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Windsor in Pictures: July 27, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. The freighter Federal Rideau is shown Monday, July 28, 2014, aground at the mouth of the...
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Four arrested in Kingsville drug bust
Four people are facing drug charges after provincial police raided a house in Kingsville. The Essex County OPP street crimes, drug enforcement and emergency response units executed the search warrant...
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New South West Detention Centre begins receiving inmates
The new $247-million maximum security South West Detention Centre has begun receiving inmates. The first inmates to inhabit the jail, which will replace the already-closed Chatham Jail and soon to...
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OPP plan move over law blitz over Civic Holiday long weekend
With charges under the province’s move over law at their highest this year since 2010, the OPP are planning a blitz over the Civic Holiday long weekend. The law under the Highway Traffic Act requires...
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Region hit with coldest July in 22 years
This is the coldest July Windsor has had in 22 years. Environment Canada’s senior meteorologist David Phillips said this month looks like it will close with an average temperature of 20.5 C, 2.5 C...
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From The Vault: Summer Carnival
Jeff Lafreniere, 8, left, and his brother Steve, 10, ride the Whip at Stoney Point’s summer carnival on June 13, 1983. Find Windsor Star on Facebook
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Long serving Essex fire chief to retire
A leadership fixture of the county’s fire response team is retiring at the end of the year and said he is eager to spend time with his family who has supported his call to duty all these years. Essex...
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Ministry of Labour to investigate industrial accident on parkway project
The Ministry of Labour has been called to investigate after a worker on the Herb Gray Parkway construction project fell off a ladder Wednesday morning. The accident happened shortly before 9 a.m. Essex...
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Photos: Face of Woofa-Roo Vol. III
Click here for the first post of pets submitted for Woofa-Roo! Click here for the second post of pets submitted for Woofa-Roo! Riley, a West Highland White Terrier submitted by Ellen Charron/Special To...
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Essex third in Ontario, tops here for new organ donor registration
Essex ranks third for most improved spot in Ontario for new organ donor registration with Windsor and Leamington also making the top 10. “I was really happy to see the numbers increasing,” 12-year-old...
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Environment Canada issues funnel cloud warning
Environment Canada has ended its weather advisory after funnel clouds were spotted near Wheatley and Leamington Wednesday. The national weather service warned conditions were favourable for funnel...
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Photos: Face of Woofa-Roo Vol. IV
Lola, a Rottweiler. Krystina Menard/Special to The Star Zaida and Lola, German Shepherds. Chelsey Carr/Special to The Star Jojo, a Puggle. Laura Fink/Special to The Star Ike, a Siberian Husky. Steve...
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Windsor in Pictures: July 31, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. Mary Ann Hayward of The Club at North Halton eyes a drive during the Ontario Senior Women’s...
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Photos: Woofa-Roo Vol. I
Click here for the second post of pets submitted for Woofa-Roo! Click here for the third post of pets submitted for Woofa-Roo! Click here for the fourth post of pets submitted for Woofa-Roo! Apollo,...
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Free patches, gum to help battle alarming smoking rate
To tackle an alarming local smoking rate of 24.7 per cent of young adults, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is promoting a program offering free nicotine patches or gum. “That’s a quarter of that...
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Environment Canada issues severe thunderstorm watch
Environment Canada has sent out a warning about severe thunderstorms coming to the Windsor area that could bring heavy rains, large hail and powerful wind gusts. They issued the severe thunderstorm...
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Round 1 Voting: The Face Of Woofa-Roo
Ari, Border Collie mix. (Left) VS Norman, a Berger De Pickard Shepherd (Right) Take Our Poll Bella, an Austrian Shepherd (Left) VS. Gus, an English Bulldog Shar Pei mix. (Right) Take Our Poll Atticus,...
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Environment Canada issues dangerous thunderstorm watch
Environment Canada has sent out a watch about dangerous thunderstorms coming to the Windsor area that could bring strong wind gusts, large hail and torrential rain Saturday afternoon. They issued the...
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Chrysler Canada Greenway will see maintenance makeover
The Essex Region Conservation Authority says the Chrysler Canada Greenway will be getting a three-week makeover. The 42-kilometre long rail trail that stretches from Oldcastle to Leamington will be...
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Windsor Weekend in Pictures: Aug. 2-4, 2014
The Windsor Star’s reporters and photographers covered the city and county this holiday weekend. Check out the gallery. Dating University of Windsor students, Sarah Panek, left, and Thomas Rinshed...
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