The Windsor-Essex County Humane Society was called to the 700 block of Louis yesterday to check on a dog that was wandering in the back of a school yard. Apparently the dog was barely standing and wouldn’t let anyone approach him. When the OSPCA officers finally were able to get to the dog, they found the dog’s genitalia to be severely mutilated.

Windsor Police are also investigating in hopes of finding the indivual who is responsible.

The dog was looked at by a veterinarian who determined the injuries may have occured 24 hours prior to being found and were so severe, it had to be put down.

Anyone with information is asked to call Windsor Police, crimestoppers or the humane society.

A woman was in stable condition after being stabbed in the parking lot of the Children’s Aid Society.

Windsor police say the 37 year old man will be charged with attempted murder and more charges could be laid.

The woman was not aware she was stabbed but rather thought she was punched in teh stomach by the man. It was only later when she realized she had been stabbed. The man also kicked her in the face as she lay on the ground after being stabbed in the stomach.

Another woman helped her back inside the building where the suspect followed them with his bike and threatened them.

Two roofers working nearby heard the screams and ran after the suspect and were able to restrain him restrain him until police arrived.

The woman who was injured was rushed to hospital and underwent surgery after it was discovered she still had part of a knife imbedded in her chest.

Charge with attempted murder is 36 year old Donald James Lockwood.

A 27 year old man was taken to hospital yesterday afternoon after being stabbed on St. Antoine Street.

Windsor police are still investigating the incident which appeared to be related to a dispute between families that escalated into violence.

Windsor police will release more information as the investigation progresses.

Three members of the Windsor Wildcats team were awarded $2.25-million in damages after the fatal bus crash in 2005 which claimed the lives of four people.

Team members, Carly Labadie and Tory Gault, along with assistant coach Jason Mailloux, are all part of the award.

City council has approved the 2010 operating budget that will see cut in property taxes.

There will be a decrease of just under a per cent ($26 a year to the average home) on the annual tax bill.

There are still some issues to deal with, so the budget isn’t completely finalized and this is just the operating budget, the capital budget debate is still to come.

The suspect in the shooting death of OPP constable Vu Pham has been identified as Fred Preston, a 70 year old man from Burk’s Falls Ontario.

Preston is in critical condition in a London hospital with gunshot wounds after a shootout took place between the man and police on Monday.

No charges have been laid at this time. The investigation continues.

37-year-old Constable Vu PHAM from Huron County OPP has passed away as a result of the injuries he sustained in a road-side shootout Monday.

The incident began as a result of OPP officers responding to a call for service on North Line, Huron County which is just north of Seaforth, Ontario. At that time, Constable Pham, a 15 year member of the OPP assigned to the Huron County OPP attempted to stop a vehicle and in doing so was confronted by an armed suspect. During the confrontation Constable PHAM was critically shot and incapacitated.

The married father of three was airlifted to London Health Sciences Centre where doctors tried to save his life. He died late Monday afternoon.

OPP officers in close proximity of the scene located and confronted the suspect who was shot during the incident. A 70-year-old man, considered the prime suspect, was taken to hospital in.  Charges are pending. The investigation into the matter is being conducted by the OPP’s Criminal Investigation Branch and the Province’s Special Investigation Unit.

Further information regarding funeral arrangements for Provincial
Constable PHAM will be forthcoming at a later time.

Windsor city councillors have agreed to have their attendance posted on the city website.

Councillor absenteeism came under the spotlight last month when an in-camera session had to be cancelled due to a lack of quorum.  The weekly council meeting was also put in jeopardy.

The city clerk’s office will now keep track of attendance and post the tabs monthly on the City of Windsor website.

A man and woman were both found dead in a Leamington home Sunday.

Police have confirmed the deceased were a 71-year old man and a 64-year-old woman but have not officially released the names of the two victims.

The man’s body was discovered in the driveway of the home on Worchester Avenue while the woman was found deceased inside the home.

Leamington police are still investigating.

There is an appeal underway of a sexual assault conviction, where the accused is the identical twin of the victim’s boyfriend.

The charge stems from what happened at a party in a small Southwestern Ontario town in 2006.  The victim was visiting a male friend’s house – where the party took place – when she went to sleep in her friend’s bed.

The friend’s identical twin brother later went to sleep in the same bed.

The case hinges on whether or not the woman agreed to have sex with the brother or was she duped into it.

The case is being heard at the Ontario Court of Appeal in Toronto, the judges will announce their decision at a later date.

Thursday’s federal budget from Finance Minister John Flaherty outlines $17.6-billion over five years in spending restraint – primarily in foreign affairs and defence spending.

There is little in the way of new spending, except for fulfilling commitments already made. The government is continuing with its promised $19-billion dollars in fiscal stimulus this year – and that program will come to a screeching halt next March.

It’s also continuing with corporate tax cuts and plans to completely phase out tariffs on manufacturing equipment by 2015.

Flaherty has closed a tax loophole that allowed both executives and their employers to claim tax breaks when they cashed out stock options.

He has also scrapped the medical tax credit for cosmetic surgery unless the procedure is recommended by a doctor.

Flaherty says there will be no tax increases or funding cuts to the provinces, health care or defence.

There is no NEW spending on jobs in this budget.

44-year old Laurie Johnston, of Leamington, has filed a $2.2 million law suit against surgeon Dr. Barbara Heartwell, pathologist Dr. Olive Williams, Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital and Leamington District Memorial Hospital.

Johnston is seeking compensation for having a breast removed unnecessarily.  Johnston underwent a mastectomy when – in fact – she never had cancer.

Speaking at a media conference in Toronto Johnston said “To learn that my breast was removed unnecessarily is devastating for me and for them (family). Another patient has come forward to say that Dr. Heartwell did the same thing to her. It is shocking to me to know that what happened to me could have been prevented if only I had known.”

The US Coast Guard has denied a permit application by the Ambassador Bridge Company, creating more headaches for bridge owner Matty Moroun.

The Coast Guard says the application is incomplete because of property ownership issues.

Last month a court instructed the bridge company to tear down the new duty free shop, gas pumps and toll booths the company built on city-owned property. The bridge company is appealing the ruling.