Meg Roberts

Meg is a multi-platform reporter and host working at CBC Windsor. She previously worked as a reporter for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador and CBC Toronto. She also was a member of the CBC Olympics team for the 2020 and 2022 Olympics. Meg covers a wide range of breaking news and feature stories. Email her at [email protected].

Latest from Meg Roberts

With plans to widen Highway 3, province promises to preserve memorial for crash victims

Ontario has promised a memorial on Highway 3 in Kingsville will be kept intact because of what it represents — a horrible vehicle collision from Oct. 15, 1990.

No major changes expected as Karen Riddell steps into CEO role at Windsor Regional Hospital

There will be no major change in the focus of Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH) following the change in leadership at the health institution, acting president and CEO Karen Riddell said Wednesday.

Rural Ontario man finds high levels of radioactive gas in new home — wants others to check

If it wasn’t for an encounter with a neighbour last summer, Bob Barnes would have never known his recently purchased house also came with extremely high levels of a cancer causing gas. 
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Appetite grows for southern soul food in Canadian border city

Rain or shine, you can find Patrick Weatherspoon standing outside his new restaurant behind a large BBQ. There’s no signage yet on the Pelissier Street storefront, but Weatherspoon feels the charcoal grills out front are drawing people in through their senses.

Thousands of Canadians served in the Vietnam War. These researchers are looking for them

If you are a Vietnam veteran or have a family member who fought in the 30-year war, two researchers in Windsor, Ont., want to hear from you. 

Knifepoint robbery leaves Windsor teen with anger, sadness and fear

A 15-year-old male is still dealing with his emotions after he was robbed at knifepoint for his cellphone and the money in his wallet: 20 dollars. Windsor police have arrested one of the suspects, who is also a 15-year-old male.
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From hospital room to boxing ring, Jayden Trudell turns vicious assault into Olympic dream

Doctors told Jayden Trudell he would never be able to box again following a brutal assault and suggested finding another sport. Now five years after the attack, the 19-year-old is vying for a spot at the summer Olympics.

Windsor family aims to best other emission eliminators in national competition

A Windsor family is trying to lose the most amount of carbon emissions from their daily lives in order to win a $50,000 competition.

Mom of Ontario teen who was allegedly sold poison to self-harm is healing by fundraising in his memory

A picture of Ashtyn Prosser throwing his grad cap in the air at a Windsor, Ont., park is one of the more challenging ones for Kim Prosser to view. Ashtyn had moved to Thunder Bay and was a month away from his 20th birthday when he died by suicide after allegedly ingesting a lethal substance he was sold online.

This family breeds millions of insects to help farmers choose predators over pesticides

An Amherstburg, Ont., company is making a buzz in the market after years of breeding millions of bugs.