Windsor Weekend in Pictures: June 7-8, 2014
The Windsor Star’s reporters and photographers covered the city and county this weekend. Check out the gallery. Drake Stellar, 5, gets help operating a fire hose from Windsor firefighter, Bruce Jean,...
View ArticleLaSalle student wins national contest
After winning the video category in a national contest on what democracy means to her, Adelaide Burrows is hoping to spread the message to her peers. Encouraged by one of her teachers, the 16-year-old...
View ArticleWindsor in Pictures: June 9, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. Robin Easterbrook from the Windsor Essex Community Foundation unveil the new Vital Signs...
View ArticleWhat’s Happening in Windsor and Essex County on June 9, 2014
The Windsor and Essex Community Foundation releases its Vital Signs Report Card during a press conference at The Windsor Star News Cafe beginning at 10 a.m. Nothing but sunshine and birdies on tap for...
View ArticleInformation session on dementia
Families and friends supporting someone with dementia can learn about the resources available to them at an information event hosted by the Alzheimer Society of Windsor-Essex County. The session will...
View ArticlePoll Question: What are you planning for election day?
The Ontario Election is on Thursday. Are you going to vote? Are you fed up with the way this province is run? Or could you care a less? Vote in our poll and tell us why in the Sound Off! below. Take...
View ArticleNew survey will help residents improve the community (With video)
A first-of-its kind local survey will help Windsor and Essex County residents craft a better community. Results of the Vital Signs 2014 survey will influence where grant money from the WindsorEssex...
View ArticleWhat’s Happening in Windsor and Essex County on June 10, 2014
Still no sign in these parts of Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak but NDP leader Andrea Horwath just can’t get enough of Windsor and Essex County. She rallied the troops in Windsor-West Monday night and is...
View ArticleCandidate Profiles: Essex
The provincial electoral district of Essex consists of the entire County of Essex, including Pelee Island, but excluding Windsor, Tecumseh, and Leamington. To the east, it is bordered by the riding of...
View ArticleWindsor in Pictures: June 10, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. Donovan Smith-Lariviere, 8, will be taking part in the June 14 Windsor Spring Sprint to...
View ArticleWhat’s Happening in Windsor and Essex County on June 11, 2014
1) It’s Convocation Week starting today at the University of Windsor and more than 3,600 graduates will be receiving their diplomas in six sessions over three days. Graduates of the Faculty of...
View ArticleWindsor In Pictures: June 11, 2014
Ken Gascoigne, the President and Owner of Empire Roofing for story on Windsor company looking to hire 50 workers. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star) WINDSOR, ONTARIO- JUNE 11, 2014 – Ken Gascoigne, the...
View ArticleNew program to close skilled trades gap in Windsor-Essex
Paying manufacturers to offer training on their shop floor is the key to a new program to help close the skilled-trades gap in Windsor-Essex, Canadian Tooling and Machining Association executive...
View ArticleWhat’s Happening in Windsor and Essex County on June 12, 2014
1) It’s Election Day in Ontario and polls across Windsor and Essex County and the province open at 9 a.m. and close at 9 p.m. If you don’t know where your polling station is, find it by clicking here....
View ArticleWindsor in Pictures: June 12, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. A voter enters the polling station at the Adie Knox Herman Community Centre in Windsor West,...
View ArticleOntario Election Night Notebook
New territory For LaSalle town councillor Crystal Meloche stepping up to run for a provincial seat at Queens Park was a whole different experience for her than a municipal campaign. The 34-year-old...
View ArticlePhotos: NDP Sweep!
The Windsor Star’s photographers covered the 2014 Ontario Election in Windsor and Essex County on Thursday, June 12, 2014. NDP MPP Percy Hatfield, left, congratulates Lisa Gretzky on her first victory...
View ArticleOPP investigate after blood spatter found in downtown Leamington
A man who left large puddles of his blood on a Leamington sidewalk is refusing to tell police what happened. Essex County OPP taped off a section of Leamington’s downtown core early Friday after blood...
View ArticleFrom The Vault: Local Strawberries
W.S. Clifford, R.R.#1 Leamington, operates a half-acre greenhouse planted with an experimental crop of strawberries which should produce fresh fruit for Christmas. Mr. Clifford is examining the set of...
View ArticleWindsor in Pictures: June 14, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county on the weekend. Klaus Dohring demonstrates a fresnel lens during the fifth annual Electric Vehicle Event to celebrate a day...
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