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

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.

This flannel shirt? It's sculptural beadwork. Why it's called an act of resistance connecting past and present

Nico Williams explains how his team's sculpted beadwork builds on an Indigenous practice to create work people say breaks stereotypes.

Windsor councillors worry new Ontario legislation will limit their ability to make decisions

Ontario has passed a new law that some Windsor councillors worry removes decision making authority from the local government.

Windsor moves forward with $10M replacement for Charles Brooks Memorial Peace Fountain

This new floating fountain is similar to what people saw at Reaume Park for the last 45 years but a major change sees it stored stored at the park in shrink wrap instead of at Lakeview Park Marina.  

Here's what it will take to fix what's been dubbed one of Windsor's worst roads

The first part of a multi-phase project to reconstruct what's considered one of Windsor's worst roads and build up infrastructure that helps protect homeowners against basement flooding could start this year.