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Southern Ontario conservation blitz leads to 81 charges against deer hunters
Conservation officers laid 81 charges against deer hunters during a recent Southern Ontario enforcement blitz. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry did compliance checks in November and the...
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A tongue-in-cheek plan for concrete rubble on city hall site
Walking by the construction site of the new Windsor City Hall recently, I noticed a large pile of broken up new concrete with new rebar sticking out of it. Perhaps a construction mistake and redo?...
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Windsor Weekend in Pictures: Dec. 17-18, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county this weekend. Check out the gallery. Freighter Andean travels upstream on the Detroit River past Windsor’s Alexander Park Dec. 18,...
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Live from Court: Scott Quick to stand trial
Windsor Star reporter Sarah Sacheli is in court covering the preliminary hearing of Scott Quick. Quick, 50, is facing charges of planning the murder of Nancy Galbraith-Quick. She was killed in 2006...
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Olivia and Liam top the list of most popular baby names
For the fifth year in a row, Olivia has been named the most popular baby name in Ontario. The most popular boy’s name in the province went to Liam, which was Windsor’s most popular name last year. The...
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Jesuit pear tree makes Ark of Taste list of endangered foods
The Jesuit pear tree has been put on the Slow Food USA’s Ark of Taste, an international list of disappearing foods worth saving. “It’s wonderful,” Robert Holland, a former Windsor man who has...
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Jarvis: Meet the defiant library workers waging one of the region's longest...
Lori Wightman has four copies of her favourite book, the American classic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. She’s also a Stephen King fan. She reads 75 to 100 books a year. She can’t go in a second-hand...
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Windsor in Pictures: Dec. 19, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Monday. Check out the gallery. CUPE members Anita Johnson, left, Colleen Neumiller Lori Wightman and Shannon McGuire, right, at...
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Windsor shatters cold temperature record
With a chilly start to the week, Windsor shattered a cold temperature record on Monday but things are looking up with some warmer weather forecasted for Christmas. Environment Canada meteorologist...
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Keep Leamington library branch closed until labour dispute resolved, urges mayor
Opening Leamington’s library branch will do nothing to advance negotiations between the striking workers and the library board, says the town’s mayor. Leamington Mayor John Paterson said he has sent a...
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Hockey team collects supplies for Ronald McDonald House
Families staying at Windsor’s Ronald McDonald House for the next while can thank a team of 12-year-old hockey players for their everyday supplies during their stay. The Erie North Shore Pee Wee Major...
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Five Windsor teens arrested for robbery in Chatham
A group of five Windsor teens are facing charges following an attempted armed robbery early Monday morning. Chatham-Kent police said officers responded to reports of a break and enter in progress at an...
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Windsor in Pictures: Dec. 20, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. Evan French slides down the hill in the snow at Malden park in Windsor on Tuesday, December 20,...
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Donations needed for Welcome Centre Shelter for Women
A local women’s shelter is looking for help to fill its food bank shelves this holiday season. The Welcome Centre Shelter for Women said the Christmas season is when it receives the bulk of the food...
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Masse makes Canadian university top 10 list
LaSalle’s Kylie Masse received two nods of recognition this week from USports, the governing body for Canadian university sports. In a list of top ten USports moments from this past summer to now,...
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Still a very merry Christmas for individuals in long-term care
The halls are decorated, music is playing, and baking is underway as the holiday season envelops Sun Parlor Home in Leamington and The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County. With a busy December...
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Windsor in Pictures: Dec. 21, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. Chantelle Bacon, right, Mason’s mother, is joined by volunteers Denise Sauve, left, and Kristen...
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Messy drunk driving arrest prompts police to issue warning for holidays
LaSalle police recently charged and hospitalized a 32-year-old Amherstburg man who had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.3 — nearly four times the legal limit. Police said the severe intoxication...
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Leamington man dead following collision in Kingsville
A 53-year-old Leamington man is dead following a single-vehicle collision on Essex County Road 31 between Road 3 East and Highway 3 in Kingsville. A passing motorist observed a black Dodge pickup truck...
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Windsor In Pictures: Dec. 22, 2016
Seven-year-old Wilson Bortolin, right, and his mother Anastasia Adams display the “Golden Bin” presented to them by the Essex Windsor Solid Waste Authority for their exemplary recycling efforts. Naomi...
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