Buddy
3-year-old Male Mixed Breed

I’m a big silly boy with a big personality! I love to throw my weight around and jump in your lap. I may want snuggles, I might want dinner … who knows? But I’ll tell you about it either way.

The people here don’t know much about where I came from but what they do know is that I have a high prey drive and I will chase things in my back yard and on walks sometimes. They just get me so excited to run around! That being said, you should be really very strong in order to walk me.

I do prefer a home with a fully fenced yard so that you can work on my leash skills there until I’m ready to head out into the big wide world. I shouldn’t go home with any cats or small animals either.

Submit an inquiry about me today! Visit windsorhumane.org to learn more about Buddy and all of the other adoptable animals at the Windsor/Essex County Humane Society.

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Ontario's four major party leaders will take part in a live studio debate on Feb. 17, ten days before voters go to the polls.

Paul Morris, who served as the Toronto Maple Leafs PA announcer for 38 years, has died. Born June 28, 1938, in Toronto, Morris spent his entire working career at Maple Leaf Gardens in the sound department as well as handling public address duties.

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is heading to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to meet with U.S. lawmakers and business leaders in his capacity as Ontario premier, while other party leaders continue campaigning in the province.

A transmission line that feeds into London went down around 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, leaving over 33,000 London Hydro customers without power. Crews estimate power will return in all areas around 8:30 a.m.

Some Londoners displaced from their Old East Village apartment building following a costly and destructive fire are unsure where they'll live before they are allowed to return home.

As the push to do away with interprovincial trade barriers builds momentum amid a looming trade war with the U.S., London craft brewers and distillers say those barriers are shutting them out of a nationwide marketplace.

Toronto city councillors will vote today on the city’s spending plan for this year. It is highly likely that Mayor Olivia Chow’s proposed 2025 budget will be approved by council, including a 6.9 per cent property tax hike.

The contractor hired to rehabilitate a century-old bridge in Kingston, Ont., that was demolished after a failed repair job is suing the federal government and an engineering firm that investigated the incident for more than $8 million.

The CHEO critical care transport team recently upgraded their equipment so they can now care for children up to 88 pounds. Addy Myers was one of the first patients to benefit from the new technology.

At the Leamington Council meeting of February 11, 2025, Council will:

• Hold a public meeting under the Planning Act to consider:

• A by-law to rezone a portion of 409 Talbot Street West to allow for a liquid soil reuse facility.

• Severing 376 square metres of land to be added to the adjacent property at 479 Talbot Road East.

• A by-law to rezone the severed lands at 483 Talbot Road East from Agricultural General Zone to Agricultural Residential Zone.

• Consider a report regarding parkland dedication.

• Consider entering into a renewed licence agreement with Maryvale Adolescent and Family Services for the use of space in the Nature Fresh Farms Recreation Centre.

For further information, please refer to the Council agenda and minutes at leamington.ca/meetings.

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University of Toronto professor Bruce Kidd, a former track and field athlete and chair of a campaign to ban gambling advertisements, told CBC's On The Coast Monday that the advertisements poison the idea of sport and are addicting a growing number of people into very serious forms of psychological harm.

Defence lawyers for a teen girl accused of fatally stabbing a homeless man in Toronto two years ago argued Monday that an item seen falling out of her pocket after the incident was not a knife but a marker.

A former London financial advisor accused of defrauding numerous clients of nearly $2 million, facing more than 18 fraud charges, has had his personal and corporate insurance agent licence revoked by Ontario's financial services regulator. 

Ottawa's auditor general has revealed instructors hired to train operators on the recently reopened Trillium Line themselves lacked experience and the necessary training.

The  CityHousing Hamilton (CHH) development of 55-units of affordable housing has officially opened at the corner of Bay and Cannon Streets in Hamilton. The first residents started moving into the building before Christmas.

Said Mayor Andrea Horwath. ” Here at 106 Bay Street North, we have a brand new 55-unit CityHousing Hamilton building, with a good mix of both single and family units that will be a blend of deeply affordable, rent geared-to-income, and moderately affordable – meaning half market rent. “The opening of this building marks our ongoing commitment as a city to providing affordable housing for Hamiltonians. Over the past six months, CityHousing Hamilton has added 79 brand new spaces for people to call home, with another 82 projected to open by summer,” said Nrinder Nann, President, CityHousing Hamilton Board and Ward 3 Councillor.

Some of the transportation features of the building at 106 Bay Street North include a car-share program, with two car-share cars available directly on site. All households will receive memberships to Hamilton Bike Share which are also available nearby. The building is close to HSR and GO bus stops and is also within walking distance of a future LRT station.

The building features 35 one-bedroom units, and 20 three-bedroom units uniquely designed for families. The project replaces 45 (of 91) deeply affordable rent geared-to-income (RGI) units from the Jamesville site and adds 10 new moderately affordable half-market units to Hamilton’s housing supply. As is the standard for all new CityHousing Hamilton buildings, 20 per cent of units are barrier-free to meet or exceed Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) standards. The building is Passive House certified to deliver near-net zero energy performance.

 CityHousing Hamilton has a portfolio of 7,142 units of affordable housing in the city, providing homes for more than 13,000 Hamiltonians. CityHousing Hamilton manages close to 50 per cent of the purpose-built affordable rental stock in Hamilton.

Four Londoners are facing charges after some scary moments on a London transit bus this weekend. 

With a Nanos poll showing some growth in the Ontario Liberal support, Party Leader Bonnie Crombie was in Toronto today focusing on health care and again slamming Doug Ford for calling a snap election. The Naos Poll showed the Ontario Liberals at 30.9 percent in voter intentions –13 points behind the Ford PCs. It’s the first time the Liberals have reached the 30 percent mark since Crombie took over the party leadership. The NDP were at 18.8 percent and the Greens down to just 4 percent.

 Doug Ford, the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party, held a news conference in Oakville. He announced that a re-elected PC government would ban Chinese state-owned companies from buying or taking equity Ontario government-funded energy, critical mineral or infrastructure. On U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports Ford  promised a “hard response” adding “our friends south of the border will wake up real quick.”

In Niagara NDP Leader Marit Stiles says if her party forms government she would establish safe nurse-to-patient ratios so patients get more care and nurses don’t burn out. She also promised to restore services to the two hospitals in Port Colborne and Fort Erie that had been downgraded to urgent care centres. Stiles says the NDP would also hire at least 15,000 nurses over three years at a cost of $1.5 billion.

Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner toured a YWCA women’s shelter being constructed in Cambridge, where he discussed the party’s solutions to the crisis of caring in Ontario. He was also scheduled to tour a counselling and addictions services facility later today.

A "highly impactful winter storm" packing up to 40 centimetres of snow is expected to hit Ottawa and Gatineau on Wednesday evening, according to Environment Canada.

A former Brampton fire captain has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 20 years for killing his wife in January 2023, an Ontario judge has ruled.

Another winter storm is expected to hit Toronto and its surrounding areas mid-week that could bring more than 15 centimetres of snow, Environment Canada says. 

Dylan Sampson could have never imagined a muskie would be at the end of his line in the Toronto Harbour. It was only the second recorded muskie catch in Lake Ontario fronting Toronto in the last 30 years.

Hamilton Police have arrested a male after a scary rampage in the downtown core.

Sunday afternoon at approximately 4:15 p.m, a lone male was observed loitering in the main lobby of the Salvation Army Booth Centre located at 94 York Boulevard. The was seen setting a fire within the building before taking off. The fire caused approximately $150,000 worth of damage and was extinguished by the Hamilton Fire Department.

A short time later, the same male walked into Jackson Square and was confronted by security guards who had a trespass order against him from previous encounters.. The suspect refused to comply with their demands and proceeded to arm himself with multiple large knives. He then pulled out what turned out to be an imitation firearm and made threats to shoot people around him.

Hamilton Police Officers moved in and safely captured the male and placed him under arrest. The 27-year-old male of no-fixed-address was charged with failure to comply probation, assault with a weapon, arson, uttering threats among others.

Thankfully, there were no injuries reported to Police as a result of these events.

Anyone with any information that could assist Police with this investigation, are asked to contact the on-duty Division 1 Staff Sergeant at 905-546-4725. Additionally, to provide information anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit  anonymous tips online at http://www.crimestoppershamilton.com