Town council is looking at possibly bringing back emergency sirens, particularly in case of a nuclear event. (Town of Amherstburg image) A report will return to town council exploring an option to possibly install a pair of sirens (or more) in the town’s “Detailed Planning Zone” (DPZ) with one on Boblo Island and a second in the former Malden Township, in the zone that would be first impacted. Two delegations appeared before town council encouraging town council to go down th

Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles was in Windsor last week, with Diageo one of the topics she focused on. Stiles met with Diageo workers last Wednesday and she said workers voiced a lot of frustration with her on how they were treated. The company announced in August 2025 they would close the Amherstburg plant and followed through with that in late February. Stiles said many of the workers she spoke with were only months away from being able to retire and collect a pension. She

There was a round of applause in the Essex County council chambers last week from councillors, administration and staff as the long-awaited road rationalization study was presented and adopted. “It’s the report we’ve been waiting for for years,” said Warden Hilda MacDonald. Director of infrastructure and planning services Allan Botham presented the 75-page report that, over the next two to seven years will see the responsibility of 42.8 km of county roads either uploaded to t