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Wind warning in effect for Windsor-Essex
Hold onto your hats: Strong winds could be on their way to Windsor-Essex. According to a wind warning issued Wednesday morning by Environment Canada’s weather office, potentially damaging winds gusting...
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Amherstburg police find handgun, open alcohol after stopping car full of teens
Numerous charges have been laid after Amherstburg police stopped a car full of teens and discovered an open bottle of alcohol in the vehicle — along with a handgun. The incident happened on Tuesday...
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Essex MP Tracey Ramsey claims second-highest travel expenses for spouse among...
Essex MP Tracey Ramsey’s taxpayer-funded travel expenses for her spouse were the second-highest among Ontario MPs over the past year, according to parliamentary reports. On the Parliament of Canada...
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Windsor unemployment rate drops to 5.1 per cent
The unemployment rate for Windsor continues to drop, falling to 5.1 per cent in February. The city’s unemployment rate in January was 5.4 per cent. Statistics Canada released its labour force survey on...
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Police release photos of robber who struck in Lambton, Middlesex and Essex...
Provincial police have released photos of a robber on a crime spree across three counties. West Region OPP are looking for a man who robbed two pharmacies and a credit union across Lambton, Middlesex...
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Essex fire crews extinguish barn blaze
Fire crews in Essex doused a blaze ignited in a barn on County Road 20 early Saturday morning. Firefighters responded to the blaze in the 2800 block of County Road 20 around 9 a.m. and had it under...
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OPP search for woman after attempted gas station robbery
Provincial police are looking to the public to help identify a woman who attempted to steal cigarettes and cash from a Tecumseh gas station earlier this month. Ontario Provincial Police said the woman...
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Updated: Four-year-old boy, his father suffer serious injuries in Kingsville...
Two people including a four-year-old boy suffered serious injuries Monday on a snow-covered road in Kingsville. The two-vehicle crash happened around 1:40 p.m. on North Talbot Road between County Road...
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Snowplow, tractor-trailer collide head-on in Lakeshore
Two people were taken to hospital after a head-on collision between a tractor-trailer and a snowplow in Lakeshore Tuesday evening. The OPP were called to County Road 42 east of Essex County Road 22 at...
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While other cities cancel event, Relay for Life going strong in Windsor-Essex
While the Canadian Cancer Society in other Ontario communities is pulling the plug on its annual Relay for Life fundraiser, the event is still going strong in Essex County. Teams have already begun...
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Windsor police spot stolen pick-up truck, arrest woman and man
A Windsor woman and an Essex man are facing charges after police spotted them in a parking lot with a stolen pickup truck on Tuesday. Patrol officers noticed the newer model truck in the area of...
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Henderson: Saving our snakes comes at a steep price
Do snakes make you feel warm, fuzzy and even a mite generous? Let’s hope so because Windsor taxpayers will be forking over a cool $500,000-plus in the next decade on serpent protection. They’re shy,...
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Police say they have arrested burglar who was chased off by elderly woman
Provincial police say they have tracked down a burglar who got scared and ran off after an elderly woman confronted him in her home. The break and enter occurred Sept. 24, 2016, around 5 a.m. in the...
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Local Crime Stoppers offers reward for arrest of people selling fentanyl
A deadly fentanyl “epidemic” hitting Essex County has prompted Crime Stoppers to launch a reward blitz, guaranteeing $1,000 for tips leading to the arrest of anyone peddling the powerful narcotic....
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United Way applauds giving community
United Way/Centraide Windsor-Essex recognized nine different community-boosting individuals and organizations Wednesday night at the 2016 I Believe in My Community awards at Caesars Windsor. About 300...
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Lots of rain could be on the way for Windsor-Essex, says Environment Canada
A special weather statement from Environment Canada is advising there’s a possibility of “significant rainfall” across Windsor-Essex on Thursday evening going into Friday morning. The statement went...
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More than 125 hectares of marsh land burned in fire at Point Pelee National Park
At least 125 hectares of marsh land burned up in a massive fire at Point Pelee National Park that raged overnight Wednesday and continued Thursday morning. Park staff and the Leamington Fire Department...
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Few local people using OPP's online tool to report minor crimes
Essex County OPP wants the public to know that going online to report a minor crime can be an alternative to calling and having an officer attend the scene. Citizen Self Reporting was introduced across...
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Harley rider and passenger critically injured in Kingsville
A man and a woman on a motorcycle suffered life-threatening injuries when they were struck by an automobile in Kingsville on Sunday night, say Essex County OPP. Provincial police said the collision...
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Police investigate fatal two-vehicle crash in Amherstburg
Amherstburg police are continuing to investigate a two-vehicle crash near the Libro Credit Union Centre that left one driver dead and put another driver in hospital on Tuesday morning. The collision...
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