| News |
| Connected Windsor: Pasquach cycling plan gets Bike Windsor Essex backing Oct. 4, 2026 | News Bike Windsor Essex backs Kat Pasquach's Connected Windsor: work with all 9 BIAs on cycling, transit, walking and tourism links between districts, building on the Gordie Howe Bridge connection. No map or cost yet. |
| Lancers football crushed York 51-2 on Alumni Weekend Oct. 4, 2026 | News Lancers football crushed York 51-2 on Alumni Weekend. Spits beat Owen Sound 4-1. Today at Alumni: women's soccer vs Brock 1 PM, men's 3:15 PM. |
| Sandpoint Beach: closed to swimming since June 2025, now a campaign pledge Oct. 4, 2026 | City council Council endorsed a $15 million plan to move the beach east in January 2025. No construction date is set. Here is the record, the votes and the sources. |
| EMS strike clock: no deal, deadline now Oct. 8 Oct. 3, 2026 | Health The County of Essex says CUPE Local 2974.2 moved its strike deadline to Oct. 8. The union told CBC a strike is likely Oct. 9. Keep calling 911. |
| City Hall sweep: police say it cost them $0 Oct. 3, 2026 | City Hall The OPP says Windsor Police requested the City Hall technology sweep. Who paid, and how much, is still unanswered. |
| Ward 2 Coun. Frazier Fathers proposes a 1% property-tax increase for housing Oct. 2, 2026 | Election 2026 Campaign pledge, not City policy. Fathers says the levy would raise about $5 million a year once phased in. |
| Downtown Windsor: what the mayoral candidates propose Oct. 2, 2026 | Election 2026 Side by side: downtown positions of the three candidates invited to the Chamber debate. Campaign pledges, not City policy. |
| Former Chief Bellaire: what the record shows Oct. 2, 2026 | Police CBC reported an investigation substantiated that Jason Bellaire made comments breaching WPS directives. A human rights complaint is unproven. |
| Chamber mayoral debate: Dilkens, Francis and Pasquach at the Chrysler Theatre Oct. 1, 2026 | Election 2026 Stability, change and ignored voices: what the three invited candidates pitched. The full recording is free on YouTube. |
| City's $1.5M for the Downtown Mission: tax-levy share still Unclear Oct. 1, 2026 | City Hall The City cites about $1.5 million, close to the $1.48 million in Ontario and federal grants in the Mission's audit. A freedom-of-information request is pending. |
| One $2,626,537 budget item, two descriptions in City documents Oct. 1, 2026 | Budget Item 2026-0097 was listed in camera as "Labour Relations." The approved budget book calls it "Homelessness and Supportive Housing Reduction." |
| Police crisis teams answered 4,300 calls since January, 1,896 downtown Sept. 30, 2026 | Police Windsor Police's Nurse Police Team and Crisis Response Team pair officers with hospital staff, police say. |
| Soup Shack has an Amazon wish list: items ship straight to the kitchen Sept. 30, 2026 | Community Urgent needs include emergency blankets and dog and cat food. In-person drop-offs at 636 Goyeau St., 4 to 9 p.m. |
| City of Windsor responds in writing on its $24,000 sole-source contract with GT & Co Sept. 30, 2026 | City Hall The City says the City Hall procedures review is within the Council-approved budget. Several questions remain unanswered. |
| National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: what's closed and open in Windsor on Sept. 30 Sept. 29, 2026 | City services City offices, 311 and library branches closed. Garbage pickup not delayed, buses on a regular weekday schedule. |
| Ontario takes on the federal gun ban at the Supreme Court Sept. 29, 2026 | Justice Appeals of the 2020 firearms ban are set for Nov. 9. Windsor Police opted out of the federal buyback in January. |
| How Mayor Dilkens has used strong mayor powers Sept. 29, 2026 | City Hall The City has posted 94 written mayoral decisions since the powers took effect July 1, 2023. Key ones, from the City's own records. |
| Chamber mayoral debate Tuesday at the Chrysler Theatre Sept. 28, 2026 | Election 2026 The Windsor Essex Chamber of Commerce invited Drew Dilkens, Fred Francis and Kat Pasquach, three of 11 registered candidates. |
| Public-board trustee candidates' open house at Kennedy Collegiate Sept. 28, 2026 | Election 2026 The Windsor Council of Home and School Associations hosted GECDSB trustee candidates on Sept. 28. |
| Tecumseh asks Transit Windsor for a cost estimate; no price public yet Sept. 28, 2026 | Transit Tecumseh council directed staff to request a Transit Windsor estimate for a Tecumseh Road corridor link, local media reported. |
| Voter cards mail the week of Sept. 28, and you don't need one to vote Sept. 28, 2026 | Election 2026 Cards should arrive the first week of October. Without one, bring accepted ID to a polling place in your ward. |
| Things to do |
| Windsor's week ahead looks like a postcard: sunny Monday and Tuesday at 18° Oct. 4, 2026 | Community Windsor's week ahead looks like a postcard: sunny Monday and Tuesday at 18°, then 22° Wednesday. One catch: Environment Canada flags a risk of frost Monday night, low of 3°. Bring in the tomatoes and patio plants. |
| BIG Motorcity Show rolls into Fogolar this Sunday Oct. 2, 2026 | Community The BIG Motorcity car, motorcycle and truck show is at the Fogolar Furlan Club on Sunday, Oct. 4, from 10 AM to 2 PM. It is free to attend and raises money for Big Brothers Big Sisters Windsor Essex. |
| Windsor’s Zombie Walk is back Oct. 1, 2026 | Community Saturday downtown: Windsor’s Zombie Walk is back, free & family-friendly, with donations for Downtown Mission. Zombies gather 4 to 6 PM at Ouellette & Elliott; horde leaves about 6:30 down Ouellette. BIA + ScareHouse. |
| Bert Kreischer at The Colosseum on Thursday Sept. 30, 2026 | Community Bert Kreischer brings his Permission to Party tour to The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 8 PM. |
| Free orchestra night in a downtown garage Sept. 30, 2026 | Community The Windsor Symphony Orchestra plays a free concert on the main level of the Pelissier Street parking garage on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 6 to 7 PM. Registration is required. |
| Witching Hour |
| The Dragging Ghost of Mackenzie Hall Oct. 4, 2026 | Witching Hour Staff and visitors have long told of the "Dragging Ghost" of Mackenzie Hall, Windsor's 1855 courthouse and jail: a custodian alone at night heard his ladder scrape across the floor. Three times. |
| Site news |
| Windsor News is now on the web Oct. 3, 2026 | Announcement Windsor News now has a home on the web. Full stories, the documents behind them, and an FOI tracker so you can check our work yourself. windsornewsdesk.ca Tips: [email protected] |
