Ricardo Veneza

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Ricardo Veneza

Public gets first look at new LaSalle fire hallBy Ricardo VenezaPublished: May 29, 2025 at 5:35PM EDTThe Town of LaSalle held an open house for the grand opening of its new Fire Station No. 2 on Front Road on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (Ricardo Veneza/CTV News Windsor).

2 weeks ago | bnnbloomberg.ca | Ricardo Veneza

On the same day it announced a $388 million dollar investment in Metro Detroit, Stellantis has confirmed to CTV News it will postpone production of the Windsor-built Daytona R/T line for the 2026 model year due to tariff uncertainty. On Wednesday, the company made no reference to sales performance of the all-electric muscle car in its decision making, instead pointing to the need to review the impacts of U.S. tariffs before moving forward with planned production.

3 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Ricardo Veneza

The Ford government is trying again to jumpstart sluggish housing construction in Ontario with a new suite of measures getting the ‘thumbs up’ from the builders’ association in Windsor-Essex. On Monday, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Rob Flack, introduced the new Ontario Getting Homes and Infrastructure Built Faster and Smarter Act as he admitted the province was well off track in meeting the Progressive Conservatives’ promise of 1.5 million new homes by 2031.

3 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Ricardo Veneza

Police have confirmed a crash involving a motorcyclist in Chatham-Kent on Monday afternoon proved fatal. A news release from Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police OPP on Monday reported that a man was found at the scene of the crash around 3:30 p.m. at Communication Road and Fairview Line in Chatham-Kent. OPP say the man was sent to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police have not confirmed the number of vehicles involved in the crash nor confirmed the motorcyclist as the fatality.

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Ricardo Veneza

The Liberal campaign in Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore has applied for a judicial recount of the April 28 election results that awarded the riding to the Conservative candidate by just 77 votes. On Monday, Irek Kusmierczyk, who ran for re-election in the riding, told CTV News his campaign had filed for the review to ensure there was no doubt about the result. “We felt very strongly that we owe the residents of this community to make sure that every vote is valid,” said Kusmierczyk.