Chris Ensing

CBC News

Chris Ensing has worked as a producer, reporter and host in Windsor since 2017. He's also reported in British Columbia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. His e-mail is [email protected].

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How a Canadian trucker used a refrigerated produce trailer to smuggle people into the U.S.

A Canadian man has been sentenced to three years in an American prison after pleading guilty to using the refrigerated trailer of his semi-truck to smuggle people into the U.S., using the Ambassador bridge linking Ontario and Michigan, in exchange for money.

Landlords lose court appeal against Windsor's pilot program to licence rental units

A group of landlords have lost their appeal in a court battle against a City of Windsor Residential Rental Licensing (RRL) pilot project that requires units in certain parts of the city to pass inspections. 

Council approves major changes to Windsor's deadly Sandpoint Beach but work is years away

Windsor's city council is endorsing a plan to re-arrange the community's only beach to keep swimmers away from a deadly current at the mouth of the Detroit River. 

Windsor school boards ask council to pause cancelling school extras, consider alternatives

Administrators at Windsor's largest school boards want city council to stop a plan to eliminate and redeploy Transit Windsor buses that high school students pay for to get to school.

Windsor's police board has a new leader as Dilkens steps aside

Windsor's mayor is leaving the role a year before new legislation would force him to resign the position.

Ontario's new civilian oversight group investigating complaints filed against Windsor Police Service

The investigations centre on a complaint about how officers are dispatched and how police handled a person's report of harassment.

Windsor's 2025 budget pitches changes to dog licences, $30K on geese management and higher user fees

Windsor, Ont.'s proposed budget keeps the tax rate below inflation, but increases in other areas would mean a cost to residents.

Windsor school boards, parents, students fight mayor's proposed school transit cut

Students and parents say the city needs to keep Transit Windsor's school extras running while city budget pitches elimination for other service improvements.

$20M redevelopment vision for Festival Plaza approved, but no construction timeline yet

City council has approved a $20-million master plan that will see Festival Plaza on Windsor, Ont's riverfront transformed into a greener space with walking trails and shaded structures. 
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Windsor pizza shop owner and staff rescue 2 men from icy water

People working at a pizza shop on the Detroit River pulled two brothers from the icy water on Friday.