Bob Bellacicco

Windsor

Reporter at CHWI-TV (Windsor, ON)

A voice for #windsoressex.

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City of Windsor stands firm on buying American outdoor furniture

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Bob Bellacicco

After endorsing a ‘Buy Canadian’ policy, City of Windsor administration purchased $285,000 of American-made outdoor furniture for the new ice rink at city hall. “I look for Made in Canada or at least packaged in Canada,” said Windsor resident Florence Harrison while questioning the motive behind the city’s buy. Silvia Harrison was also befuddled.
Windsor restaurant re-opens ‘Taystee’r than ever

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Bob Bellacicco

After being shuttered for over two years, Windsor restaurant Taystee Grill and Seafood is back in business along Wyandotte Street East. “Me and my wife and my kids, we are so happy. We’ve been struggling the past two years just to open,” owner Haissam Chouman told CTV News. In October 2022, the restaurant caught fire after being broken into. At the time, he told CTV News he wasn’t frustrated enough by break-in attempts to give up on the area. “Everybody has to be positive, you know,” Chouman said.
‘It was a dream of mine’: Local artist gifts Jay Leno with sculpture

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Bob Bellacicco

A local artist has given comedian Jay Leno with a personal sculpture before his show at The Colosseum. Peter Solly built a sculpture of Leno out of used auto parts over a year ago. With the help of Caesars Windsor, he was able to personally deliver it to the legendary comedian. “He loved it. He couldn’t believe it,” Solly told CTV News. “When he came out, he matched the sculpture. It was awesome.
Windsor councillor wants to protect social services

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Bob Bellacicco

It’s no secret Windsor’s social services are stretched thin, especially for helping people who are experiencing homelessness. A recent experience has driven city councillor Renaldo Agostino to push for limiting access to local services. He says he witnessed a theft in progress and learned that a person was wanted for a crime elsewhere but was not taken into custody. “The City of Windsor is no refuge for anyone who has warrants for their arrest,” Agostino tells CTV News.
Former players turn hobby into MLB-worthy craft

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Bob Bellacicco

Paul Lamatia and Ryan Lapensee have hit a backyard hobby out of the park. They turned a passion into a big-league business with their custom-made bats, now being swung by Major League Baseball players. They were at a recent Philadelphia Phillies game and watched Nick Castellanos hit a homerun for the hometown team“We were jumping out of our seats,” Lamantia told CTV News.
ERCA plants 7-millionth tree, seeks more land

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Bob Bellacicco

It was a nice day Thursday to do a lot of things outdoors including plant a tree. The Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) planted a Basswood tree at the Maidstone Woods Conservation Area — it was tree number seven million planted by ERCA since forming in 1973. “Milestones are important, but what’s more important that we are actively continuing with tree planting, and we are targeting something that provides sustainability for this entire watershed.” said ERCA CAO Tim Byrne.
‘Holding steady:’ Real estate in a bit of a lull, says home builders’ association

3 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Bob Bellacicco

With interest rates dropping, there was a lot of optimism heading into the spring real estate market. “We were thinking that coming into the spring with interest rates doing what they have been, things were going to be ramping right back up again,” said Brent Klundert, chair of the Windsor Essex Home Builders’ Association, who feels the market is tricky. “I wouldn’t trust my crystal ball for any predictions.”The tariff war and political landscape have changed the course of the market.
Grade 5 Blytheswood student stands tall with the help of new wheelchair

3 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Bob Bellacicco

Every morning begins with a proud Canadian moment as students rise and sing our national anthem together. For a Grade 5 student living with cerebral palsy, that moment always came with sadness — until recently when Jaylynn Baltazar rose up with pride and joined her classmates at Mount Carmel Public School in Blytheswood. “Exciting to experience. I never got to experience this for my whole life,” Jaylynn told CTV News.
From injury to Team Canada: Windsor boxer’s comeback

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Bob Bellacicco

A Windsor boxer is making a comeback after an injury. Boxer Jayden Trudell was getting ready to box in a highly anticipated bout against Hunter Lee when fate intervened. “Not having fighting for six months, it was a deep cut,” Trudell said. “It was a killer. That’s my life.”Last August, Trudell suffered a bicep injury five days before the Lee fight, both were Canadian champs at the time and from the same city. The injury could have been a side effect of overusing his left arm.
‘I still have a lot to do as a dad’: Cancer survivor hopes his story might help others

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Bob Bellacicco

It was a surprising turn of events for Dan Anger after he broke his arm during a beer league hockey game in February of last year. “Just a simple stick lift type situation and I felt something pop in my arm,” Anger told CTV News. “In hindsight, it’s a blessing that my arm broke.”Anger was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with a spiral fracture in his left humerus. “Appointment after appointment, the doc said every four weeks, come back.