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Windsor in Pictures: July 19, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. The Pelissier Street Parking garage is seen in Windsor on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. The city will...
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Heat warnings issued for Windsor and Essex County
An extended heat warning has been issued for Windsor and Essex County. Windsor-Essex County Health Unit’s Associate Medical Officer of Health Dr. Wajid Ahmed issued the extended heat warning beginning...
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Windsor in Pictures: July 20, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. Kadd Cox rides the Flow Rider at the Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre during a...
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Essex County ranks among safest communities in Canada
Residents of Essex County can take comfort knowing they live in some of the country’s safest communities. Statistics Canada released its national crime statistics on Wednesday and identified LaSalle,...
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U.S. visitor mystified by Hydro, wind turbines
As a visitor from the U.S. to Windsor this summer, I like to catch up with local events. I have some questions about your electric system (Hydro). Touring Essex County along the lake, there are many...
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Windsor in Pictures: July 21, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Thursday. Check out the gallery. Librarians represented by CUPE walk the picket line at the Essex Civic Centre. Librarians...
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High bacteria count closes Colchester Beach
High bacteria levels at Colchester Beach has prompted its closure by the Windsor- Essex County Health Unit. The health unit released its beach water quality results Friday. Colchester Beach is the...
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Hot, humid but not a record high in Windsor on Friday
Friday was more like Fried-day. Residents of Windsor and Essex County were feeling the burn as sweltering sun beat down on the region. The temperature hit a humid 34.3 C — not quite enough to push the...
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Windsor-Essex short-changed on hospital beds
Is it not time to give consideration to equal access to health care in Windsor and Essex County? The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has determined that the average number of...
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Growing interest in the idea of year-round schooling
School’s out for summer is no longer the student anthem it once was. With 4,000 students from Windsor area public and Catholic school boards already enrolled in various summer programs, many are asking...
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LaSalle police search for suspected laptop thief
LaSalle police are looking to the public to help identify a man suspected of stealing two laptops. Police said the suspect entered the Shoppers Drug Mart at 6020 Malden Rd. around 12:20 p.m. on...
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Windsor Weekend in Pictures: July 23-24, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographer Dax Melmer covered the city and county this weekend. Check out the gallery. Connor Soulliere of Tecumseh Thunder Senior baseball club warms up before a game...
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Colchester Purple Martin Project combats bird's decline
Four Purple Martin pairs are spending most of their July teaching their young babies how to fly at Colchester Harbour. During sunset they return to their nearby green and white residence, a little...
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Public housing corporation struggles with high demand and costs
The agency responsible for providing social housing to the region’s poorest citizens is facing financial pressures of its own, as it grapples with increased demands for subsidies and the need to repair...
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LaSalle laptop thief arrested at gunpoint
LaSalle police have arrested a man after he allegedly returned the scene of a previous crime and tried to steal two laptops. Police said they responded to a call at Shoppers Drug Mart at 6020 Malden...
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Massive sanitary sewer system upgrade to begin in Leamington
A massive sanitary sewer system upgrade will begin soon in Leamington. Leamington council was expected to award the tender Monday night for the Pelee Bevel Sanitary Sewer System which will replace the...
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Motorcycle crash sends two to hospital
Two people were taken to hospital after the motorcycle they were on collided with a pickup truck in Tecumseh Monday afternoon. Ontario Provincial Police said the crash happened around 1:45 p.m. at...
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Animal abuse investigators say it's only a matter of time until one of them...
Animal abuse investigators across Ontario are working in “shocking” and “very difficult” conditions that some fear could lead to fatal accidents, a recent report suggests. The study, co-authored by Amy...
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Windsor in Pictures: July 25, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Monday. Check out the gallery. Goslings with bands are pictured at Jack Miner Migratory Bird Sanctuary on Concession 3 in...
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Bus service is the solution to Highway 3 death toll
Re: Will minister’s Highway 3 tour be a whitewash? Opinion column by Chris Vander Doelen, July 15. It does not matter when the minister sees the highway. Glaring everyone in the face is a solution...
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