Trevor Wilhelm

1 week ago | windsorstar.com | Trevor Wilhelm

The president of St. Clair College isn’t ruling out more cuts to “right-size” the school as it slides from surplus to deficit amid a forecasted revenue loss of $122 million. The college has suspended 18 programs and is in the process of eliminating 69 positions as efforts continue to erase a $6.5-million deficit, which was largely inflicted by federal government limits on foreign student numbers.

1 week ago | windsorstar.com | Trevor Wilhelm

Liberal Irek Kusmierczyk is asking the courts for a recount in Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore after multiple tabulation errors and a high number of rejected ballots made an already painfully tight race almost too close to call. Kusmierczyk told the Star his team applied for a judicial recount Monday morning after the discovery of 526 rejected ballots and more than 20 “discrepancies” — four of which changed the ballot count by 157 votes.

1 week ago | windsorstar.com | Trevor Wilhelm

The organization kicked off its spring and summer tourism season on Friday with the new Swifts and Swallows exhibit. Focusing on “the marvel of spring migration” and three species of the birds living in the conservation area, it opened with a sold-out Jane’s Walk Tour. The exhibit will be on display in the Conservation Centre until Sep 5. On May 4, the Friends of the John R. Park Homestead will host their annual fundraising yard sale.

1 week ago | windsorstar.com | Trevor Wilhelm

It’s unclear if Kusmierczyk, the riding’s Liberal MP since 2019, will request a recount. He could not be reached for comment prior to the Star’s print deadline on Friday. But in such tight races, such recounts can be an important part of the political process, said University of Windsor political scientist Lydia Miljan. “I think they are for legitimacy, especially for tight votes,” she told the Star. “And I think people’s emotions are pretty raw right now.

1 week ago | windsorstar.com | Trevor Wilhelm

And with an earthshaking shift in the political landscape, they did it in part by stealing labour votes. The Conservatives managed to take several seats from the Liberals, who now continue as a minority government. But more surprisingly, multiple former orange NDP strongholds once propped up on union shoulders turned Tory blue.