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Environment Canada issues air quality warning for Windsor area

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2 hours ago

Climate
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Environment Canada issues air quality warning for Windsor area

A cloudy day in Windsor, Ont., on Thursday, April 27, 2017. (Melanie Borrelli / CTV Windsor) Although conditions today are more overcast, the cloud cover comes alongside a special air quality statement amid wildfires in parts of the country. Environment Canada says regions including Windsor, Chatham-Kent, Kenora and Sarnia are advised of smoke causing poor air quality and reduced visibility. The weather agency is advising residents to consider limiting time outdoors and be mindful of smoke exposure symptoms. - The Canadian Press Here's your Windsor area forecast Saturday: Cloudy. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 17. UV index 7 or high. Saturday night: Partly cloudy. Clearing late this evening. Low 6. Sunday: Sunny. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 late in the morning. High 21. UV index 7 or high. Monday: Sunny. High 24. Tuesday: Sunny. High 27. Wednesday: Cloudy with 30 per cent chance of showers. High 29.

Have an old phone that needs recycling? This weekend's event will help you for free.

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4 hours ago

General
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Have an old phone that needs recycling? This weekend's event will help you for free.

A local high school is hosting an Electronics Drive this weekend. Vincent Massey Secondary School is hosting the drive on Saturday, May 31 from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. Residents in the community who are looking to get rid of old devices such as computers, printers, old phones, among other devices, can bring them to the school to be properly recycled. 053125_recycling drive windsor Vincent Massey Secondary School is hosting an Electronics Drive on Saturday, May 31 from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. May 2025.(Photo Credit: Melanie Rousseau) Massey Green - the school's environmental club - is leading the event. Melanie Rousseau, a Physics Teacher at Vincent Massey, says a range of items can be donated. 'Anything that has those electronic components like computers, TV's, cellphones, also batteries, modems, routers, printers. So anything that you would use for your desktop let's say.' She says it's important to properly dispose of e-waste. 'If you throw a cellphone into the garbage, a computer into your garbage pail, all of these things contain chemicals that can then leach into the soil, into the water, and potentially contaiminate it. So we're talking heavy metals like kadmium, chromium, lead, and so on.' Rousseau says the items can be dropped off at the back of the school. 'We're going to have some students on Liberty Street and Norfolk to direct traffic. So if you pull up with your car, students are there to help you take out whether it's a TV, or an old computer, game consoles, whatever it is, we will be here.' Approximately 40 students will be helping throughout the Electronics Drive. Vincent Masse is located at 1800 Liberty Street in south Windsor. - by Meagan Delaurier, Dustin Coffman / AM800

Police: $500K worth of whisky stolen from transport truck in Windsor, Ont.

CBC

4 hours ago

Business
CBC

Police: $500K worth of whisky stolen from transport truck in Windsor, Ont.

Investigators in southwestern Ontario are searching for at least six suspects who authorities say recently pulled off a large-scale whisky heist by swiping more than 1,000 boxes of Crown Royal from a transport truck. The stolen Canadian liquor has a retail value of nearly $500,000, according to Windsor police, and some of it has since made its way east of Windsor to other cities. "In my time here, I can't say that I have recalled seeing anything like this before," Const. Bianca Jackson, a spokesperson for the Windsor Police Service, said Wednesday. According to police, on the night of May 17, the thieves broke into a fenced-in facility on Devon Drive, an industrial area near Devonshire Mall, and stole the loaded trailer. The next day, the trailer was found empty in the 4000 block of County Road 46. A short surveillance video shared by police shows an individual standing near a dark-coloured transport truck with a white trailer parked in a lot. The suspect can be seen directing a large U-Haul truck to back up behind the doors of the truck trailer. Investigators have asked people who live near Devon Drive or the lot on County Road 46 to check their surveillance or dash cam footage for any possible clues. "There was a rental truck that we believe has been used to transport some of the stolen alcohol down the road to the 401, going east to cities like London and maybe even farther east," Jackson said. "Our officers will work with our neighbouring police services to find out more details and then go from there with the investigation." Jackson said investigators are trying to determine how the suspects knew the alcohol was stored at the Devon Drive facility. Investigators believe six or more persons were involved in the crime. Jackson said that estimate is based in part on the number of people needed "to pull off a theft of this calibre." In an initial statement about the theft, police said the alcohol was valued at $100,000. Jackson said the figure represents the loss for the business owner, while $500,000 is the total retail value. A spokesperson for Diageo, the company that produces Crown Royal, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Canadian whisky is bottled at a plant in Amherstburg, Ont.