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Windsor in Pictures: April 8, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. Essex Fire Rescue Services firefighters work on a house fire at a lakefront home at the...
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Windsor in Pictures: April 9, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Thursday. Check out the gallery. Caroline Grech of CAA South Central Ontario stands at the corner of Tecumseh Road East and...
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Quest to find worst road in Ontario comes to Windsor
If you’ve ever thought to yourself that Tecumseh Road East has got to be one of the worst damn roads in the city — you’re not alone. The arterial road currently has the most local votes in the Canadian...
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Minivan plant layoffs blamed as Windsor’s unemployment rate hits 11.1 per cent
Windsor’s unemployment rate skyrocketed to 11.1 per cent in March — by far the highest in Canada — but the blame was linked Friday to the 4,500 workers on layoff due to the shutdown at FCA’s Windsor...
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Horwath tours Leamington obstetrics unit, urges province to keep it open
Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath visited families, nurses and doctors Friday morning at the embattled obstetrics unit of Leamington Memorial Hospital and called on the Liberal government to keep it...
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Federal grant will help Harrow researchers find better smelling soybeans
A $225,000 federal grant will help soybean researchers in Harrow use an electronic nose to sniff out better soybeans for Asian markets. “To our knowledge, no one has done this before,” Greenhouse and...
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Windsor In Pictures: Friday, April 10, 2015
The Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county on Friday, April 10, 2015. Vipers Dalton Langlois, top, battles Elmira Sugar Kings Sam Harris in first period of 2015 Sutherland Cup...
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Windsor Weekend in Pictures: April 11-12, 2015
The Windsor Star’s reporters and photographers covered the city and county this weekend. Check out the gallery. Spits first round pick Gabe Vilardi speaks to the media at the WFCU Centre after being...
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Photos: Sports and Sparkle Gala
The second annual Sports and Sparkle gala was held on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the Caboto Club. The event was hosted by the Brain Injury Association to raise funds and awareness. Brain injury...
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Photos: 2015 Miss Universe Canada Western Ontario Regional Pageant
The Miss Universe Canada Western Ontario Regional Pageant was held on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the Capitol Theatre. Contestants strut on stage during the evening gown segment of the 2015 Miss...
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Spotty 911 phone service worries emergency responders
A recent string of 911 phone line failures in Essex County has emergency responders worried about their ability to respond to calls on time. People’s lives are in jeopardy if these problems continue,...
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OPP investigating suspicious fire in Colchester
Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a suspicious fire that broke out at a home in Colchester early Sunday morning. Police were called to the scene on Draper Street around 2:45 a.m. Upon...
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Bird sanctuary celebrates 150th birthday of founder
Coinciding with National Wildlife Week, the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation celebrated the 150th birthday of its founder on Saturday. “He’s considered the father of wildlife conservation,” said...
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Windsor in Pictures: April 13, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Monday. Check out the gallery. Fisherman hit some rough water on the Detroit River on Monday, April 13, 2015, in Windsor, ON....
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Amherstburg council reaches compromise over budget sessions
Amherstburg councillors reached a compromise Monday over the timing of budget sessions that would have excluded the mayor from the deliberations. After several attempts to reschedule three daytime...
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Environment Canada warns of strong, gusty winds
Windsor and Essex County could be hit by strong and gusty winds Monday afternoon, warns Environment Canada. A fast-moving cold front is approaching Southern Ontario and could bring with it strong...
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Amherstburg cited by ombudsman for closed meeting violation
Amherstburg council met behind closed doors last December to discuss an issue that they were not allowed to discuss, according to the Ontario ombudsman but the mayor said they have learned from their...
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Leamington man arrested for allegedly swinging pool cue at bar owner
OPP have arrested a man after he allegedly swung a pool cue and threatened the owner of a Leamington bar early Saturday morning. Ontario Provincial Police responded to a disturbance in the 100 block of...
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Windsor in Pictures: April 14, 2015
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Tuesday. Check out the gallery. Traffic was halted on the Ambassador Bridge after a truck caught fire on April 14, 2015....
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Amherstburg car dealer hopes test drives will raise cash for high school
An Amherstburg dealership is hoping to convince at least 500 people to test drive its Buick vehicles as part of a fundraiser for General Amherst High School. Saturday’s event, called Buick Drive For...
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