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The 101-year-old rail tunnel that connects Windsor and Detroit may soon be getting a $400 million face lift. The Detroit River Tunnel Partnership (DRTP) says an environmental assessment is set to begin within the next couple of weeks.

An update to Hotel Dieu’s latest kerfuffle, and a testament to the media’s tendency to kick ‘em while they’re down, reveals that a drunk ER doctor entered the emergency room early last Thursday and made sexual advances on two nurses. It’s not known if the advances were threatening in any way.

A grade 10 student from Holy Names High School pulled a knife in an after-school fight yesterday, and stabbed his opponent in the arm. He turned himself in shortly after the altercation, and will be charged with assault with a weapon. It’s assumed that the knife-wielder is a common subject of bullying.

Windsor city councilors will now be held accountable for their absenteeism from meetings. Monthly reports on the city’s website will show Windsorites which of their elected officials is missing the various meetings they’re required to attend, along with their reasons.

Butcher Engineering, packers of Ford car parts and a blip in my own employment history, may have to close its doors. Ford has decided to consolidate operations with their U.S. workforce, leaving Butcher with only a couple of smaller contracts that may, or may not, allow the plant to stay open.