The Skills Park layout proposed by WEBC. The new bicycle skills park the Windsor-Essex Bike Community (WEBC) wants will be the subject of a grant application to the Ontario Trillium Foundation.  Town council agreed to send a letter off in support, but agreed the only area the letter will apply to is the skills park itself and not the trail system. Councillor Don McArthur noted WEBC wants to put in the bicycle skills park at the Libro Centre to go with the trails they have alr

Essex County council will not be dipping into reserves to pay for the green bin recycling program. Lakeshore Mayor Tracey Bailey brought forth a motion at last Wednesday night’s meeting which could have seen 100 per cent of the cost paid out of reserves in 2026 for the Phase One municipalities of Essex, LaSalle, Lakeshore and Tecumseh. “The key fundamental reality is that there are no reserves dedicated to fund green bin costs. The program was approved as a user pay model wit

Residents of Essex County will know later this month just how much the organic waste collection’s green bin program will cost. Amherstburg Deputy Mayor Chris Gibb told the River Town Times last Wednesday night that while the precise cost is not yet known, he estimates it will be about $150 a year per residential household that will be receiving the collection service. “This is a brand new program for the County of Essex so there are going to be bumps in the road,” said Gibb,