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Fewer people are walking into Windsor Public Library branches this year, but more are using it online. Jan. to Aug.: visits down 4%, physical checkouts down 4%, website and social use up 23%, total use up 9%. Fontainebleau visits up 44%.
Two 12-year-old girls are in hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after their e-scooter collided with a minivan at McDougall St. and Elliott St. E. Monday night. Police say the e-scooter went through a red light.
Windsor logged 1,471 pothole reports to 311 between Jan. 1 and Aug. 23, City of Windsor 311 data shows. March alone: 445. Most reports: Ward 2 (232), Ward 9 (180), Ward 5 (167). Spot one? Call 311 or use the Windsor 311 app.
Playoff week for local soccer. Wednesday: Lancer women open the OUA playoffs at Brock, Saints women host St. Lawrence at 6 PM in an OCAA qualifier and Saints men visit Seneca at 8. Tonight: Saints women's basketball hosts Madonna at 5.
What if hackers shut down the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel? That's the made-up scenario at Operation: Defend the North, a cyber crisis drill St. Clair College is hosting with siberX today, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the St. Clair College Centre for the Arts.
Since August 2023, Meta has blocked news on Facebook and Instagram in Canada, saying it is complying with the Online News Act (Bill C-18). News links can't be shared there. Follow Windsor News at windsornewsdesk.ca, on X, Telegram and by newsletter.
Witching Hour - Strange History Some of Windsor's woods were laid out as city streets. In 1913 Ojibway was incorporated as a U.S. Steel company town. Roads went in, the homes never came and the Depression ended it. Windsor annexed it in 1966.
Windsor votes one week from today: Monday, Oct. 26, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Vote at any Voting Day location in your ward. Bring ID with your name and address. No voter card needed. In line by 8? You can still vote. Buses are free for voters.
Tuesday commute heads up: lane restrictions 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on McDougall St. (Tecumseh to Monarch) and Eugenie St. E. (Ouellette to Howard) for routing and sealing. Dougall Parkway ramps at Sixth Concession stay closed through Thursday.
Windsor Regional Hospital now offers ThuLEP, a minimally invasive laser surgery for an enlarged prostate. It's one of only three health-care centres in Ontario that do it. Weak stream, up at night to pee, stuck with a catheter? Ask your family doctor.
Border officers seized 127 kg of suspected cocaine from a commercial truck at the Ambassador Bridge on Sept. 11, CBSA announced today. Two Mississauga men, 61 and 41, are charged with importing and trafficking. The case is before court in Windsor.
Crime is down in Windsor and Amherstburg so far this year. Fraud isn't. Jan. to Sept., per Windsor Police: Crimes against people: 2,174, down 6.9% Property crimes: 7,762, down 5.7% Fraud: 1,482, up 5.9% Scammed? Call 519-258-6111.
Unifor members at Stellantis, including Windsor Assembly workers, voted 97.3% to authorize strike action if needed. A mandate doesn't start a strike; Unifor says it isn't in a legal strike position. Stellantis says it's committed to bargaining in good faith.
Lancer women blanked Waterloo 4-0: Penny, Allen, Marenchin and Pozzi scored, Barrette made 10 saves. Saints women beat Fanshawe 1-0. Lancer men drew 0-0 at Waterloo. Vipers fell 6-2 at St. Thomas. No local games today; Spitfires at Soo Thursday 7:07.
Pastabilities is today: a $20 ticket gets you three pasta dishes from 25 local restaurants, and you vote for the best one. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ciociaro Club in Oldcastle. All proceeds go to UHC's fight against hunger.
Witching Hour - Dark History Windsor's deadliest tornado came across the river. On the evening of June 17, 1946, an F4 tornado crossed the Detroit River into Brighton Beach. It killed 17 people, damaged about 400 homes and flipped railway boxcars.
Last chance to vote early in Windsor: Monday, Oct. 19, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Most Precious Blood Parish, 1947 Meldrum Rd. Any eligible Windsor voter can go. Bring ID with your name and address. Buses are free for voters.
Heads up for your commute: the Dougall Parkway ramps at Sixth Concession close Monday to Thursday for paving. Dougall Parkway drops to one lane each way while crews work. Weather permitting.
Windsor Police said officers took 14 reports of stolen vehicles in the past week. 5 were unlocked with the keys inside. 8 have been recovered. Turn it off, take the keys, lock it, even if you're not gone long.
Max Donoso made 39 saves as the Lancers blanked Western 3-0 and are 3-0 in OUA play. Lancer women won 4-2 at York. Saints fastball swept Conestoga. Today: Lancers soccer at Waterloo 2 and 4:15, Saints soccer hosts Fanshawe at noon, Vipers at St. Thomas 6.
20 people who survived cardiac arrest or trauma in 2025 were honoured Friday, with the crews who saved them, at Essex-Windsor EMS Survivor Day. In 3 of the rescues, a bystander grabbed a public AED. Learn CPR. Know where the nearest AED is.
Opioid overdose emergency visits in Windsor-Essex from January to September 2026 already top the total for all of 2025. What the health unit's numbers show, the six overdose alerts this year, and where to get help.
One person died and two were hurt in an overnight apartment fire in the 2500 block of Lauzon Rd. in east Windsor, Windsor fire officials say. 15 people are displaced and the Ontario Fire Marshal is investigating.
Witching Hour - Legends Detroit's founder is said to have met a grinning red dwarf in 1701. An 1883 folklore book says Cadillac was warned to appease the Nain Rouge and hit it with his cane instead. He was later sent off to Louisiana.
Windsor's splash pads are closed until May 2027 and seasonal park washrooms close by mid-November, the City says. Ten accessible park washrooms stay open all year, including Dieppe Gardens, Jackson Park's Sunken Gardens and Malden Park. List on the card.
Frost advisory tonight in Windsor: clear, low plus 2, Environment Canada says. Cover tender plants. Then sunshine: 15 Sunday, and highs of 18 Monday to Wednesday. Normal for this time of year is 14.
Pledge check: Fred Francis says he'd fund the Sandpoint Beach plan and swap the fencing for nicer barriers right away. Drew Dilkens pledged Oct. 1 to finish the same plan. Cost about $15M, about $4.6M budgeted. Campaign pledges, not City policy.
University Ave. W. is open again between McEwan and Salter, with on-street parking and bike lanes back, the City says. Crews may still return for pole removals, sidewalks and landscaping. Final asphalt from Elm to Salter is expected in fall 2027.
Spits rout Owen Sound 11-3 behind a Max Brocklehurst hat trick. Both Lancers hockey teams won on the road: men 4-3 at Western, women 5-2 at Nipissing. Today: Saints baseball OCAA semis at Fanshawe at noon, Lancer men host Western 7:30.
The Windsor-Detroit Tunnel closes to vehicles Sunday from 6:15 a.m. until as late as 10:30 a.m. for the Detroit Free Press Marathon. Ambassador Bridge open with lane limits. Riverside Dr. W. and downtown streets close from about 6:30 a.m.
