Two thousand people crowded a city auditorium Friday afternoon to pay their respects to a man who saved lives on the streets of Calgary before losing his own in Afghanistan.

The Windsor Symphony Orchestra on Friday issued a call for proposals for a feasibility study to convert the former Windsor armouries on University Avenue East into a concert hall.

The father of slain Hotel-Dieu nurse Lori Dupont said Friday a proposed bill, named in her memory, to give domestic abuse victims 24-hour access to Ontario's justice system could have saved her life.

Loblaw Cos. will re-brand and remodel seven supermarkets here, investing far more than $17 million as the supermarket chain makes improvements to compete and update its stores.

Area charities and social agencies could be dealt a devastating blow over the next two years as operations at General Motors' transmission plant are wound down towards a 2010 closure, said the president of CAW Local 1973.

From its first place ranking two years ago as the number one place to live in Canada according to MoneySense Magazine, Leamington has dropped to 14th place in 2007 and now sits in 15th place for 2008.

Anthony Cervini told town councillors last week he has been waiting 21/2 years for action on the subdivision. "I'm frustrated, this is taking a long time," he said.

The council chambers were overflowing Thursday - and so were the emotions at a special Leamington Police Services Board meeting. The meeting, organized at the urging of some very concerned parents, centred around the drug problem in and around Leamington.

AMHERSTBURG -- The Beautification Committee will be holding a Fountain Gala on May 24 at the Verdi Club. The Town of Amherstburg has been evolving and changing for quite some time, with new roads, walkways and even a beautiful parkette making downtown into a charming area.

AMHERSTBURG -- Do you remember the old days of drive-ins and watching movies outdoors? Are you a youth that has never done that before?

AMHERSTBURG -- The Affected campaign is growing and the head of it is looking to take it to the next level and beyond. After Mano Watsa's Power to Choose assembly had concluded at General Amherst High School recently, Thrasher updated the students on the campaign.

AMHERSTBURG -- Anyone looking for a new job is getting even more assistance from Amherstburg Community Services. Amherstburg Community Services (ACS) is looking to partner with the Unemployed Help Centre to form a Job Club locally and assist area residents in finding a new job.

AMHERSTBURG -- The Christmas tree located in the Navy Yard parkette is gone. The tree was gone as of Wednesday morning after direction came from town council Monday night.

The president of the Professional Lawn Care Association of Ontario says he’s “flabbergasted” at news the province plans to introduce legislation eliminating the use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes.

Kristen Cormier relished the opportunity to beat up on her younger brother. Caitlin Petrusenko enjoyed toss a ball into a hole that was cut out and Jackyln Forgie got to work with a magician on stage.

Graduates of the former St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing gathered at Club Lentina’s to mark a number of milestones and celebrate Nurses Week. Over 100 nurses filled the auditorium, divided at tables by their graduating year.

Her position has been called the “watchdog of Parliament,” but Auditor-General Sheila Fraser says her office works as a learning tool for the federal government.

Of all the rules of the road to follow, the Ministry of Transportation’s John Warkentin says the golden rule seniors should be following is to know when it’s time to hang up their keys.

When Helen Bilhete found a lump in her breast at the age of 26, no one thought it could be serious. Not the doctors at the walk-in clinic she went to first, not her family physician and eventually, not even her.

The trial of Robert Baltovich for the 1990 murder of Elizabeth Bain came to a dramatic and widely rumoured end last month when assistant Crown attorney Philip Kotanen stood up in court to say there was "no longer any reasonable prospect" of conviction.

GUELPH, Ont.–A woman who hanged her husband during a sex game was found guilty of killing him yesterday. Crystal Boarder, 31, pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death. Her husband, Tony Boarder, 46, died of asphyxiation during the hanging in September.

There will be no public inquiry into the agonizing 18-year ordeal of Robert Baltovich, who was convicted, imprisoned and then found not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain.

They lit candles, wore yellow ribbons, and shared stories of friends and family in China.

Journeyman outfielder Jayson Werth enjoyed a career night on Friday in front of the home crowd at Citizens Bank Park, smacking three home runs as the Philadelphia Phillies drubbed the Toronto Blue Jays 10-3.

A family from the Barrie, Ont., area is making progress climbing the highest mountain in the world and will attempt to reach the summit next week.

Officials in Toronto are hoping humour will have tourists laughing and flocking to the city after naming comedian Russell Peters as the city's first new global ambassador for tourism.

OPP will be in the air, on the ground and on the water this weekend, watching for aggressive drivers and those who drink and drive motorized vehicles.

The body of a man has been discovered at the side of a road in Caledon, Ont., northwest of Toronto.

Margaret Bruyns is hoping that someone, somewhere, will do the right thing. The Barrie woman lost her brother, Ron Bruyns, when he died in a serious collision on April 2, 2006, at the intersection of Innisfil Beach Road and Sideroad 10. A memorial to [...]

Music is a passion for Kreesha Turner. Tonight, the 22-year-old up-and-coming R&B singer will be sharing that passion when she performs at the Barrie Waterfront Festival.

The Barrie Examiner will not be publishing on Monday, and its office will be closed for the holiday. The Examiner wishes everyone a safe Victoria Day.

Simcoe County's 'star' has been steadily rising in the television and movie industry. Over the last 10 years, media companies have had a growing interest in Simcoe County as a filming location. Big-budget feature films, TV series, commercials and music videos have all been shot in the [...]

Kempenfelt Bay, and all who sail and play in her waters, will be a little safer this summer. Barrie city police has a brand spanking new, 27-foot patrol boat that can be used in all kinds of weather and marine conditions. It begins patrols [...]

The city's decision to embark on another foray to bolster the downtown's ongoing renaissance is like a case of the seven-year itch. Council is looking in earnest at a new proposed master plan to guide the downtown's future development beyond the building blocks that have been put [...]

Laurier Brantford has reached another milestone. Applications topped 4,000 this week - a new high in the campus's nine-year history. "This is pretty exciting," said principal Leo Groarke on Friday. "We've had 4,000 applications and they're still coming in." The previous [...]

From OPP in Brant: The Ontario Provincial Police, County of Brant Detachment Crime Unit officers apprehended the two men involved in the fraud of an elderly Paris woman on the 15th of May 2008 at 9:55 A.M. The two males had [...]

From OPP in Brant: The Ontario Provincial Police, County of Brant Detachment are investigating a shooting of two men who were fishing in a land owner’s pond on the 13th of May 2008 at [...]

Tina Banhaaren must take 16 different medications and vitamins each day. She never drinks from the same glasses as do her children and she constantly washes her hands at home or uses disinfectant in public places. This may sound like an unpleasantly strict regimen [...]

The first long weekend of the sunny summer has a dark beginning.

At least three people reportedly killed, and others trapped in wreckage, after a car and tractor trailer collide near Warkworth Ont.

You may be getting away from it all but a lot of people are going with you.

A dispute over an employee taking $2 from a till continues to snowball in the legal system.

Witnesses say the boy who was used in a suicide bomb attack may have been as young as 10.