; and whether it will commit to a joint public update with the other agencies involved. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| City of Windsor, Mayor's Office | Oct. 23, 2026 | Whether the health unit or the Ministry of Health will issue a public medetomidine and overdose safety warning for Windsor-Essex, and when; if not, why not; and whether the health unit will answer the six follow-up questions we sent Oct. 21. We also shared the text of our overdose safety notice and asked whether anything in it was wrong. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| County of Essex / Essex-Windsor EMS | Oct. 17, 2026 | Essex-Windsor EMS calls to 333 Glengarry Ave. and 920 Ouellette Ave.: total EMS calls at each address in 2025 and so far in 2026, and how many were suspected overdoses. We also asked the Community Housing Corporation, which operates both buildings, for any figures it keeps on emergency calls or overdose incidents there and what supports are in place on site. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| County of Essex / Essex-Windsor EMS | Oct. 17, 2026 | Overdose response, Windsor-Essex. The health unit's opioid surveillance dashboard (data as of Oct. 15, 2026) shows 526 opioid overdose emergency department visits from January to September 2026, compared with 339 in all of 2025. We asked each office what it is doing now and what more can be done; what action it will take in response, and by when; whether it will join a joint Windsor-Essex overdose task force; and whether it will commit to a joint public update with the other agencies involved. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| County of Essex / Essex-Windsor EMS | Oct. 23, 2026 | Whether the health unit or the Ministry of Health will issue a public medetomidine and overdose safety warning for Windsor-Essex, and when; if not, why not; and whether the health unit will answer the six follow-up questions we sent Oct. 21. We also shared the text of our overdose safety notice and asked whether anything in it was wrong. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| County of Essex / Essex-Windsor EMS | Oct. 24, 2026 | Why the County's Oct. 21 EMS response time report and its June 3 annual report give different 2025 figures for unstaffed hours, offload delay hours and cardiac arrest response, and which are correct; what caused unstaffed hours to rise from 3,433 by May 27 to 8,233 by Sept. 23, 2026; and what the Ontario Labour Relations Board decided on Oct. 1 about rostered ambulances, and whether the County will release the final essential services agreement. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| Health Canada | Oct. 17, 2026 | Overdose response, Windsor-Essex. The health unit's opioid surveillance dashboard (data as of Oct. 15, 2026) shows 526 opioid overdose emergency department visits from January to September 2026, compared with 339 in all of 2025. We asked each office what it is doing now and what more can be done; what action it will take in response, and by when; whether it will join a joint Windsor-Essex overdose task force; and whether it will commit to a joint public update with the other agencies involved. | Replied, not every question answered, first reply Oct. 23, 2026 (6 days) | Tracker row |
| Health Canada | Oct. 23, 2026 | Whether the health unit or the Ministry of Health will issue a public medetomidine and overdose safety warning for Windsor-Essex, and when; if not, why not; and whether the health unit will answer the six follow-up questions we sent Oct. 21. We also shared the text of our overdose safety notice and asked whether anything in it was wrong. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare | Oct. 20, 2026 | Windsor-Essex HART Hub results: whether the hub has completion or success targets and how they are measured; how many of the 28 clients who completed treatment remain in recovery and how that is tracked; total intake since opening and any waitlist; how the 98 people served from October 2025 to March 2026 relate to the current figures; and whether changes or expansion are planned given the rise in opioid overdose emergency visits in 2026. | Answered, first reply Oct. 22, 2026 (2 days) | Tracker row |
| Ontario Ministry of Health | Oct. 17, 2026 | Overdose response, Windsor-Essex. The health unit's opioid surveillance dashboard (data as of Oct. 15, 2026) shows 526 opioid overdose emergency department visits from January to September 2026, compared with 339 in all of 2025. We asked each office what it is doing now and what more can be done; what action it will take in response, and by when; whether it will join a joint Windsor-Essex overdose task force; and whether it will commit to a joint public update with the other agencies involved. | Replied, not every question answered, first reply Oct. 21, 2026 (4 days) | Tracker row |
| Ontario Ministry of Health | Oct. 23, 2026 | Whether the health unit or the Ministry of Health will issue a public medetomidine and overdose safety warning for Windsor-Essex, and when; if not, why not; and whether the health unit will answer the six follow-up questions we sent Oct. 21. We also shared the text of our overdose safety notice and asked whether anything in it was wrong. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks | Oct. 24, 2026 | The outdoor air sampler beside École secondaire E.J. Lajeunesse in Ward 10: who operates it, what it measures and how often, where the results are and whether they will be released, whether any metals readings have exceeded Ontario standards, and whether continuous monitoring is planned for the ward. | Acknowledged only, first reply Oct. 24, 2026 (0 days) | Tracker row |
| Town of Tecumseh | Oct. 23, 2026 | Whether the health unit or the Ministry of Health will issue a public medetomidine and overdose safety warning for Windsor-Essex, and when; if not, why not; and whether the health unit will answer the six follow-up questions we sent Oct. 21. We also shared the text of our overdose safety notice and asked whether anything in it was wrong. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| Town of Tecumseh | Oct. 24, 2026 | Why the Town did not attend the Ontario Land Tribunal's June 3 hearing on 137 Chene St., which ended with the tribunal approving the four-lot split; who made that decision and whether Council was informed; whether staff's recommendation to approve played a role; and whether the Town has a policy on defending Committee of Adjustment decisions at the tribunal. | Acknowledged only, first reply Oct. 25, 2026 (1 day) | Tracker row |
| Windsor Police Service | Oct. 12, 2026 | R. v. Kaili Horney: whether Windsor Police can confirm the charges laid in October 2024, including fraud over $5,000; whether the investigation is closed or further charges are being considered; and whether there is any statement or advice to the public. The Attorney General's office has confirmed the trial is set for Nov. 16 at the Ontario Court of Justice. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| Windsor Police Service | Oct. 17, 2026 | Sent Oct 17 to WPS Information & Privacy Unit and the Police Services Board, asking whether WPS will add online or phone payment for FOI fees, and by when. | Answered, first reply Oct. 21, 2026 (4 days) | Tracker row |
| Windsor Police Service | Oct. 17, 2026 | Calls for service at 333 Glengarry Ave. and 920 Ouellette Ave.: total calls at each address in 2025 and so far in 2026; how many were drug-related or involved a suspected overdose; a breakdown by broad call type; and how the figures compare with other addresses in the city. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| Windsor Police Service | Oct. 17, 2026 | Follow-up to our overdose response questions, about the Glengarry Ave. and Ouellette Ave. area downtown: how 2026 drug and overdose-related calls there compare with 2025; any enforcement operations and arrests in the area; what the service is doing there with partners; and what residents should know or can do. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| Windsor Police Service | Oct. 17, 2026 | Overdose response, Windsor-Essex. The health unit's opioid surveillance dashboard (data as of Oct. 15, 2026) shows 526 opioid overdose emergency department visits from January to September 2026, compared with 339 in all of 2025. We asked each office what it is doing now and what more can be done; what action it will take in response, and by when; whether it will join a joint Windsor-Essex overdose task force; and whether it will commit to a joint public update with the other agencies involved. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| Windsor Police Service | Oct. 23, 2026 | The Oct. 23 public appeal about an Oct. 1 sexual assault near Wyandotte Street East: why the appeal and vehicle video came 22 days after the assault, whether any public-safety warning was issued in between, whether investigators are looking at links to other reported assaults or ride offers, and whether there have been tips on the vehicle. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| Windsor Police Service Board | Oct. 1, 2026 | The board's response to the 2025 investigation of former chief Jason Bellaire, whether required training was completed, and the status of a related Human Rights Tribunal application. | No reply by our deadline | Tracker row |
| Windsor-Essex County Health Unit | Oct. 17, 2026 | Overdose response, Windsor-Essex. The health unit's opioid surveillance dashboard (data as of Oct. 15, 2026) shows 526 opioid overdose emergency department visits from January to September 2026, compared with 339 in all of 2025. We asked each office what it is doing now and what more can be done; what action it will take in response, and by when; whether it will join a joint Windsor-Essex overdose task force; and whether it will commit to a joint public update with the other agencies involved. | Replied, not every question answered, first reply Oct. 21, 2026 (4 days) | Tracker row |
| Windsor-Essex County Health Unit | Oct. 23, 2026 | Whether the health unit or the Ministry of Health will issue a public medetomidine and overdose safety warning for Windsor-Essex, and when; if not, why not; and whether the health unit will answer the six follow-up questions we sent Oct. 21. We also shared the text of our overdose safety notice and asked whether anything in it was wrong. | Replied, not every question answered, first reply Oct. 26, 2026 (3 days) | Tracker row |
Freedom-of-information requests: how fast they were acknowledged
From our FOI tracker. A decision is due later; these dates show only when the agency confirmed it had the request.
| Request | Agency | Filed | Acknowledged | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOI 213-2026 | City of Windsor | Sept. 17, 2026 | Sept. 28, 2026 | Acknowledged, decision due Nov. 27 |
| FOI 237-2026 | City of Windsor | Oct. 9, 2026 | Oct. 20, 2026 (the City's letter says it received the request Oct. 15, 2026) | Acknowledged, pending |
| File number not yet assigned | City of Windsor | Oct. 18, 2026 | Oct. 20, 2026 (by email; no file number yet) | Received by the City, awaiting file number |
| File number not yet assigned | City of Windsor | Oct. 18, 2026 | Oct. 20, 2026 (by email; no file number yet) | Received by the City, awaiting file number |
| File number not yet assigned | City of Windsor | Oct. 18, 2026 | Oct. 20, 2026 (by email; no file number yet) | Received by the City, awaiting file number |
| File number not yet assigned | City of Windsor | Oct. 22, 2026 | Not yet acknowledged | Awaiting acknowledgement and file number |
| File number not yet assigned | City of Windsor | Sept. 21, 2026 | Sept. 22, 2026 (FOI office email about the $5 application fee; no acknowledgement letter or file number yet) | Received by the City, awaiting acknowledgement letter and file number |
| FOI 205-2026 | City of Windsor | Sept. 9, 2026 | Sept. 11, 2026 | Acknowledged, pending |
| FOI 206-2026 | City of Windsor | Sept. 9, 2026 | Sept. 11, 2026 | Acknowledged, pending |
| FOI 36-2026 | City of Windsor. Appeal: Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC), file MA26-00646 | Date not listed | Date not listed | Denied, under appeal (IPC mediation) |
Every number on this page was checked against the source record linked beside it. Found a mistake? Tell us at our tips page; fixes are listed with the date in our corrections log.