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Windsor in Pictures: Feb. 12, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. Ninth grade philanthropist Sarah Lewis hands out socks and gloves at Street Help in Windsor,...
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Find another cost solution
Bringing in garbage to fill a financial gap is not a good solution. We are still paying for the old closed landfill. We need to be trying to make sure we never need another landfill, not finding ways...
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Essex MP Jeff Watson announces $83,900 in local accessibility grants
The North American Black Historical Museum received a $48,000 anniversary gift Friday from the federal government that will help boost it’s accessibility while it celebrates 40 years of community...
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Windsor Weekend in Pictures: Feb. 14-15, 2015
The Windsor Star’s reporters and photographers covered the city and county this weekend. Check out the gallery. The Ship’s Company of H.M.C.S Hunter march down Ouellette Ave. for a flag lowering...
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From The Vault: Fat Tuesday
Tuesday is Shrove Tuesday, a day when pancakes are the traditional food. The tradition started in the Middle Ages when the church banned the use of eggs, butter, lard and milk during the season of...
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NDP candidate Tracey Ramsey seeks to unseat Watson in Essex federal riding
It’s time for change in Essex County — Change that won’t happen with Jeff Watson as MP, says the NDP’s new federal candidate for the riding. “I would say that a lot of families are feeling left behind...
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Fire guts garage in Belle River
Fire crews in Belle River responded to a blaze that gutted a garage early Monday morning. Lakeshore fire responded to the detached garage on Notre Dame Street around 1 a.m. Notre Dame was closed as...
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Windsor in Pictures: Feb. 16, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. Paczki are prepared for Fat Tuesday at Sunrise Bakery, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (Dax...
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Woman tried to run back into burning home to save her husband
Charlene Peretti had to be restrained from running back into the burning house. She stood on the snow in socks and a housecoat screaming that her husband Ron was still inside, neighbour Shannon Murr...
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Health unit issues cold weather alert for Windsor-Essex
In what’s becoming an unfortunate trend, the health unit has issued another cold weather alert for Windsor and Essex County. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit issued the alert Tuesday and said it...
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Windsor in Pictures: Feb. 17, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. Windsor Fire and Rescue Services firefighter investigates the scene of a fire on Tuesday,...
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LaSalle woman loses husband, home, dogs in Valentine’s weekend fire
The silhouette of a cowboy on the scorched front wall marked the spot where Ron Peretti used to sit in his lawnchair. Neighbour Shannon Murr said on Monday she sat for hours on her couch, peering...
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From The Vault: Ash Wednesday
The tradition of Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, was celebrated across the area on Feb. 19, 1980. Eight-year-old Jeff Watson, a Grade 3 student at St. Andrew School, receives ashes from Fr. Larry...
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Extreme cold weather alert issued for Windsor and Essex County
An extreme cold weather alert has been issued by Environment Canada for Windsor and Essex County, where the temperature is expected to hit -20C Wednesday night with strong northwesterly winds producing...
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Cause of fatal LaSalle fire is undetermined
Fire officials were unable to determine the cause of a blaze that killed one and caused about $200,000 in damage to a LaSalle home on Sunday. Ed Thiessen, deputy fire chief with the LaSalle Fire...
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Windsor in Pictures: Feb. 18, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. A home gutted by fire is shown on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, in the 500 block of Elliot...
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Local produce companies may shut down or move to U.S. after policy change
Local fruit and vegetable producers risk losing thousands of dollars, shutting down, or moving across the border after the U.S. government took away a trading privilege that has been available for more...
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Windsor region breaks record, extreme cold warning in effect
It’s another record-breaking cold day as the arctic air continues to grip Windsor and Essex County. Temperatures at Windsor airport dipped to -19C this morning, breaking the previous cold temperature...
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Amherstburg man dead in crash between car and transport truck on Arner Townline
An autopsy will be conducted on a driver involved in a crash on Arner Townline Thursday morning. Paul Bolton, 66, of Amherstburg was killed in a collision with a transport truck on the stretch of road...
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Multi-vehicle crash in Lakeshore sends five to hospital
Five people have been taken to hospital following a multi-vehicle crash in Lakeshore. Ontario Provincial Police responded to Essex County Road 22 west of Patillo Road around 6:50 a.m. Police said a...
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