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Arts Council Windsor and Region Arts Notes
Check out this week’s ACWR ArtsNotes – Your weekly guide to the arts in Windsor and Essex County. THE CLOSEST THING TO SURRENDER 2 | STEPHEN DROUIN @ Artspeak Gallery Exhibition Runs: to April 4 2014...
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Tecumseh’s Suthers chasing hockey dream in U.S.
For the past three years, Tecumseh’s Keenan Suthers has made an almost daily cross-border run to the United States. It was in 2011 that Suthers, who holds dual citizenship, opted to leave minor hockey...
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Tecumseh tries to reduce feral cat population
The town of Tecumseh is offering a $50 voucher for low-income residents to spay and neuter cats as part of the town’s efforts to get the feral cat population under control. There is a cap of three...
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ERCA issues flood warning
With heavy downpours and thunderstorms likely on the way, the Essex Region Conservation Authority has issued a flood warning for the region. ERCA said there is a chance that up to 35 mm of rain could...
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Parents vow to fight recommendation to close St. Gregory school (With video)
The Catholic school board administration has recommended St. Gregory elementary school in Tecumseh be shut down at the end of this school year. And that doesn’t sit well with parents of the close-knit...
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Horse racing disappears in Essex County (With video)
The stalls are empty, training tracks are overgrown and abandoned paddocks are still full of equipment. They’re all relics of what was once a booming horse racing industry. No one knows that better...
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Essex Civic Centre won’t be golden for long (With video)
The Essex County Civic Centre’s trademark golden glass is being permanently removed in a $5.7-million building overhaul. “It will no longer be the gold building on Highway 3,” county director of...
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County council cautious over expanding paramedicine programs
County councillors took the wait-and-see option on a provincial recommendation to expand the work of paramedics to include home visits. Bruce Krauter, acting chief of the Essex-Windsor Emergency...
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Horwath pledges job creation through tax credits (With video)
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said Friday her party will examine the Liberal budget before it decides whether to support the government or reject the budget and force an election. The growing...
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Some jobs women shouldn’t do, say a third of young survey respondents
There are some jobs women should not be doing, say a third of young Windsor and Essex County residents who were surveyed recently. The survey of 313 local males and females ages 14-25 looked at...
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Windsor in Pictures: April 4, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. The Windsor Express’ Darren Duncan collides with the Island Storm’s Jeremy Williams on the...
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Have your say on county’s website makeover
The County of Essex is making over its website and administrators are looking for suggestions on how to make it better. “What we want to do is engage the public and members of county council, anyone...
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LaSalle woman scoops up Cabrera’s 2,000th hit (With video)
They attended a Tigers game to honour their father and friend – and a miracle happened. Ali McCabe on Friday caught Miguel Cabrera’s 2,000 hit, a memento destined to go down as one of the most historic...
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Consultants value Amherstburg’s Essex Power shares at $8 million
An independent evaluation of Amherstburg’s share of Essex Power Corporation has set the valuation $4 million lower than the purchase price offered by electricity distribution company Entegrus. “It’s a...
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Use of stolen gift card leads to Lakeshore break-in suspect
The use of a stolen gift card has led to the arrest of a man suspected of a break-in in Belle River. Mark Laporte, 41, of Lakeshore, was taken into custody on Monday by provincial police. OPP said the...
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Horse surgery disappears from Southwestern Ontario
The last remaining equine surgical centre in Southwestern Ontario is closing Tuesday. The only other equine facility in the region, Dr. Mark Biederman’s centre in Lakeshore, closed last week after the...
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Q and A about new role for paramedics
The province wants to expand the role of paramedics to relieve the pressure on emergency rooms. Windsor-Essex EMS acting-chief Bruce Krauter said his department is too busy to provide primary care to...
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Beatrice Fantoni’s Table Talk
Local wineries take home medals at U.S. competition Local wineries brought home dozens of medals from the latest Finger Lakes International Wine Competition in New York State in late March. Black Bear...
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Alleged drunk driver nearly slams into police cruiser
Essex County OPP arrested a couple of people who allegedly got behind the wheel drunk over the weekend, including one who nearly slammed head-on into a police cruiser. On Friday, police received a...
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Search on for tastier greenhouse tomato
In a $1.3 million quest to develop the perfect Ontario greenhouse tomato, researchers already know what consumers don’t want: something that tastes like cardboard. “A lot of people say that. What we’re...
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