Amherstburg Fire crews were called to Pickering Towers at 130 Pickering Dr. last Friday for sounding alarms and smoke in the building. A burning electrical issue had activated the alarms, deputy fire chief Dan Monk said. He added no active fire was found, and hydro was isolated by crews to a couple rooms. Monk said luckily the weather was nice, as occupants were evacuated from the building for over an hour while crews completed a full building search. The investigation is sti

A fire extinguisher helped mitigate damage of a fire this past Monday with the Amherstburg Fire Department giving extinguisher tips. “We were dispatched to the 100 block of Lake Erie Drive for a structure fire, and by the time our crews arrived it was already out,” said deputy fire chief Dan Monk. “The fire started with the dryer.” Monk said a young man had gotten to it early with a household extinguisher, knocking down flames from outside the house after the fire breached t

The Windsor Police Service has charged a 41-year-old man following an investigation into the sexual assault complaint regarding a youth. Police says that on Aug. 16, shortly after 2 p.m., officers with Windsor Police Amherstburg Detachment responded to a report of a sexual assault involving a 15-year-old girl. Investigators learned that the youth allegedly had been sexually assaulted by an adult male known to her. The man also allegedly requested and received intimate imag