Group opposes eastward extension of Ganatchio Trail into Tecumseh The project to extend Ganatchio Trail into Tecumseh will have more details in coming months. Meanwhile, a new website - ReThinkTheTrail.ca - says it s a bad idea.
Author of the article: Dalson Chen • Windsor Star
Publishing date: Feb 17, 2021 • February 17, 2021 • 3 minute read • Tecumseh resident John Parent is shown Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, with lawn signs promoting ReThink The Trail, a citizen movement opposed to extending the Ganatchio Trail eastward along Riverside Drive in the Town of Tecumseh. Photo by Nick Brancaccio /Windsor Star
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For years now, the Town of Tecumseh has been considering the eastward extension of the Ganatchio Trail, so that the popular multi-use path reaches the municipality’s Lakewood Park.
Killer of Anne Widholm eligible for parole in 13 years, possibly less. Tue Feb 9, 2021 “Windsor man sentenced to life in prison for killing of Sara Anne Widholm on Ganatchio Trail,” read the headline on the February 4 CBC report, but there was a problem. The “Windsor man” would not be spending his life in prison, and it wasn’t even close. Last Thursday, justice Bruce Thomas told the court Habibullah Ahmadi would be eligible for parole after 13 years. That fell short of what the prosecution wanted and a full 12 years less than the maximum of 25 years. If the murderer gains credit for time served, Habibullah Ahmadi could be out in 10 years, the minimum required by law, for one of the most brutal murderers in Canadian history.
WINDSOR, ONT. A Windsor man has been sentenced to life in prison for a ‘brutal attack’ on an elderly woman on the Ganatchio Trail. Habibullah “Daniel” Ahmadi, 24, was sentenced to life in prison by Justice Bruce Thomas Thursday. Ahmadi cannot apply for parole until he has served 13 years behind bars. Ahmadi was convicted in Nov. 2020 of second degree murder in the death of Sara Ann Widholm, 75. She was attacked on Oct. 8, 2017, while she collected garbage along the Ganatchio Trail in east Windsor. Thomas described it as a “savage beating on this defenceless elderly woman.” “He punched her in the face, causing her to drop down face first. While Sara Ann Widholm begged him to stop, he rained down approximately 20 blows to the back of her head, including elbow strikes. He then picked up her head and slammed it into the ground on several occasions,” Thomas read.
Posted: Jan 19, 2021 5:01 AM ET | Last Updated: January 19
Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens says he approached the court to ask if he could write the community impact statement.(Sanjay Maru/CBC)
The decision of Mayor Drew Dilkens to insert his voice into the sentencing hearing of a man convicted second degree murder for brutally beating of a senior on the Ganatchio Trail in October of 2017 is being questioned by some within the legal community. I offer these remarks on behalf of the entire city for whom I am elected to lead, the statement written by Dilkens read.
In October of 2017, Sara Anne Widholm was brutally attacked and beaten on the Ganatchio Trail she died over a year later. In December, after a two-week trial, 24-year-old Habibullah Ahmadi, who admitted to using cannabis and magic mushrooms the day of the crime, was convicted of second degree murder in her death.