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Will this be the coldest day in Windsor history?
Feel free to complain about Windsor weather, for it is indeed maddeningly, exceptionally cold right now. How exceptional? Enough so that The Weather Network is saying Wednesday could turn out to be the...
View ArticleDowntown Mission promises it will turn no one away during extreme cold weather
The Downtown Mission sent out an urgent message Wednesday that it will welcome anyone who needs shelter or a warm place to sleep during this streak of extreme cold weather. The mission said it “wants...
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After record-setting cold, Arctic temperatures expected to continue
After record-setting low temperatures on Wednesday, Environment Canada is warning the suffering will continue with more Arctic temperatures and “prolonged period of severely cold wind chills.” Things...
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The deep freeze continues, but relief is in sight for weary Windsorites
A 120-year-old cold temperature record fell as the Windsor deep freeze continued on Thursday, but don’t lose hope, better weather is on the horizon. “When you get extremes like this, they don’t last...
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Photos: Chatham's icy state of emergency
“It’s precarious right now,” Chatham-Kent Mayor Darrin Canniff said Friday after his municipality declared a state of emergency and all eyes were on the Thames River and what Mother Nature had in store...
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Cold winter shouldn't wreck wine crop in Essex County
Local wine lovers can relax. Frigid temperatures in January that had wineries fearing a repeat of the 2014 bud-killing disaster didn’t do as much damage as expected. “It’s not going to be as bad as...
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Photo: Shipshape weather
Seven-year-old Emerson Silva and his father, Tom Silva, take a break on a bench at Dieppe Park while the Canadian Coast Guard vessel CCGS Samuel Risley sits docked in Windsor on Thursday, when...
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Photo: Robin makes appearance on first day of spring
A robin searches for worms in the Little River corridor Wednesday, when temperatures reached a high of 8 C. On the first full day of spring Thursday, the forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and...
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Photo: Kayaks on Little River
Kayakers paddle on Little River south of the Wyandotte Street East bridge on a beautiful spring morning Wednesday, when temperatures reached a high of 10 C. Kayakers paddle on Little River south of...
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Photos: Pussy willow picking, street sweeping, bike riding all rites of spring
A sure sign of spring, Peggy Delisle picks out two bunches of pussy willows from a roadside stand on Matchette Road Wednesday. Delisle make the same stop every year, rain or shine. A street cleaner...
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Pothole proliferation leads to 'unprecedented' tripling of claims against city
A quick and widespread proliferation of potholes in February and March of 2018 has led to an “unprecedented” tripling of damage claims against the city. The total claims for damage caused by road...
View ArticleSnowflakes possible this weekend in Windsor
Don't put away your jackets and long pants just yet, Windsorites. Read More
View ArticleWettest April? Essex County farmers behind on spring planting
What was arguably the wettest April in east Windsor and continued rain has put most farmers in Essex County at least two weeks behind in planting. Read More
View ArticleToo wet: Frustrated Essex County farmers a month behind planting some crops
It’s a planting nightmare. “Nothing. Absolutely nothing,” Essex County Federation of Agriculture President Lyle Hall said of what’s been planted by corn and soybean growers who by acreage have the...
View ArticleWindsor-Essex under severe thunderstorm watch
Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the region. Thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail, and heavy rain are expected to develop this afternoon, an...
View ArticleEssex County farmers will lose millions in worst planting season
Essex County's farmers will lose millions of dollars this year in the worst planting season in memory. Read More
View ArticleMissing mayflies? Turn off the lights, annual invasion is on the way
Whether you call them mayflies or fish flies, you can call them late this year. “Typically at this time of year this would be the peak of emergence and we really haven’t seem them come out yet,” Ken...
View ArticleFirst heat warning of the season issued for Windsor-Essex
It's finally feeling like summer in Windsor-Essex — and that's not necessarily a good thing. Environment Canada issued the region's first heat warning of the year on Thursday. Read More
View ArticleMultimillion-dollar berm needed for lake flooding threat in Riverside
Most of Riverside — hundreds to thousands of homes — is at risk of flooding from the record high Lake St. Clair, and a berm to protect residents will cost millions of dollars. Read More
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