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Library patrons in limbo as county strike drags on
The Essex County library dispute has been going on for almost four months now. Hundreds of Storytimes and Book Clubs have been cancelled. Thousands of books have not been read. Thousands of hours of...
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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 18, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers had you covered yesterday. Check out the gallery. Kizzi Gupton, a parent of a student at Brennan high school, said on Oct. 18, 2016 that the strike against...
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OPP, Ministry of Labour investigate lawn mower accident near Leamington
Ontario Provincial Police and the Ministry of Labour were called to a reported fatal lawn mower incident in the 1100 block of Mersea Road 7 near Leamington Tuesday. Coroner Dr. Emil Jarecsni was on the...
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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 19, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. Runners make their way along the course during the WECSSAA cross country at Malden Park in...
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Hundreds pack county council chambers in support of striking library workers
Hundreds of people packed Essex County Council chambers Wednesday sitting three deep on the floor and spilling out the doors in a large show of support for striking library workers. Amherstburg...
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Software issues force cancellation of EQAO Literacy test
Plans to offer the first online Grade 10 literacy test that would count for students were cancelled Thursday due to computer problems. The EQAO’s software experienced a glitch that caused some school...
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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 20, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Thursday. Check out the gallery. Christie Ronnaldi, Kim Spirou and Effie Papa (left to right) attend the Chic @ the City 2 Charity...
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Windsor police officers to buy new canine companion for boy with autism
Sasha can never be replaced, but Jake will go a long way to filling the hole in a young boy’s heart. Some Windsor police officers have joined forces to raise money to buy a new puppy for Alex Brown, a...
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Students walk out in support of striking school workers
Students at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School and St. Anne High School walked out of school about 11 a.m. in support of striking support staff. They have joined the workers on the picket lines and...
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County defers projected library strike surplus to 2017 budget deliberations
Pressure is mounting on the county to return the tax savings realized during the ongoing library labour dispute to municipalities that have been without service for nearly four months. With no end in...
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Leamington continues to deal with gassy well
Officials with the Municipality of Leamington continue to work with the appropriate agencies to deal with the emission of various gases from an abandoned well. The gases were discovered coming from an...
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First case of Influenza A in Windsor-Essex reported, get flu shots beginning...
Windsor-Essex has its first confirmed case of Influenza A and the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is urging residents to get their flu shot beginning Monday. “Flu is still causing death in our...
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'This is history that would be gone:' Jewish community and Mexican consulate...
Last November Bill Mechanic was travelling to Essex to see the Spitfire Memorial Honour Wall that includes his father’s name and he thought, why isn’t there a memorial for Jewish war veterans? So he...
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Windsor in Pictures: Oct. 21, 2016
A maple leaf is seen on a chilly fall day in Willistead Park in Windsor on Friday, October 21, 2016. A maple leaf is seen on a chilly fall day in Willistead Park in Windsor on Friday, October 21, 2016....
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Windsor Weekend in Pictures: Oct. 22-23, 2016
Zombies head out for the annual Zombie Walk in Dieppe Park in Windsor on Saturday, October 22, 2016. Amanda Trombley, Jordan Cabral-Marchand and Ashley Almeiba take part in the annual Zombie Walk in...
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Truck driver suffers life-threatening injuries in crash with Mexican...
A man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after he crashed a pickup truck into the Mexican Consulate building in Leamington, says OPP. The incident happened around 5:25 p.m. at the...
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OPP charge three teens for driving with weed in Lakeshore
Three youths are facing pot-related charges after OPP stopped a vehicle that was being driven erratically in Lakeshore. The incident happened on County Road 22 near Wallace Line on Oct. 21 around 11:55...
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Hospice fundraiser nets more than $84K
The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County has surpassed its fundraising goal for a program that provides transportation for patients and their caregivers. The Hospice’s Face to Face Campaign raised more...
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Leamington man dies from injuries suffered in crash with consulate building
The driver of a truck that slammed into the Consulate of Mexico building in Leamington on Sunday has died, say OPP. Ronald Graham, 84, of Leamington, succumbed to injuries he suffered when the black...
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Hamilton trucker charged after big rig tips over on Highway 401 in Tecumseh
A Hamilton trucker is facing a careless driving charge after his big rig tipped over on Highway 401 in the Tecumseh area early Monday. Essex County OPP said the incident happened shortly after 1:15...
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