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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 6, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning pictures covered the city and county Thursday. Check out the gallery. LLocal Olympian Noelle Montcalm, second from right, and Rose Wood, far right, along with other walkers...
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Updated: Windsor unemployment rate falls to 5.7 per cent, lowest in 15 years
For the first time in 15 years Windsor’s unemployment rate has dropped to 5.7 per cent. “It’s excellent news,” Matt Marchand, president and CEO of the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce, said...
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WECDSB trustee to make city busing proposal
A local school board trustee plans to present a partial solution to the problem of secondary school busing for students living in the city. At the board’s next meeting on Oct. 25 Fulvio Valentinis, who...
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Windsor Weekend in Pictures: Oct. 8-10, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county this holiday weekend. Check out the gallery. Volunteers hand out turkeys and trimmings to those in need outside the Downtown...
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LaSalle pickup driver charged with stunt driving in Tecumseh area
A 20-year-old LaSalle motorist found himself without a ride after Ontario Provincial Police impounded his pickup truck and charged him with speeding faster than 150 km/h on Highway 401 in the Tecumseh...
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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 11, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers had you covered yesterday. Check out the gallery. Windsor Fire Chief Bruce Montone speaks Tuesday at a news conference to kick off Fire Prevention Week. Ward...
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United Way kicks off Essex County campaign with life-changing story
Kayla Reid could have been a suicide or a poverty statistic. Instead, her story is one of triumph. The 27-year-old Windsor woman is one of 98 per cent of people who have received counselling through a...
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Library strike sets bad example for kids
Re: End the strike – I miss my library! letter from Bev Oke, Oct. 7. I agree with Bev Oke’s letter calling on the library board to end the library strike in Essex County. Not only does the board have a...
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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 12, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. A restoration worker surveys the damage to a duplex in the 300 block of Louis Ave. on Wednesday,...
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Essex County hires new emergency management co-ordinator
When a crisis occurs in Essex County, Dan Metcalfe will answer the call. The former paramedic was hired as the area’s new emergency management co-ordinator on Oct. 3. “I’m thrilled to be working in...
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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 13, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Thursday. Check out the gallery. Ontario Environmental Commissioner Dianne Saxe speaks to a group of local residence at the...
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Rifles and shotguns stolen from residence in Maidstone
County police are investigating after a number of guns were stolen from a residence in Maidstone Thursday. Ontario Provincial Police responded to reports of a break and enter in the 300 block of Talbot...
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OPP seize cocaine, weed in Leamington raid
Provincial police have arrested an alleged drug dealer after raiding a house in Leamington. The Essex County OPP drugs and street crimes units executed the search warrant Oct. 6 on Talbot Street East....
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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 14, 2016
he Windsor Craft Beer Festival kicked off on Friday, October 14, 2016 at the Willistead Manor. Silviu Pascalau is shown with his “pretzel necklace” during the event. He eats one between beers to...
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Windsor Weekend in Pictures: Oct. 15-16, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county this weekend. Check out the gallery. Runners participate in the Detroit Free Press Talmer Bank Marathon in Windsor Sunday, October...
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Missing companion dog found dead after being hit by a vehicle
A desperate week-long search for an autistic boy’s beloved companion dog ended in sorrow Sunday when the golden retriever was found dead in a ditch. “We’re devastated,” said Jackie Brown who bought the...
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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 17, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county monday. Check out the gallery. City of Windsor parking enforcement officers conduct a blitz in front of Bellewood school in South...
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Three-vehicle crash causes traffic delays in Lakeshore
Provincial police say charges are pending after a three-vehicle crash Tuesday morning in Lakeshore. One of the vehicles flipped onto its roof in the middle of the road, blocking lanes and causing...
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Orchid obsession 'like cocaine': Windsor Orchid Society show, sale this weekend
Deb Boersma waits until her husband is out of earshot before divulging she spent $325 on an orchid from Colombia two years ago. It’s not that much considering orchid aficionados can pay $5,000 for one...
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Essex council gets primer from OPP on off-road vehicle bylaw
Essex town council got a primer on how to craft bylaws surrounding off-road vehicles at Monday night’s meeting. OPP Const. Gord Keen from the Highway Safety Division at OPP headquarters in Orillia, an...
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