While it connects to the St. Lawrence Seaway, it's not officially part of the Great Lakes, but it was briefly.

The Canadian-flagged 629-foot self-discharging bulk carrier carrying 18,000 tons of stone that ran aground in the Detroit River near William Milliken State Park in Michigan has refloated.

Canada has become the first North American country to lose its measles-elimination status.

A 738-foot freighter was successfully re-floated Saturday, Nov. 8, after running aground Friday, Nov. 7, in the Detroit River near the Renaissance Center.

President Donald Trump says he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he’s pulling the TV ad that caused President Donald Trump to say he was ending trade negotiations with Canada.

In a story published Oct. 23, 2025, about state rules regarding driver’s licenses, The Associated Press erroneously reported about state rules for driver’s licenses.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called for economic retaliation against the U.S. after Stellantis decided to move Jeep Compass production from Canada to the U.S. Ford blames U.S. President Donald Trump for the move, which affects workers in Brampton, Ontario.

Big trouble at the Blue Water Bridge, where a system outage on the Canadian side is creating major backups.

A 30-year-old Canadian man is facing charges after a raid on his home uncovered a large amount of guns, parts and ammunition.

Southwest Detroit is nearly 20 square miles, bordered by two rivers, three major highways, and the busiest border crossing in North America.

Authorities have stopped roughly 775 pounds of cocaine from entering Canada from Port Huron.

Is the construction on the Gordie Howe International Bridge delayed until next year?

A Detroit flight attendant is suing Delta Air Lines and accusing the company of using inexperienced pilots after she was on a plane that crashed on a runway in Toronto.

The attorney for the Detroit flight attendant who was aboard a plane that flipped during a crash landing earlier this year is speaking out about a newly filed lawsuit, accusing Delta Air Lines of causing the crash through negligence.

Authorities said the drugs have an estimated street value of $24.6 million.

The potential delay centers around readiness issues at the ports of entry on both sides of the Detroit-Windsor crossing, though construction of the bridge itself is 98% complete.

A Detroit flight attendant is accusing Delta Air Lines of caring more about money than safety after she was one of the many injured when a plane crashed, rolled, and landed upside down on a runway in Toronto.

The Detroit Windsor Tunnel is nearly 100 years old and was the first and only underwater tunnel for vehicles connecting two countries. But, there is much more to that tunnel than what people see when driving through it.

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Using a dog, officers reportedly found 161 bricks of what they believed to be cocaine in the vehicle’s trailer.

Nearly 400 pounds of cocaine were stopped from entering Canada at the Ambassador Bridge.

North America’s three biggest measles outbreaks have grown to a total of more than 2,500 known cases.

Katy Perry has been busy.

Authorities have stopped two Americans from bringing drugs into Canada.

Isle Royal National Park was established 75 years ago, on April 3, 1940. But did you know it had a ghostly twin?

The street value of the cocaine is estimated to be more than $7.5 million American.

President Donald Trump is once again lashing out at three of his biggest irritants: foreign steel, foreign aluminum and Canada.

Ontario’s premier, the leader of Canada’s most populous province, is now charging 25% more for electricity shipped to 1.5 million American homes and businesses in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff plan.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has issued a formal warning to officials in Michigan, New York, and Minnesota regarding a potential 25% surcharge on electricity exports from Canada.

Some employees will be moved to other Rocket companies in Canada, but the majority will be laid off.

A longtime ally of the U.S. is now on defense after the Trump administration threatened tariffs before hitting the pause button. In Ontario, Canada, some Windsorites say the pause offers some sort of relief.

The U.S. Coast Guard says a freighter is on the move after it was freed from ice that trapped it in frozen Lake Erie for days.

Malik Beasley scored 23 points, Cade Cunningham had 13 points and the Detroit Pistons won their fifth straight game, 113-98 over the Brooklyn Nets.

The premier of Canada’s most populous says he will cut off energy to the United States if President-elect Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on all Canadian products.

After years of misery, Detroit finally has a basketball team worth watching.

The Ambassador Bridge is back open to traffic going into Canada after Windsor police conducted an “investigation.”

Morning showers will give way to clearing skies later today with seasonal weekend ahead.

An expert committee reviewing euthanasia deaths in Canada’s most populous province has identified several cases where patients asked to be killed in part for social reasons such as isolation and fears of homelessness.

Here’s who’s starting on the mound and in the lineup for the Detroit Tigers tonight, with a chance to win the series against Cleveland.

Despite not existing and sometimes being entirely fabricated and made up, these phantom islands can result in real-life impacts.

The Detroit Tigers announced five new roster moves in what was a major buzzkill for their recent winning streak.

Al-Safa US LLC, the importer of record located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, has recalled approximately 2,010 pounds of imported frozen ready-to-eat chicken products due to Listeria monocytogenes.

Here is a timeline of events thus far for the project, with more milestones obviously to come for a project expected to be done in 2025.

A lawyer for Jontay Porter says the former Toronto Raptors forward who was given a lifetime ban by the NBA because of a sports betting scandal was “in over his head” with a gambling addiction.

Smoke from a fire in Windsor, Ontario could be seen billowing across the sky Friday morning, including from the Detroit side of the river.

Italian officials want to hold the hockey games at brand new 16,000-seat arena in Milan (which is co-hosting along with Cortina d’Ampezzo), but in what’s become a theme of other construction efforts for the 2026 Games, the Italians are doing things at the last minute and better hope no delays occur.

A "snow how” program can walk you through a self-guided, step-by-step learning process.

Blue Mountain Resort in Ontario, Canada, located about 90 minutes North of Toronto, is known for having world class skiing, but if hitting the slopes isn’t your thing, they’ve got just about every winter activity covered.

A small earthquake was detected Wednesday at the Southeast Michigan-Canada border, along the St. Clair River.

The owners of the Ambassador Bridge that’s situated between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario have reached an agreement with community leaders in Detroit regarding their plans to expand the bridge’s plaza.

Joe Veleno scored his first two goals of the season and Dylan Larkin added a goal and two assists as the Detroit Red Wings posted their fourth straight win with a 5-2 decision over the Ottawa Senators Saturday.

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The man who fell from the Ambassador Bridge into the Detroit River last week has been released from the hospital and is reportedly recovering at home.

Drivers traveling from Windsor, Ontario into Detroit using the Ambassador Bridge on Wednesday were facing some longer-than-usual delays.

Smoke from a massive wildfire in Canada has moved into Michigan and the Eastern U.S., triggering air quality warnings.

A Canadian man was caught driving 60 bricks of suspected cocaine across the Ambassador Bridge, officials said.

Good Saturday morning! It is an excellent start to our weekend here in Metro Detroit, with morning temperatures already warming into the 50s.

Michigan is a winter wonderland, even from space.

The driver and passenger of a semi truck crossing the Blue Water Bridge from Michigan to Canada were arrested after officials found 89 bricks of suspected cocaine in the trailer.

Nickelback is bringing their 2023 “Get Rollin’ Tour” to the Pine Knob Music Theatre at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.

Did you see a possible fireball streaking across the night sky in Southeast Michigan on Thursday night?

One person died and two others were missing in a raging stream channel as a powerful storm pounded California with rain and snow on Tuesday, raising fears of flash flooding and concerns that the weather could keep people from Election Day voting.

A Canadian truck driver was arrested for trying to enter Canada from Michigan while transporting 188 bricks of cocaine, officials said.

I knew Tegan and Sara’s concert in Detroit wasn’t going to be normal when the twin sister duo walked onto stage with their band with no stage productions going on.

Police say a semitrailer driver has died after some lumber fell from his truck and onto him.

It’s deemed Canada’s premiere arts, culture and entertainment destination.

Theodore TOO, currently stationed in Hamilton, Ontario, will be open for Airbnb stays on Saturday and Sunday.

Isle Royale National Park’s gray wolf population has reached 28, a dramatic comeback after the species nearly disappeared from the Lake Superior island chain, researchers said Wednesday.

A federal judge Thursday kept jurisdiction over a lawsuit seeking to close an oil pipeline crossing a section of the Great Lakes, rejecting Michigan’s effort to shift the case to state court.

It’s been 19 years since a major power outage put 50 million people from Detroit to New York in the dark.

A Sarnia refinery’s internal sewer system overflowed during heavy rainfall Wednesday night, causing diesel to spill into the St. Clair River.

The 7-Eleven convenience store chain is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a gunman in a deadly string of Southern California store robberies.

There’s a neighborhood rich with automotive history that’s reemerging as a vibrant area with unique restaurants, coffee shops and furniture stores.

Detroit is known worldwide for its pizza, but did you know that our neighbors across the Detroit River have a pizza style all their own? Host Tati Amare crossed the bridge and visited our neighbors over in Windsor to learn more about their pizza.

Ontario Canada is just across the Detroit River and is home to many wineries, restaurants, and a historical village you need to check out. We spoke to the experts at Destination Ontario to learn more about Fort Maldon.

Looking for a great vacation with all kinds of new experiences, like perhaps visiting a winery? Throw in some live entertainment and great restaurants and you have yourself a fun getaway. Well, you might not need to travel as far as you think.

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Jim Ferency of Windsor, Ontario, is one of those people who just loves to run.

We are tracking the end of the showers and storms after some soakers rolled through Metro Detroit late Monday and early this morning. Storm Tracker 4 Radar is showing Tuesday morning showers racing east through Ontario as the tail end of this storm system.  The roads are still wet and slippery very early on for those heading out even if it is not currently raining as you head out. Temperatures are in the low to middle 60s with expectations of a nice warm up throughout the day today. Radar shows that we are drying out but we cannot rule out some spotty spit and drizzle leaking from the cloud deck that has remained in the wake of the showers and storms.

An oil spill has closed shipping traffic on the St. Marys River between Ontario and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday.

A line of showers and thunderstorms will cross the Thumb region through early evening, but the rest of us won’t get a drop.

A cold front crossing the area Friday (June 3) afternoon hasn’t had much moisture to work with, so, aside from a few spotty, very light showers that popped up in Ontario, we’ve been dry with just partly cloudy skies in the vicinity of the front.

A Canadian man attempting to sneak over to the United States via freight trains has been caught.

Automaker Stellantis says it will invest $3.6 billion Canadian dollars, about $2.8 billion, to upgrade two Canadian assembly plants and expand a research center as it accelerates its long-term electrification strategy.

Police are looking for a person that is accused of shooting and injuring five men early Saturday morning during a fight outside of a Windsor bowling alley.

A joint venture between Stellantis and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution plans to build a large electric vehicle battery factory in Windsor, Ontario, employing about 2,500 people.

Pitcher Michael Pineda and the Detroit Tigers reached a one-year deal Saturday, the latest move by a team that’s been active before and after the 99-day lockout.

Officials seized 265 kilograms of heroin from 23-year-old Canadian trucker Arshdeep Singh at the Blue Water Bridge.

A former pastor from Canada was charged last week after he picked up a Michigan teenager at her high school and took her to a motel for sex acts in 2013, according to federal officials.

Hundreds of police in riot gear have swept through Canada’s capital, retaking control of the streets around the Parliament buildings and appearing to end the siege of Ottawa after three weeks of protests.

People protesting against Canada’s COVID-19 mandates and restrictions in the nation’s capital on Friday are reportedly using children as shields between police and demonstrators as police begin arrests.

Police in Canada say they have made dozens of arrests and progress in clearing out truckers who have paralyzed Ottawa for three weeks in a protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.

Here is the weather forecast for Metro Detroit.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is invoking emergency powers to weaken the protests by demonstrators who are paralyzing the capital city of Ottawa and blocking border crossings.

Ontario and Windsor police took decisive action Sunday morning as they worked to clear protesters from the Ambassador Bridge area by making arrests and moving vehicles that have been parked there for days.