Joan Richters carefully put together two Christmas packages for Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan — only to find out she can’t send them. Canadian Forces policy allows letters without names, but not packages without names, for Canadians serving around the world.“

Despite the sentiment you can't turn the clock back, the Dominion Curling Club Championships this week are essentially an attempt to do just that.

The Windsor Star will live stream tonight's council meeting beginning about 6 p.m. The following items are on the radar screen:

Join Jim Parker and Bob Duff as they blog live from the Subway Super Series Team OHL vs. Team Russia game Monday, November 23, 2009.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Daily qualifiers are underway this week for this weekend's Nothing to Hide No Limit Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament at Caesars Windsor. The event, sponsored by Miller Genuine Draft, could have a prize pool of $100,000 if it attracts a full field of 200 players.

The Wallaceburg Lakers organization is tickled about their promotion for their Nov. 25 home game versus the Mooretown Flags.[...]

BOB BOUGHNER Sun Media The Walpole Island First Nation Residential School Survivors Group is the recipient of this year's YMCA peace medal. Representatives of the YMCA of Chatham-Kent will present the medal Nov.[...]

The Wallaceburg Lakers Junior C hockey team continued their winning ways as they beat Blenheim 3-2 Sunday night in Blenheim. It was the second consecutive win for Wallaceburg. Jordan Belanger scored the winner for the Lakers in the third period to break up a 2-2 tie.[...]

A new and improved Legion room was officially opened Nov. 9 at the Wallaceburg and District Museum. The room, which includes medals, pictures, uniforms and military items, has been expanded in the museum's basement area.[...]

The Chatham-Kent Community Governance Task Force is studying various issues, such as council size and ward boundaries. The task force is holding a number of meetings across the municipality to gather views on how to shape Chatham-Kent's political landscape.[...]

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AMHERSTBURG — Neil Stewart is continuing his quest for answers on the Alma St. cul-de-sac. Stewart made his third delegation before town council this past Monday night with questions over landscaping, sewage backup pumps and the overall size of the cul-de-sac.[...]

AMHERSTBURG — So far, so good as it relates to the town's urban renewal project. The multi-faceted project, which is funded largely by an $11.265 million federal Community Adjustment Fund (CAF) grant, is coming in on budget thus far according to the engineers overseeing the work.[...]

AMHERSTBURG — Amherstburg Police report a rash of thefts from vehicles and others that had been gone through with nothing taken. A total of 11 incidents were reported Saturday of people having their vehicles gone through and/or homes and vehicles damaged.[...]

CHATHAM — The Chatham-Kent Golden Hawks were like David without his trusty slingshot Friday night. They just didn't have the weapons to slow the General Amherst Generals, a Goliath in high school girls basketball.[...]

ESSEX — Essex County council has referred a multi-million dollar request from the Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital Foundation to its upcoming budget sessions. Representatives from the foundation appeared before county council last Wednesday night requesting $3 million over seven to ten years for a $78.[...]

Toronto police are looking for a 16-year-old boy who allegedly called officials at Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, at Don Mills Rd. and Overlea Blvd. Monday, saying he had a gun and was going to hurt a 15-year-old female student.

Toronto police are looking for a 16-year-old boy who called school officials at Marc Garneau Collegiate today, saying he had a gun and was going to hurt a 15-year-old female student.

Accused double murderer Christopher Little apparently drugged and sexually assaulted his wife Julie Crocker while she was unconscious, a court document says.

Accused double murderer Christopher Little drugged and apparently sexually assaulted his wife Julie Crocker while she was unconscious, but a botched police search meant that a jury never saw this evidence.

Few of those feeling angst and shame over the mistreatment of Afghan detainees have paused to recall how this mess originated.

Juno Award-winning artist Haydain Neale of the R&B band Jacksoul died Sunday at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital after a private, seven-month battle with lung cancer.

Four Toronto-area men have been charged with kidnapping in relation to the robbery of a tractor-trailer full of alcohol in Ottawa in July.

The Ministry of the Attorney General says it still views Ontario's street racing law as constitutional, despite a provincial court ruling in Newmarket last week.

Some ethnic communities are at higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, but a new research project in Toronto hopes to prevent the risk from becoming reality.

The Opposition walked out of the Ontario legislature en masse Monday to protest the government's refusal to hold public hearings on its bill to create a 13 per cent harmonized sales tax.

At least 1,000 Nortel employees in Ottawa are expected to receive job offers from the company that successfully bid for Nortel's optical networking and carrier ethernet businesses.

Ottawa transit riders should pick up new timetables, as OC Transpo is making changes to its routes and schedules starting Saturday. It is also adding new park-and-ride lots in Orleans East and Riverside South.

Four Toronto-area men have been charged with kidnapping in relation to the robbery of a tractor-trailer full of alcohol in Ottawa in July.

The Ministry of the Attorney General says it still views Ontario's street racing law as constitutional, despite a provincial court ruling in Newmarket last week.

Quebec Premier Jean Charest is painting himself as a world leader on climate change issues, announcing the province will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent from its 1990 levels by 2020.

An inquest into the death of an Owen Sound man who drowned in Collingwood Harbour more than five years ago began Monday. Donald Buckton died on May 28, 2004, after he fell into the water while trying to fill a tanker truck.[...]

SPRINGWATER TWP. — There is good economic news today for the village of Elmvale. Glueckler Metal Inc., which machines steel components for the automotive and heavy trucking industries, has purchased the former Transcontinental Bayweb property at 13 William St.[...]

MISSISSAUGA - A toddler who died after falling some 15 metres over a railing at Pearson International Airport wiggled out of his mother's arms as she turned her attention to her other child, police said Monday.[...]

Progressive Conservative MPP Jim Wilson (Simcoe-Grey) introduced legislation today that would end the 14 week old strike between DriveTest and its 600 employees. The bill passed First Reading by a vote of 14-0, with Liberal and NDP MPPs abstaining.[...]

What's on at council tonight: * Gayle Rushton of the Earth Hour Festival committee will make a certificate presentation to the city.[...]