Chris Ensing

CBC News

Chris Ensing has worked as a producer, reporter and host in Windsor since 2017. He's also reported in British Columbia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. His e-mail is christopher.ensing@cbc.ca.

Latest from Chris Ensing

Council approves major changes to Windsor's deadly Sandpoint Beach but work is years away

Windsor's city council is endorsing a plan to re-arrange the community's only beach to keep swimmers away from a deadly current at the mouth of the Detroit River. 

Windsor school boards ask council to pause cancelling school extras, consider alternatives

Administrators at Windsor's largest school boards want city council to stop a plan to eliminate and redeploy Transit Windsor buses that high school students pay for to get to school.

Windsor's police board has a new leader as Dilkens steps aside

Windsor's mayor is leaving the role a year before new legislation would force him to resign the position.

Ontario's new civilian oversight group investigating complaints filed against Windsor Police Service

The investigations centre on a complaint about how officers are dispatched and how police handled a person's report of harassment.

Windsor's 2025 budget pitches changes to dog licences, $30K on geese management and higher user fees

Windsor, Ont.'s proposed budget keeps the tax rate below inflation, but increases in other areas would mean a cost to residents.

Windsor school boards, parents, students fight mayor's proposed school transit cut

Students and parents say the city needs to keep Transit Windsor's school extras running while city budget pitches elimination for other service improvements.

$20M redevelopment vision for Festival Plaza approved, but no construction timeline yet

City council has approved a $20-million master plan that will see Festival Plaza on Windsor, Ont's riverfront transformed into a greener space with walking trails and shaded structures. 
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Windsor pizza shop owner and staff rescue 2 men from icy water

People working at a pizza shop on the Detroit River pulled two brothers from the icy water on Friday.

Windsor council asked to follow Halifax's lead and support temporary tent encampments

The former executive director of community legal aid in Windsor says council is giving false hope to people who want encampments eliminated.

Transit Windsor's major routes are on time but overloaded. There's a fix on the way

New numbers from the city show that the majority of primary and secondary bus routes in Windsor are arriving on time and overloaded again this year.