Dave Waddell

3 days ago | windsorstar.com | Dave Waddell

The CUSMA free trade agreement in its current form isn’t working, particularly in anchoring assembly production in Canada, Beatty says in a paper released Thursday by the C.D. Howe Institute. “We must go into these negotiations with an aspirational goal,” said Beatty, who retired last year after nearly 27 years with the world’s largest automaker. “We have to avoid the Canadian position of just keeping the status quo,” he told the Star. “We’ve seen the plant closures of the past quarter century.

6 days ago | windsorstar.com | Dave Waddell

Trump tariff headaches continue for the local real estate market in what realtors describe as a sporadic and cautious month in April. Compared to 12 months ago, listings were up 9.5 per cent, sales down 15 per cent while the average monthly sales price ($579,910) remained about the same. “We won’t move the needle until we get something done on this tariffs thing,” said Manor Realty general manager Rob Agnew.

6 days ago | windsorstar.com | Dave Waddell

Seven Windsor-Essex companies have made Deloitte’s 2025 list of Canada’s Best Managed Companies that was released Wednesday. Earning platinum status for making the list for seven consecutive years or longer were A.V. Gauge, CenterLine (Windsor), Red Sun Farms and Mastronardi’s Produce. “We are proud to have achieved this award again, it is proof of our employees’ commitment to quality, excellence and customer satisfaction.” said A.V. Gauge president Tim Campeau.

6 days ago | windsorstar.com | Dave Waddell

The promised pain from the U.S.-Canada trade war is hitting home, with the unemployed ranks in Windsor hitting levels not seen since the height of the Covid pandemic. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Windsor/ Essex County ’s jobless rate jumped 1.4 basis points in April to 10.7 per cent as 3,700 more people became jobless. That brings the number of unemployed to 28,600, the highest since June 2020 when it reached 32,500.

6 days ago | windsorstar.com | Dave Waddell

Having fulfilled their vision of building the Central Park Athletics multi-sport academy complex, James and Leigh Ann King are now turning their attention back to a dream they first had 14 years ago of repurposing the former Windsor Arena into a downtown market and anchor of an urban ‘creative living’ community. The multimillion-dollar Central Park Athletics is up for sale and King Development begins entertaining offers later this month for the sprawling, nearly 250,000-square-foot facility.