Brian Cross
The Windsor Star
Windsor, ON, Canada
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Woman charged after threatening to bomb Windsor mayor's house
A Windsor woman who allegedly threatened to bomb the home of Mayor Drew Dilkens has been criminally charged. → Read More
544-apartment 'vertical forest' towers planned for downtown
Twin 21-storey towers with 544 total apartments, their exteriors covered with thousands of shrubs and other plants, is planned for a long-deserted downtown… → Read More
Tools in place to prevent blockade repeat, Windsor Police tell council
Windsor Police leadership provided assurances to council Monday that they’ll be very ready to swiftly douse any attempted repeat of the Ambassador Bridge… → Read More
Riverside residents 'delighted' with new anti-flood improvements
A few years into the decades-long plan to prevent the kind of catastrophic flooding that damaged thousands of basements in 2016 and 2017, Riverside residents… → Read More
First of three condo buildings planned for Walker/Ducharme sells out
The first of three buildings in a $100-million condo project at Walker Road and Ducharme Street is sold out and under construction. → Read More
Call 911 immediately if you see 'armed and dangerous' home invasion suspects, police say
Police are looking for two armed male suspects who forced themselves into a Windsor home late Thursday night and soon after approached a cab with weapons… → Read More
Guns, drugs found as police raid Pillette Road home
Four people were arrested after police found multiple firearms and quantities of drugs and cash during the execution of a search warrant Thursday at a Pillette… → Read More
Ontario officials assail medical officer of health's ban on foreign farm workers
Top Ontario government officials have rebuked the local acting medical officer of health’s quickly revoked ban on incoming temporary foreign workers — with the… → Read More
Mayor tells premier of long-delayed Windsor subdivision as he calls for streamlined approvals
Years of delays to a massive 1,000-home Windsor subdivision were cited Wednesday by Windsor’s mayor as he told Premier Doug Ford how bureaucratic impediments… → Read More
Rosati, Brkovich partner to bring 'lively' Distillery Square to Walkerville
It will include loft-style condos and apartments, office and retail space, restaurants, a boutique hotel, street vendors and food trucks. → Read More
Farhi Holdings proposes two nine-storey residential towers for Lauzon Rd.
Responding to the insatiable demand for housing, London-based Farhi Holdings is accelerating and intensifying its already ambitious plans for the former GM… → Read More
Beer Store in Essex shuts down after employee tests positive
The Beer Store in Essex has been closed — during a time of peak sales — after one of its employees recently tested positive for COVID-19. → Read More
New eligibility rules for COVID-19 testing take effect Friday
Local testing and assessment centres and hospitals say they are pivoting quickly to follow new eligibility rules for PCR testing. → Read More
Firm seeks Peace Fountain replacement that 'everybody loves'
Brian Cross The best way to replace a symbol of the city, an icon that brings everyone together, is to bring everyone together to replace it. That’s the thinking behind a unique approach to the redesign of the beloved Charlie Brooks Memorial Peace Fountain — worn out after 43 magnificent years of coloured light shows and jets of water shooting 70 feet into the sky. “No matter what it’s going to… → Read More
Mayor has high hopes for city in 2022
Windsor’s mayor says he’s never felt more optimistic about the city’s future than he does today. → Read More
'Lots to do' in 2022, as city tackles $182M in capital projects
Twenty-four new buses, sewer projects worth $51 million, road projects worth $47 million, the $8.4-million Legacy Beacon and dozens of new playgrounds are just… → Read More
Ramped-up COVID precautions return, hampering border crossing, holiday gatherings
The Ontario and federal governments made dramatic moves Friday to slow the spread of the Omicron variant, with Ontario putting a 10-person cap on indoor social… → Read More
Costante sets sights on boarded-up homes with new vacant house tax
The councillor for the west end is cheering the unanimous council approval of a new special tax on vacant homes, believing it will help force a solution to the… → Read More
Council approves 1.86 % tax hike with 'compromise' 2022 budget
Council passed a “prudent” 2022 budget calling for a 1.86 per cent tax increase Monday, with most councillors citing the COVID-battered economy as the reason… → Read More
Health unit warns of COVID-19 exposure at Bright Lights
Bright Lights Windsor is the latest location of a possible COVID-19 exposure, prompting local health officials to ask anyone who visited the previous Saturday… → Read More