CTV News Windsor’s top stories from this week
In case you missed it, CTV News Windsor has compiled all the top local stories from this week into one video for your convenience.
You can also read about each story by following the links below.
With thousands of people in attendance, the NFL Draft officially kicked off this week in Detroit. The record-breaking crowds prompted Windsor to happily welcome the spillover of football fans.
In the midst of the NFL Draft is Windsorite Theo Johnson. The Holy Names grad is poised to be selected sometime over the weekend.
If you’re looking to stay local this summer, Tourism Windsor-Essex Pelee Island launched a visitor’s guide during the Staycation Expo at Devonshire Mall.
More trouble is brewing at the NextStar Energy battery plant, as concerns are growing over the use of foreign workers to help build the facility.
Windsor’s reputation as an automotive city is why some felt it was time to update the transport truck route study, and the city is requesting public feedback.
A quiet residential neighbourhood was shaken up this week when a pickup truck flipped over, damaging six cars.
And a Windsor-Essex jury has made its determination in the ‘faint hope’ hearing of Ali Al-Shammari. The 38 year old has been imprisoned for his role in a murder 20 years ago, and the jury decided he can apply for parole five years early.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Driver, 18, gets $3,000 ticket, 32 demerit points after speeding on Laval boulevard
A young driver received a hefty fine from Laval police after they say he was driving nearly 100 km/h over the posted speed limit.
Trump confronts repeated boos during raucous Libertarian convention speech
Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while addressing Saturday night’s Libertarian Party National Convention.
This type of screen time has the worst effect on kids: experts
According to some experts, there is one type of screen time that is continuously excessive, and it's having a severe effect on our children.
Custom baseball card released of Blue Jays fan struck in the face with foul ball
Liz McGuire, the Blue Jays fan who was struck in the face with a 110 m.p.h. foul ball last week, has been pictured on a custom baseball trading card applauding her fandom to the game.
As Canada warms, infectious disease risks spread north
Cases of Lyme disease have now increased more than 1,000 per cent in a decade as the warming climate pushes the boundaries of a range of pathogens and risk factors northward.
Blaine Higgs 'furious' over sexual education presentation
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has shared his anger on social media over a presentation in at least four high schools.
Grayson Murray, two-time PGA Tour winner, dead at 30
Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial.
Why did the French Open cancel a farewell ceremony for Rafael Nadal? And why is he unseeded?
The French tennis federation put off holding a ceremony to celebrate Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros this year, because he has said this might not necessarily be his final appearance at the tournament he has won a record 14 times.
Search underway for missing swimmer on Lake St. Clair
A search is currently underway for a Michigan man who police said jumped into the waters of Lake St. Clair on Saturday afternoon and did not resurface.