Tecumseh News

The governments of Canada and Ontario, in partnership with the County of Essex, have announced funding for the widening of Essex County Road 22 from Lakeshore Boulevard to Patillo Road.

Thousands of residents celebrated Canada's 141st birthday Tuesday by basking in the sun during a parade, listening to music and nibbling 5,000 cup cakes at a party on the waterfront.

After working round-the-clock for 3 1/2 days, some 1,500 firefighters and builders from Ontario and Michigan presented a new house to a paralyzed Windsor firefighter Sunday afternoon.

Commuters should rejoice after Friday's announcement that a three-kilometre stretch of County Road 22 will be widened from two lanes to four in a project beginning later this year.

The pilot of a small plane that struck power lines Sunday morning, crashing and burning in south-central Windsor, succumbed early Monday of his injuries.

Bill C-29, the Loan Accountability Bill, intended to limit loans for federal candidates running in elections and leadership campaigns, will not entirely eliminate the potential to "buy" candidates and, for this ...

It was, as one well-heeled guest said, an out-of-Windsor experience. Windsor hailed more than just Caesar Thursday night with the much-hyped grand opening of the most elaborate entertainment facility this city ...

A gutsy woman - who is nine months pregnant - is being hailed as a hero by police after she chased down an allegedly drunk driver and pinned his car after a crash, so he couldn't escape.

TECUMSEH, Ont. - As a child growing up in Cape Breton, Winston Dunbar MacQuarrie viewed a life-jacket his grandfather had found years earlier along a beach in Halifax as a "plaything." "As kids, they used to ...

In what will likely be a futile attempt at beating rising gas prices, Don Birtch has resorted to filling his gas tank in $20 increments.

“Why didn't I think of that? I don't know anything about what you are talking about”

And not for the first time! Liberal MP Garth Turner floats a conspiracy theory in the Hill Times today that the Liberals will burst into popularity this summer, forcing the Tories to prorogue Parliament in the ... via Langley Politics Dotcom

“At first blush, it's counterintuitive, but I would encourage folks to look beyond the headlines”

It looks bad that General Motors keeps cutting jobs after getting $235 million in taxpayers' money to boost Ontario operations, Premier Dalton McGuinty acknowledges. via The Toronto Star

“It's always a big deal when you close a plant, it's not something that we like to do, (but) it's based what product is available for this plant and there just isn't any”

In the latest blow to the country's struggling auto industry, General Motors said Monday it will close its transmission plant in Windsor, Ont., by mid-2010 in a move that will affect 1,400 people. via CBC News

“Based on the prices we have to pay, it should be accurate”

Motorists are more likely to be shortchanged at gas pumps in Windsor, Ont. and parts of Essex County than almost anywhere else in Canada, according to analysis of federal data for Canwest News Service. via Leader Post

WINDSOR, ON, May 1 /CNW/ - The Detroit River International Crossing study team, led by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation in partnership with Transport Canada , today presented The Windsor-Essex Parkway - ... via Canada NewsWire

“But it's also a crucial factor in the attraction of new investment.”

- The most expensive highway ever built in Ontario will link Highway 401 with a new international bridge to be built over the Detroit River in Windsor, the federal and Ontario governments announced Thursday.

Construction is expected to start next year on the $1.6 billion, 12 kilometre stretch of six-lane "below grade roadway," which will run through Windsor and the neighbouring communities of Tecumseh and LaSalle.

The new highway will include 11 tunnel sections stretching about two kilometres, while other parts will be built below-grade to minimize the impact of traffic noise and exhaust on neighbourhoods. The project will also create about 240 acres of park land and 20 kilometres of recreational trails. Read more

“If Corbett does have the evidence, hopefully he does move quickly on it, and I suspect he will. He's a former prosecutor. He understands the consequences of the charges being laid.”

The federal Conservatives are saying last week's sensational raid on the Conservative Party headquarters in Ottawa was related to the party's lawsuit against Elections Canada, but NDP MP Joe Comartin says the ... via The Hill Times

“If Canadians see the government going on and on and on with amnesties, well why should they register?”

"The federal Conservatives, who once denounced Liberal cost overruns at the national gun registry, have been passing up more potential revenue from gun owners than they've spent to run the registry since they ... via The Toronto Star

Media Alert/Photo Op - Devonshire Mall Paints the Town Green With citywide e-Waste Recycling Effort Communities Challenged To Divert 25 Tonnes of E-Waste from Landfills WINDSOR, ON, April 19 /CNW/ - Devonshire ... via Canada NewsWire

“Because it's a progressive disease, it [the drug] is the only hope for us to pursue.”

When Szymon Cajmer was six years old, he was denied entry into a clinical trial to test the only drug to treat his rare disease because his lungs worked too well. via Globe and Mail