Ontario promises electricity bill rebates in throne speech

The Ontario government promised in a throne speech today that it will provide rebates to urban and rural residents and small businesses to help offset high electricity rates.

Photos CBC's Eyes on Windsor in photos

This weekend, Eyes on Windsor shared some of its best photos with us.

Police seeking knife-wielding convenience store robber

The suspect, who entered the store around 5:30 a.m. and started putting food into his backpack, pulled a knife out after an employee approached him, say Windsor police.

University Windsor police get pepper spray training this month

As CBC Windsor was first to report last year, Campus police at the University of Windsor became the latest Ontario campus outfitted with pepper spray.

Windsorites said to pamper pets more than most Canadians

Windsor landed at No. 3 on Amazon.ca’s fourth annual list of cities with the most pampered pets.

'We don't discriminate': 29,000 kids eat healthy breakfast at local schools

Close to 30,000 students in Windsor and Essex County eat breakfast at school. More than 100 schools participate in the Jumpstart Student Nutrition program.

Windsor store banned from selling tobacco for 9 months

A Windsor convenience store is banned from selling cigarettes “after repeatedly selling tobacco products to persons under the age of 19,” the local health unit said.

Pay the hydro bill, or put food on the table?: Residents 'struggle' with high rates

Windsor West MPP Lisa Gretzky is presenting hundreds of hydro bills to Premier Kathleen Wynne and Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault to illustrate high electricity rates when the Ontario Legislature resumes this week.

'I've never seen so many perfect apples': Hot dry summer good for crop

by Meg Roberts

Although Wagner Orchards is noticing some of its apples are smaller due to the lack of rain Windsor Essex County got this summer, the orchard is saying they should have a great season.

Amid low poll numbers, Ontario Liberals try 'to change the channel' in throne speech

On Thursday the Liberals prorogued the existing legislative session, giving them a chance to re-establish their priorities in the wake of dropping poll numbers and a byelection loss.

2 of Canada's top banks back away from marijuana industry

by Alexandra Posadzki

Scotiabank and the Royal Bank of Canada say they aren't providing accounts to companies associated with the marijuana industry, leaving some business owners scrambling to find alternate arrangements.

Elephant sedative carfentanil becomes deadly street drug

by Greg Layson

An elephant tranquilizer, 100 times more potent than fentanyl, is inching its way to Canada and leaving people dead in its wake, say officials, counsellors and police.

Customers say Air Miles explanation for hiding rewards 'doesn't add up'

by Sophia Harris

Customer outcry continues after CBC News revealed that Air Miles blocks members from accessing certain rewards. The company says more active members get access to more rewards but some collectors claim the opposite is true.

Analysis How Conservatives spent Parliament's summer break

by Janyce McGregor

Policy roundtables aren't most people's idea of summer R&R.; But Conservatives have done a lot of listening this summer, as part of their rebuilding phase.

SIU investigates death of woman, 39, from Oneida Nations of the Thames

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit was been called in to probe the death of Debra Chrisjohn, 39, of Oneida Nation of the Thames. The woman went into medical distress after being arrested. She was taken to hospital and was later pronounced dead.

More patients using video game addiction services at Hotel-Dieu Grace

Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare reports a slight uptick in patients using its gaming and internet addictions program.

Windsor unemployment rate down to 6.1%

Windsor jobless rate nudged down ever so slightly to 6.1 per cent in August.

Concussion hotline launches staffed by volunteer specialists

A 24-hour telephone service that aims to educate people about concussions may start to fill a gap in what Canadians know about the prevalent and potentially serious condition, the hotline's founder says.

General Motors recalling 4.3 million vehicles for airbag defect

General Motors is recalling 4.3 million vehicles around the world, including 362,000 in Canada, because of a software issue that could prevent front airbags from deploying in a crash.

Killing of thousands of defecating cormorants saving Canada's most southern point

After nearly a decade of annual cormorant culls, Parks Canada is getting nearer to stabilizing the number of birds taking up residence on Lake Erie’s Middle Island.

NEB panel members step down after flurry of criticism

by Sabrina Marandola

All three members of the National Energy Board's panel on the proposed Energy East pipeline have stepped down, weeks after a flurry of criticism erupted during hearings in Montreal.