North Star’s Hayden Medd (25, white jersey) drives to the basket in the second half of the Feb. 5 junior boys basketball game against the Leamington Lions. The Wolves won the game by a final score of 49-22. The North Star Wolves junior boys basketball got ready for the playoffs with their seventh win of the regular season last week.      The Wolves finished the 2025-26 WECSSAA Tier 2 regular season with a 7-2 record thanks to a 49-22 victory over the Leamington Lions last Thu

North Star’s Aria Pare carries the puck over the Essex blue line Feb. 4 at the Libro Centre. Essex won the game 3-0 but North Star rebounded the next day on the road with a 3-2 win over Cardinal Carter. The North Star Wolves girls hockey team were busy to wrap up the regular season. The most recent game was this past Monday at the Libro Centre against the visiting Belle River Nobles. North Star won the hockey game 8-6 with the Wolves now finishing the regular season with a re

Vera Love Hope Badiuk  28 April, 1925 - 10 January, 2026 Vera was born on April 28 1925 in Saskatchewan, to Marco and Katharine Musyj. She was blessed with 100 years of good health and was received into the arms of the Lord on January 10 where she was reunited with her true love George (Predeceased 2006), her husband of 57 years of marriage. Beloved mother to Billy Musyj (late Maureen), Kathy Debokx, Linda Purdie (John Hall), Jerry Badiuk, Bobby Badiuk, Randy Badiuk (Pam) and

The suspect is described as a white female, approximately 5’6” tall, with a medium build, blonde hair, and false eyelashes.

It’s a milestone year for the Windsor-Essex County Humane Society (WECHS)

Amherstburg Freedom Museum co-presents Windsor-Essex County joint kickoff event Teajai Travis plays the drums as part of the Windsor-Essex County Joint Annual Black History Month kickoff last Friday night. Black History Month is underway and a local museum had a hand in kicking it off in the region. The Amherstburg Freedom Museum joined the Essex County Black Historical Research Society (ECBHRS) and the Windsor-Essex Caribbean Association (WECA) in a Black History Month launc

The icebreaker “Judy Lamarsh” stopped at the Canadian Coast Guard base in Amherstburg Feb. 1. According to local resident Terry Hall, who sent in two of the photos, it was originally built in Romania as an icebreaking tug for Kazakhstan, later registered in Turkmenistan, and acquired by the Canadian government in 2021 to be named for the former federal Cabinet Minister Judy Lamarsh. It recently underwent a $34.3 million refit. Dave Cozens, who also submitted photos seen here,

Marguerite “Peggy” Jaques  1948 – 2026 Marguerite “Peggy” Jaques passed away peacefully at Douglas Memorial Hospital in Fort Erie, Ontario, on January 7th, 2026, following a courageous two-year battle with stage 4 cervical cancer. Her devoted husband, Jim, was by her side, as he has been for their 54.5 years of marriage.  Peggy was the only daughter of the late Hazel and Cliff Howell, and a dear sister to David Howell of Fort Erie. For 14 years, she was a dedicated member of