Mitch Lapointe’s summer vacation won’t have much to do with swimming or tanning. Instead, he’ll be rebuilding a school.

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Elfil Toldo feels – and pees – like a kid again.

Blog: Windsor seagulls a 'Hitchcockian nightmare'

A 20-year-old man is in hospital after jumping out of a moving van on a dare from two girls.

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Alana Catherine Smith, 38, who had been missing since June 27, has been safely found, Windsor police said Friday.

The goal has been met. Even though money is still flowing in and an official count has not been completed, officials with the Wallaceburg Disaster Relief fund are confident that they will meet their $30,000 goal after only four weeks of fundraising.[...]

A few weekends ago I woke up on the Saturday morning and saw that my basement was full of water. Four inches of water covered my basement floor. That same weekend I also covered for the newspaper, fundraising events for the Wallaceburg Flood Disaster Relief Fund.[...]

A 13-year-old Wallaceburg boy is charged with arson, mischief over $5,000 and two counts of break and enter. Chatham-Kent police said the boy was arrested in connection with a barn fire on Wallace Street on June 6.[...]

The Flood Disaster Relief committee says that they expect to raise their $30,000 fund raising goal. Over $6,000 was raised at their last major event held the CBD club held on Sunday. The CBD held an auction and breakfast.[...]

A former Wallaceburg Laker Junior C hockey player was picked in this year's NHL draft. Sarnia's Kyle Neuber was drafted by Columbus in the 7th round on Saturday. Neuber, who plays for the OHL's Mississauga St.[...]

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AMHERSTBURG — Originally from this area, Robin Bublick moved to Toronto where she started making a name for herself in the theatre and comedy circuit.[...]

AMHERSTBURG – Fort Malden National Historic Site of Canada provided the backdrop for 44 new citizens to be sworn in as citizens on what was also Canada’s birthday. A citizenship court was held last Wednesday afternoon at Fort Malden where the new immigrants became Canadian citizens.[...]

AMHERSTBURG – A local elementary school got a shot in the arm recently thanks to a local retailer’s matching grant program. St. Bernard School received a $500 matching grant from Wal-Mart to bring the school’s total to $1,000 as a result of their Read/Move-a-Thon they held in May.[...]

AMHERSTBURG – Town council has endorsed a plan for an in-town arboretum and has authorized administration to proceed with a work plan to develop it.[...]

AMHERSTBURG — The Town of Amherstburg has made a pair of applications for federal funding under the Community Adjustment Fund and they are for some big ticket items. The town is seeking funding for an urban renewal initiative and for a new administrative centre/town hall complex.[...]

Filippo Marrella thinks it's time for Toronto politicians to show leadership by rolling back their pay increase.

Two weeks after her 6-year-old daughter suddenly died, Kuldip Thindal is haunted by two questions:

Bus travel between York University and Downsview subway station should be easier starting September, thanks to a new service integration plan from York Region Transit and the TTC.

The group Friends of Christie Pits has stepped up its war against the temporary garbage dump in its community, vowing to ignore urgings from Toronto's top public health official that it stop preventing the site from being sprayed for insects.

Movie star Leonardo DiCaprio is expected to testify that a Toronto woman accused of throwing a drinking glass at him at a Hollywood Hills party started by yelling profanities at him, according to U.S. prosecutors.

A Toronto woman accused of assaulting actor Leonardo DiCaprio at a Los Angeles party has been granted bail pending an extradition hearing.

Coming off a 5-0 win against Tampa Bay in which they broke the Rays' seven-game winning streak, the Toronto Blue Jays are looking forward to visiting the New York Yankees Friday afternoon.

Toronto's chief medical officer of health is defending chemical use at garbage dump sites set up during the civic workers strike following residents' complaints that the pest-control spraying is doing more harm than good.

The Toronto Maple Leafs re-signed speedy forward Mikhail Grabovski to a three-year deal, the team announced on Thursday.

Mike Komisarek is fully aware that most of the fans he made during his years with the Montreal Canadiens consider him the enemy now that he has joined the rival Toronto Maple Leafs.

An Ottawa resident who has been lobbying to put a wind turbine in his backyard in the city's Westboro neighbourhood has been told that his project is grinding to a halt.

Social service workers who help look after people with disabilities in Lanark County could go on strike at midnight, their union said Friday.

Ottawa residents have called the city with more complaints about construction noise this year, even though city council's new construction regulations have gone into effect.

More than half a million Canadians are more than three months behind on their credit payments, according to Equifax Canada.

Gasoline prices dropped by as much as five cents a litre overnight in many cities across Canada

About 30 south-end Barrie homes were evacuated Friday afternoon due to a gas leak. Barrie firefighters called police for assistance following a ruptured gas line on Pass Court, near Ardagh Road and Ferndale Drive.[...]

COOKSTOWN - South Simcoe police got some wrecks off the road Friday. Operation Wreck Check, or passenger vehicle safety inspections, stopped 25 vehicles during a four-hour span. Police removed 15 vehicles from service and issued 41 charges under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act.[...]

No pig in sight. Ransom letters and concerned children are now involved with the disappearance of Pinky the Pig, but some foresee its safe return. Since Rock 95's inflatable pig vanished on Canada Day, the radio station has been receiving a variety of calls and letters.[...]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A Canadian soldier travelling through a traditional hotbed of Taliban activity was killed Friday when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb seconds after it was narrowly missed by the senior commander of coalition forces in Kandahar province.[...]

A light rain dampened the grass and dripped from trees yesterday morning at Tudhope Park as dozens of Mariposa Folk Festival volunteers set up tents, modular stages, temporary fencing, ticket booths and venue signs.[...]