Workers Want to be Paid

Retirement Residence Protest

Employees at La Chaumiere Retirement Residence hit the bricks in protest today.  The 45 employees say they were supposed to be paid Wednesday at midnight… but they have not seen the money.  They say it’s nothing new, and they’ve had enough. Liberty Assisted Living runs the operation, and workers say on top of not getting paid, their benefits are not being covered. Kelly Roche had the story on /A\ News at Six.  SEE VIDEO http://www.atv.ca/windsor/news_73268.aspx

Residents Oppose Methadone Clinic

Lincoln Road Reacts

Some homeowners in the 1500 block of Lincoln Road are upset about a methadone clinic in their neighbourhood. Concerned about the people attracted to the service and the discovery of syringes and needles, they are doing everything they can to drive it out. 

But patients of the clinic say the opposition stems from fear and ignorance, not from facts. Kelly Roche had the story on /A\ News.  SEE VIDEO http://www.atv.ca/windsor/news_73258.aspx 

Garage Collapse Still a Mystery

Tenants of nearby apartment blocks allowed to return

Mayor Eddie Francis has lifted the state of emergency in Windsor. Following a thorough search with sniffing dogs, no one was found injured or trapped in the parking garage that collapsed on Thursday. The structure is continuing to crumble in its unsecured state. And the area remains cordoned off. Also, 25 residents and two pets in the Ambassador apartment block next door to the sunken parking garage are being allowed to return to their units. Tenants of an office building at 1368 Ouellette will be allowed to return with some conditions after experts checked to make sure the building is safe. Reporters Lori Berg and Kelly Roche had more about the situation on /A\ News at Six.

SEE VIDEO http://www.atv.ca/windsor/news_73170.aspx

Underground Garage Collapses

One man taken to hospital

There was panic shortly before noon in Windsor following the collapse of a parking structure in the 1300 block of Ouellette Avenue. The roof of an underground parking garage gave way, crushing cars below, and dropping vehicles in the parking lot above, into the widening crevasse. The collapse has now led to the evacuation of an adjacent apartment block. He is listed in fair condition at Hotel Dieu Grace hospital.  It appears he was the only person injured in the incident, though a call went out to the OPP for a search-and-rescue team to comb the rubble below. And the search for other victims has taken much of the day.  To facilitate access to outside emergency services, Mayor Eddie Francis declared a state of emergency. /A\ News at Six had team coverage of the collapse with reporters Lori Berg and Kelly Roche.

SEE VIDEO http://www.atv.ca/windsor/news_73163.aspx

Activists Greet Circus

The Shrine Circus is in town.  And, as is the case these days – it is attracting not only children – but animal rights activists. They believe animal acts should be banned from the circus. Kelly Roche examined the issue on /A\ News at Six.

SEE VIDEO http://www.atv.ca/windsor/news_73151.aspx

 

Tornado Assistance Fund Open for Applications

Residents will be given priority

It was one month ago an F-2 tornado hit the county. Now the government of Ontario is providing up to $1-million in relief. Kelly Roche had the story on /A\ News at Six.

SEE VIDEO http://www.atv.ca/windsor/news_73138.aspx

 

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Health Unit Warning to Beachgoers Looking to Cool Off

Beaches closed to prevent illness

The temperature has exceeded 30-degrees and is pushing its way higher.  People are heading to Sandpoint Beach to cool off. But with high E. Coli levels, that’s the last place the health unit wants you to go. Kelly Roche had the story on /A\ News at Six.

SEE VIDEO http://www.atv.ca/windsor/news_73129.aspx

Water Rates Set to Rise

Council will decide on requesting rate increase

Water rates are going up. The city is supposed to file a business plan with the province by July 1. And that has the chair of the Windsor Utilities Commission insisting he intends to boycott the next council meeting. Kelly Roche had the story on /A\ News at Six.

SEE VIDEO http://www.atv.ca/windsor/news_73037.aspx

Severe Storms Leave Many Basements Soggy

Plumbers, restoration companies kept busy

Where Friday evening brought an intense rain that lasted five or 10 minutes, early Sunday morning it poured for several hours straight. More than a few homeowners awakened to find at least some water in their basement, or just as bad, their old roofing shingles weren’t up to the job, and water found its way in.

On /A\ News at Six, Kelly Roche reported on the flood cleanup across city and county.

SEE VIDEO http://www.atv.ca/windsor/news_72915.aspx

Hate Crime Investigation

One Charged, Two Sought for Homosexual Assault

An Amherstburg man is facing five charges after an incident police are treating as a hate crime. Police say two men were inside a Pizza Pizza franchise a Oulette and University when they endured an incident of verbal gay bashing. One of the victims confronted the assailant and was punched, a blow that broke his nose and cheekbone. 

Twenty-seven year old Raymond Meloche of Amherstburg faces charges of incitement of hatred, assault causing bodily harm, assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. Police are looking for two other men.  Kelly Roche had the story.

SEE VIDEO http://www.atv.ca/windsor/news_72850.aspx