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Tractor-trailer crash involving 'volatile load' closes Highway 3 in Cottam
A crash between an SUV and a transport truck carrying a ‘volatile load’ closed Highway 3 in Cottam for several hours Tuesday afternoon. The collision occurred about 3:20 p.m. between Marsh Road and...
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Business leaders urge premier to prepare for marijuana legalization
Business leaders have estimated sales in Ontario for recreational marijuana will range between $1 billion to $2 billion by 2024 should it be legalized by the federal government. So, the economic stakes...
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Wrecking ball waits for Duffy's Tavern and Motor Inn
A wrecking ball lies in wait for Duffy’s Tavern, an Amherstburg landmark once known on both sides of the border for its vibrant nightlife and heaping plates of frog legs and perch. Town council...
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Windsor in Pictures: Sept. 14, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Tuesday. Check out the gallery. Sylvia Roughton walks past what remains of the Bridge Tavern in Windsor on Tuesday, September 13,...
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Amherstburg teenager charged with driving 171 km/h
An Amherstburg teenager lost his wheels and his licence Tuesday after an OPP officer allegedly caught him going 71 km/h over the speed limit on Highway 401. Essex County OPP said an officer was doing...
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Weather Network predicts relatively warm fall for Windsor-Essex
This fall’s temperatures will be above normal in the Windsor-Essex region, predicts The Weather Network. “It’s already been an above-normal September,” said Kelly Sonnenburg, a Weather Network...
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Windsor in Pictures: Sept. 14, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. An emotional Nicole Abdul-Massih, mother of patient Ethan, speaks about the heartbreaking...
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Vipers fall 4-2 to Knights
The LaSalle Vipers lost 4-2 to the London Knights on Wednesday night at the Vollmer Centre in LaSalle. Manny Silverio and Liam MacDougall scored for the Vipers. Nathan Gomes scored twice for the...
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Leamington man charged with drunk driving after car slams into hydro pole
A Leamington man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly getting behind the wheel drunk and slamming his car into a hydro pole. Essex County OPP received the call around 10:15 p.m. about a...
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Windsor-Essex businesses among fastest growing in Canada
Windsor-Essex is home to 10 of Canada’s fastest growing companies. The annual PROFIT 500 report compiled by Canadian Business and PROFITguide.com ranks Canadian companies based on their five-year...
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LaSalle police sergeant suspended for discreditable conduct after impaired...
A veteran LaSalle police officer has served a 20-day suspension without pay after pleading guilty to one count of discreditable conduct under the Ontario Police Services Act following his conviction on...
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Windsor in Pictures: Sept. 15, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Thursday. Check out the gallery. Kingsville’s newly installed Victorian clock is shown at the corner of Division and Main streets...
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Windsor in Pictures: Sept. 16, 2016
Zach Herzog from Holy Names, below, gets tackle by Cole Gill of St. Anne on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 at the Windsor Stadium. Alexis Nadon, from left to right, Travis Loughead, Brennan Tedley, Jaxson...
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Windsor Weekend in Pictures: Sept. 17-18, 2016
Patriarch Irinej of Serbia, the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, attended a service at the St Dimitrije Orthodox Church for the celebration of their 50th anniversary, Saturday, September 17,...
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County treasurer projecting budget surplus for 2016
The county is saving $35,000 a week during the 12-week library strike that has left 58 librarians on the picket line and shut down 14 branches. County treasurer Robert Maisonville is projecting at this...
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Economic development officer on the job in Essex
The Town of Essex has a new economic development officer who will be responsible for attracting new business to the municipality. Nelson Silveira had been working in Kitimat-Stikine, B.C., where he...
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Volunteers needed for FINA championships
Volunteer spots are quickly filling up for the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships in Windsor in December. Communications director Pam Mady estimates close to 600 volunteers are needed to staff the...
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Windsor in Pictures: Sept. 19, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Monday. Check out the gallery. Greater Essex County District School Board trustee Alan Halberstadt is pitching a plan to possibly...
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First human case of West Nile confirmed in Windsor and Essex County
A Windsor-Essex County resident has tested positive as the area’s first case of West Nile Virus this year. A press release from the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit confirms the first “clinically...
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Windsor in Pictures: Sept. 20, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Tuesday. Check out the gallery. A monarch butterfly feeds on a bush in the new Butterfly Garden outside the University of...
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