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St Clair College holds grand opening for expanded student centre

Trevor Wilhelm/The Windsor Star

St. Clair College’s Student Representative Council held a grand opening Wednesday for the recently expanded student centre.

As part the of festivities, the student council designated a section of the centre as The Don France...

WEtech Alliance unveils five startups in 2022 cohort of its Annual ScaleUP Accelerator program

WEtech Alliance/Media Release

WINDSOR, ON (August 24, 2022) – WEtech Alliance, a Regional Innovation Centre serving Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent, has selected five startups to join Cohort 6 of its award-winning ScaleUP Accelerator Program,...

Home-grown technology just down the road in Essex County

Fred Groves/Greenhouse Canada

Knowledge transference: From cars to greenhouses

In the spring of 2022, Highway 3 which stretches from Windsor to Leamington, Ontario, was undergoing a transformation.

The transportation causeway, which enables greenhouse...

Feds invest $100K for additional EV charging stations for Windsor's municipal fleet

Julie Kotsis/The Windsor Star

Windsor city workers will be able to charge city-owned electric vehicles at 20 additional EV charging stations by early 2023 thanks to a $100,000 federal investment announced Friday by Windsor-Tecumseh MP Irek Kusmierczyk.

Kusmierczyk,...

City battery plant prep receives final stamp of approval

Taylor Campbell/The Windsor Star

The City of Windsor has nearly completed its end of a multi-faceted bargain to secure the $5-billion NextStar Energy Inc. battery plant.

Council this week approved a community improvement plan application that will see...