A 23-year-old Windsor man has been charged with first-degree murder following a deadly shooting in Forest Glade Wednesday evening, prompting plans for a community meeting by a city councilor. At roughly 7:30 p.m., patrol officers responded to the area of Forest Glade Drive and Wildwood Drive for a report that a person had been shot.…
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Windsor city council approved next year’s budget, which includes a 1.86 per cent property tax hike. In an hours-long meeting Monday, city council discussed and amended the budget. Initially, the proposed budget had a 1.99 per cent tax increase, but that was revised and lowered. “People want to see a low tax rate,” said Windsor Mayor Drew…
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A member of Windsor City Council has asked the administration to see what can be done about long train whistles through his part of the city. Ward 7 Councillor Jeewan Gill has been receiving complaints from people in his ward about the noise. Gill says it has to do with the trains passing on the…
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Security cameras, increased lighting and even moving the skateboard park are being recommended as ways to improve safety in Windsor’s Forest Glade Park. The recommendations were part of a report delivered to Windsor City Council on Monday on potential solutions to curb questionable behaviour and violence in the city park. In late September, Ward 7…
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Today, I joined Mayor Dilkens, Administration, Essex Region Conservation Authority, and the Detroit River Canadian Cleanup to see the improvements and plans coming soon to Peche Island in Ward 7! As a board member of ERCA, I was very impressed with their great efforts in collaboration with the City of Windsor and DRCC to helppreserve…
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The spread of misinformation on social media and through other channels can affect COVID-19 vaccine confidence. Misinformation often arises when there are information gaps or unsettled science, as human nature seeks to reason, better understand, and fill in the gaps. It can be difficult to know which sources of information you can trust. Before considering…
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Heightened COVID-19 restrictions for bars, restaurants, and other businesses in Windsor-Essex are being lifted. Nearly one month after the region’s top doctor introduced a ban on indoor dancing and midnight closures for nightclubs, adult entertainment venues, bars, and restaurants, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit on Monday announced it would be pulling back those restrictions effective…
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The councillor for Windsor’s Ward 7 is calling for more police presence in city parks. Jeewen Gill made the request following an incident on September 10 in Forest Glade Park where it was reported a group of 10 to 12 suspects in masks sprayed what was believed to be pepper spray — it was also reported one…
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A futuristic canopy with a $32.5-million price tag is being proposed to remedy a sore thumb on Windsor’s treasured riverfront — the sun-baked stage and swath of asphalt known as Festival Plaza. “What I see here is really about dreaming big as a city,” Mayor Drew Dilkens said Monday of the proposed design that goes…
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‘Now I can prevent myself from being harmed,’ says one Forest Glade teen Parent Jon Rupert says recent violence in a Windsor neighbourhood have made him “uneasy,” so he wanted his 13-year-old son to learn how to “take care of himself.” Ninth-degree blackbelt Albert Mady taught a free self-defence class Sunday following increasing acts of youth violence in Forest…
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