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Extreme cold warning back in effect for Windsor-Essex
February is drawing to an end, but there’s still no relief from the winter for Windsor-Essex — with yet another extreme cold warning for the city and region issued Thursday. Environment Canada’s...
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Video: Liberal MPP blasts Chatham-Kent-Essex MPP for his stance on evolution
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Libro Credit Union donates meat and eggs to food banks
The Libro Credit Union has donated about $30,000 worth of fresh meat and eggs to 33 food banks. Libro Credit Union logo. (Courtesy of Libro) Some of the food banks benefiting from more than 10,000...
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Professor studying how Amherstburg councillors gain public trust
Amherstburg, where infighting on council and battles with residents have been legend in recent years, is now the focus of a four-year study of how a municipal government gains the trust of its...
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MPP Nicholls mocked by Liberals for not believing in evolution
As a retired science teacher who for 32 years taught evolution at Leamington District Secondary School, Bill Chaplin said he was stunned to learn that his local MPP doesn’t believe it. “As our...
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Amherstburg’s proposed budget includes 9.26 per cent tax hike
Amherstburg taxpayers face a nearly double-digit rate hike if they hope to maintain services and address “significant capital needs over the next five years,” the town’s budget proposal suggests....
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Windsor in Pictures: Feb. 27, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Friday. Check out the gallery. Canadian Coast Guard Griffon is shown near the Arthur M. Anderson freighter in the St. Clair...
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Lakeshore police probe fatal crash between train and tractor
One person was killed Friday afternoon in a rural workplace accident involving a tractor and several stationary railcars. Emergency crews were on scene in the 400 block of Elmstead Road in Lakeshore at...
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Blood brothers: Bondy trio have donated more than 350 units of blood
The Bondy brothers are true blood brothers. Between the trio who grew up in River Canard, they’ve donated blood 356 times. “You can donate about six times a year so you can see the dedication from...
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Photos: Emancipation Day Committee President’s Gala
The Emancipation Day Committee President’s Gala was held at the Layalina Hall on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. From left to right, George and Estella White attend the Emancipation Day Committee President’s...
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Photos: Give Your Heart to Autism Gala
The Give Your Heart to Autism Gala was held at the Caboto Club on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. Sponsors from WFCU from left to right, Keith Andrews, Susan Andrews, Janis Komsa and Marty Komsa attend the...
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OPP looking for driver who struck pedestrian in Tecumseh
Essex County OPP are trying to find the driver who struck a pedestrian last month in Tecumseh. Police said the woman stopped and spoke to the victim, but left when he said he was OK. It happened Feb....
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Kingsville man sentenced to 14 months for child porn case
A Kingsville man who pleaded guilty to possessing hundreds of child pornography images was sentenced to 14 months in prison Monday afternoon. The 328 images and 34 videos found on Robert Denza’s...
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Windsor in Pictures: March 2, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Monday. Check out the gallery. Windsor Fire and Rescue battle two house fires on the 800 block of Assumption Street, Monday...
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Counselling for problem gamblers expands into Leamington
Figuring a counselling session in Windsor costs people driving from the county’s southeast corner three hours of their day — an hour drive in, an hour session and an hour drive back — Problem Gambling...
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Chrysler Greenway trail soon to make connection with Chatham
A trail that runs all the way from the outskirts of Windsor to Chatham could be reality within two years, said a director with the Essex Region Conservation Authority on Monday. ERCA hopes to finalize...
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Windsor’s worst February weather ever!
Did you catch yourself complaining about Windsor-Essex weather in February? Well, consider your whining absolutely justified: It wasn’t just bad — it was the worst February weather in the region’s...
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Loved ones mourn punk rocker turned family man
Family and friends of Shane Knapp are still stunned by his sudden death in a tractor accident on Feb. 27 — but through the tears emerge loving memories of a man who kept everybody grinning. “What...
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Freezing rain warning in effect for Windsor and Essex County
A freezing rain warning is in effect for Windsor and Essex County. “A low pressure system developing over the American Plains will track towards southern Ontario today, bringing a wintery mix of...
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Fire destroys home in Leamington neighbourhood (with video)
The remains of the house at 11 Marlborough St. W. in Leamington on Mar. 3, 2015. (Image via Leamington Fire Services) A two-storey home in a Leamington neighbourhood has been left unsalvageable after a...
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