Taylor Campbell

Windsor

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Windsor Stadium for sale; city council delays decision on nearby historic bandshell

3 days ago | windsorstar.com | Taylor Campbell

Windsor Stadium, once the city’s premier high school football venue, is up for sale — complicating a possible rejuvenation of the adjacent historic Jackson Park Bandshell. News that the province is selling the coveted Windsor school property derailed a city council discussion Monday about what to do with the derelict performance space nearby.
Demolition of 1940s Windsor funeral home makes way for new fire HQ

3 days ago | windsorstar.com | Taylor Campbell

A funeral home that housed a 10,000-pound antique organ for nearly 80 years is being torn down to make way for a new Windsor Fire and Rescue Services headquarters. Demolition began last week at the former Morris Sutton Funeral Home on Giles Boulevard near Ouellette Avenue just south of the downtown.
Ambassador Bridge company demolishing its Windsor 'ramp to nowhere'

1 week ago | windsorstar.com | Taylor Campbell

The Ambassador Bridge company is tearing down a ramp it built in Windsor nearly two decades ago for a second span that never came to fruition. The rhythmic pounding of jackhammers began emanating from the Indian Road as early as 7 a.m. on Thursday, as crews tore apart concrete and rebar while bridge traffic rolled by behind them. Built in 2007, the ramp stretches from a customs area near Mill Street north to Wyandotte Street, where it abruptly ends.
'Smart' tech deployed to tackle Windsor construction zone traffic headaches

1 week ago | windsorstar.com | Taylor Campbell

With another road construction season ramping up, Windsor is taking new steps to alleviate significant traffic jams and improve safety around construction zones. The city’s transportation department is now using “smart” traffic signal technology to adjust traffic lights near construction zones and detour routes in real time.
Windsor at risk: 'Highly susceptible' border city responds to U.S. tariffs

1 week ago | windsorstar.com | Taylor Campbell

Among many potentially bad economic consequences for Windsor in a trade war between the U.S. and Canada, a new report warns the municipality could also see more people living on its streets. With U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada poised to hit Windsor particularly hard, city officials have already spent months discussing how the border municipality can best endure a trade war.
'Sorry for the confusion' — Utility rebates coming for thousands of Windsor Enwin customers

1 week ago | windsorstar.com | Taylor Campbell

Thousands of Windsor Enwin customers can expect rebates in their utility charges over the coming months to make up for a data error that caused some property owners to be overcharged. At its April 28 meeting, city council heard that overall water usage in the first few months of this year was lower than estimated. Property owners with lower-than-average water usage whose bills should have dropped when the city implemented a new stormwater/wastewater billing system on Jan.
Windsor council asks Premier Ford to weaken its strong mayor

2 weeks ago | windsorstar.com | Taylor Campbell

After nearly two years with a strong mayor, Windsor is asking Ontario’s premier to remove enhanced powers from its head of council. In an 8-3 vote on Monday, city council formally requested that Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Rob Flack remove Windsor from strong mayor legislation, which has given Mayor Drew Dilkens additional authority — and responsibility — since July 2023. The move came at the request of Ward 9 Coun.
Windsor West goes Tory blue for first time in major election upset

2 weeks ago | windsorstar.com | Taylor Campbell |Madeline Mazak

In what many might see as a shocking upset, Conservative Harb Gill has ousted 23-year NDP incumbent Brian Masse in Windsor West, flipping the riding blue for the first time in its nearly six-decade history. With 180 out of 231 polls reporting as of just after midnight on Tuesday, the retired LaSalle police constable was pulling in just over 41 per cent of the vote (13,205 votes), comfortably ahead of Liberal challenger Richard Pollock with 29 per cent.
Long journey home: The history and restoration of Windsor's Streetcar No. 351

3 weeks ago | windsorstar.com | Taylor Campbell

At 50 feet long and weighing 24,688 pounds, the electric streetcar now on display at Windsor’s riverfront was built by the Cincinnati Car Company in Cincinnati, OH, in 1918. It ran in New Jersey before being purchased, along with 19 others, and brought to Windsor in 1927 for the Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway (SW&A) line. The SW&A was operated by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario — Ontario Hydro’s forerunner.
Windsor unveils long-awaited Streetcar No. 351 at new Michael D. Hurst Legacy Park

3 weeks ago | windsorstar.com | Taylor Campbell

A shiny new waterfront attraction — the heart of which is 107 years old — is now open to the public and has been named after a former mayor “instrumental” to the riverfront’s preservation. With hundreds gathered for the grand unveiling of Windsor’s restored Streetcar No. 351 on Thursday, Mayor Drew Dilkens announced that the land near the foot of Caron Avenue would be known as Michael D. Hurst Legacy Park.