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Essex company to comply with tribunal order to pay man $20,000 for...
An Essex welding company will comply with an order to pay a man $20,000 for discrimination due to disability as a result of a workplace injury. The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario released a decision...
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Doesn't seem board and councillors think libraries matter
“Libraries matter. If we believe in equality of opportunity, we must fight not just for the buildings but for the range of books inside and the skilled staff who promote reading in all forms. Not only...
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Windsor in Pictures: Jan. 16, 2017
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Monday. Check out the gallery. Scott Quick leaves Superior Court in Windsor, Ont., on Jan. 16, 2017 after charges were dropped in...
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Health unit sends out warning letters to students needing immunizations
This week the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has issued its second letter warning students in grades 11 and 12 that they risk being suspended if they don’t have complete immunization records by Feb....
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Windsor in Pictures: Jan. 17, 2017
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Tuesday. Check out the gallery. Andrew Dube shaves the head of Tabitha Wegner as she gets a kiss from her husband, Jeff Diamond....
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Public school board cuts electrical consumption but costs still soar
In 2016 the Greater Essex County District School Board used 2.1-million fewer kilowatt-hours than two years ago, but its hydro bill still rose by half a million dollars. The board used 26.4-million...
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Windsor Regional Hospital cancelling surgeries due to capacity crisis, warns...
The ongoing capacity crisis at Windsor Regional Hospital has forced the system to take drastic measures such as cancel surgeries, says hospital leadership. “When you’re running at the percentages we’re...
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County to spend extra $2.8M to pave way for cyclists, pedestrians
Essex County Council voted Wednesday to spend an extra $2.8 million in 2017 on paved shoulders to accommodate cyclists and pedestrians, as part of $6.3 million in local spending on active...
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Windsor in Pictures: Jan. 18, 2017
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. Students Aseil Hamdan, left, and Lamiya Naowal from Marlborough school create personal art...
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Kathleen Wynne meets Amherstburg woman who penned viral hydro rates post
Allison Jones/The Canadian Press More hydro relief for Ontario ratepayers will be announced before the spring budget, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Wednesday as she met with a Windsor-area resident....
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Tecumseh to hold flooding information sessions
Tecumseh residents looking to protect their homes from flooding are invited to a town-hosted information session next week. Engineers from the town’s public works department, plumbing contractors and...
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Lakeshore OPP seek pharmacy robbery suspect
Lakeshore OPP have released surveillance photos of a suspect wanted in connection with the robbery of the Royal Oasis Pharmacy in the 400 block of Advance Boulevard in Lakeshore. Police say the lone,...
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Windsor In Pictures: January 19, 2017
Tristan Fehrenbach, owner of The Earnest Bagel Company, is photographed at his store in Windsor on Jan. 19, 2017. Fehrenbach set up shop outside of the core after he struggled to lease space downtown....
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Windsor Weekend in Pictures: Jan. 21-22, 2017
Windsor Star photographer Dax Melmer had you covered this weekend. Check out the gallery. Locals march along Windsor’s riverfront in solidarity with the Women’s March protesting the presidency of...
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Fog advisory for Windsor-Essex continues into nightfall
Drivers across Windsor-Essex had to deal with foggy conditions on Sunday that continued even into nightfall. Environment Canada’s weather office issued fog advisories throughout the weekend — with...
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Leamington woman wins $50,000 playing Ontario 49
Robin Matteis of Leamington is glad she plays the lottery game Ontario 49: She’s $50,000 richer thanks to a $1 ticket in the draw of Dec. 17, 2016. “I always play the same numbers for all my games,”...
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Windsor in Pictures: Jan. 23, 2017
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Monday. Check out the gallery. Nicholas Black from the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions speaks to reporters on Monday, January,...
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OPP search for dog owners after 13-year-old bit in Cottam
County police are looking to talk to the owners of a dog that bit a 13-year-old girl in Cottam on Saturday. Ontario Provincial Police said the girl was walking with her friend near Francis and Clark...
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Windsor In Pictures: January 25, 2017
Indira Naidoo-Harris, MPP Halton, Minister of Women’s Issues & Minister Responsible for Early Years and Child Care, meets children at the Sundowners Day Care at 4000 Ducharme St., in Windsor on...
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Tecumseh to expand to five wards for 2018 election
Tecumseh council voted Tuesday to expand the number of wards in the town from four to five beginning with the 2018 municipal election. The move was made in an attempt to balance out the populations in...
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