Latest from Bob Becken
Toothpicks, bones and animal hair: What's allowed in your Windsor-Essex green bin in October
Collection starts the week of Oct. 21 in approximately 120,000 households in Windsor, Tecumseh, Lakeshore, LaSalle and Essex. That doesn’t cover apartment complexes and businesses — both of which are not legislated to be a part of the program.
Why some rural Ontarians are pushing to separate from their municipality
Some people in the northeast Chatham-Kent community of Bothwell, and surrounding Zone Township, want to go back in time to when their community was independent.
Why Chatham-Kent, Ont., has seen a 171% surge in its homeless population since 2019
In December 2019, municipal officials knew of 84 people experiencing homelessness. As of this month, that number has grown to 228.
How an eel-like bloodsucking invasive species nearly wiped out fishing in the Great Lakes
A new documentary comes out in late January, outlining the severe impact the invasive species had on fish populations until the late 1950s across the Great Lakes region.
A marathon on every continent: Windsor, Ont., man completes rare feat by racing in Antarctica
He started running in his early 40s and completed marathons on every continent of the world before his 50th birthday. Jasdeep Singh accomplished the feat in December in the freezing cold temperatures of Antarctica.
'Panic in the air:' Graduate, union rep reacts to curtains falling on UWindsor acting program
The suspension of new admissions will not impact the progression of the existing students already enrolled in the program, says the school's dean of faculty of arts, humanities and social sciences.
Why Windsor-Essex, Ont., still has Canada's highest jobless rate as population approaches 500,000
The population in Windsor-Essex was estimated at a shade over 468,000 in 2023, and while more people are said to be working in the area than ever before, the unemployment rate sits at 8.7%, the highest among larger Canadian cities.
He's made dollhouses for sick kids since the pandemic — even after his own cancer diagnosis
His white beard is a little shorter than Santa's, and he's missing the red suit and hat. But Vincent Giannotti's propensity for making toys and giving gifts — made at his Tecumseh, Ont., workshop — bears a striking resemblance to that of Kris Kringle.
Canadian family remains haunted by Bhopal, India, gas disaster 40 years later
Saroj Bhattacharjee calls it the “biggest trauma” of his life. The 81-year-old Edmonton man was a maintenance engineer at Union Carbide in Bhopal in central India in 1984 when the toxic gas methyl isocyanate leaked from a storage tank on Dec. 2 and 3. It's been linked to the deaths of thousands of people and half a million suffering injuries.
Windsor school food providers hope to expand service after Ontario strikes deal with Ottawa
VON and United Way are two agencies that currently run school food programs in Windsor.