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Windsor In Pictures: Friday, April 24, 2015
The Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county on Friday, April 24, 2015. Catholic Central players celebrate the shootout victory over Cardinal Carter during the Southwest Ontario...
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New loans and grants will help greenhouses access cheaper energy: Minister of...
Steve Enns says it can be tough to keep his greenhouse tomatoes warm during the winter, when the small pipes in the ground can’t always transport as much natural gas as the facility needs. “The plants...
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Windsor Weekend In Pictures: April 25-26, 2014
From left, Gerd Diestelmann, Peter Hrastovec, and Roger Coutts Umstead, play Scrabble at the Windsor Central Library’s new Library Living Room, Saturday, April 25, 2015. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)...
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LaSalle police search for credit card thief
LaSalle police are searching for a suspect with an “Owen Wilson” nose who allegedly stole from local fitness clubs. Police said the suspect is wanted in connection with three thefts and fraudulent use...
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Young writer loves living in Windsor
Re: ‘Can’t get no satisfaction’, by Carolyn Thompson, April 21. The purpose of my letter is to explain what living in Windsor and Essex County means to me. I will give reasons and examples to show why...
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Windsor In Pictures: April 27, 2015
Windsor Express players board the team bus after arriving at the airport in Windsor Monday. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star) Steph Godin nails a beam together at Gesstwood Camp in near Essex on...
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Cold kills grape buds again but there will be Essex County wine this year
A second cold winter has killed grape buds but at least this year Essex County wineries will have some grapes to make local wine. “Although the winter was cold and we did lose some grapes again, it’s...
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Volunteers help give Gesstwood Camp a facelift
Volunteers hammered, sawed and shovelled at Gesstwood Camp in Essex on Monday to help spruce up the non-for-profit camp for kids. “I can’t believe the amount of people who have showed up,” said Karen...
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Dirt bike stolen from barn in Lakeshore
Police in Lakeshore are searching for a suspect after a dirt bike was stolen from a barn over the weekend. Ontario Provincial Police said a barn in the 5000 block of Essex County Road 46 was broken...
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L’Essor student one of the chosen few for Queen’s accelerated medical program
She’s not quite Doogie Howser, teenaged doctor, but Stoney Point’s Michelle Lutsch will soon be one of the youngest medical students in Canada. The 18-year-old L’Essor student is one of 10 students...
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Windsor In Pictures: April 28, 2015
Remy Boulbol, Director of Community Engagement for the Welcome Centre Shelter for Women, left, accepts a donation of care packages from Kelly Laforest , Health Safety Environmental specialist at...
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Emergency crews respond to collisions in Kingsville, Amherstburg
At least two motorists were injured in a serious collision near Howard Avenue and Alma Street in Amherstburg Tuesday afternoon. A Dodge Journey and a truck collided about 2 p.m. and emergency crews...
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Tecumseh agrees to new six-year contract with provincial police
The Town of Tecumseh will continue its 70-year relationship with the Ontario Provincial Police after councillors agreed Tuesday to a new six-year contract. Deputy Mayor Joe Bachetti suggested extending...
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Tecumseh fire crews knock down Oldcastle blaze
Employees were evacuated from a commercial building in Oldcastle Wednesday morning following a fire. The blaze broke out Wednesday morning in a building in the 5500 block of DiCoco Drive/McCord Lane....
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Experts recommend keeping birthing services in Leamington
An expert panel is recommending keeping births at the Leamington hospital under a new community-based model after concluding ending the service poses too great a risk to mothers and their babies. The...
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Natyshak calls on provincial government to widen Highway 3
Taras Natyshak is calling on the provincial government to revisit plans to widen Highway 3 between Essex and Leamington. File photo of MPP Taras Natyshak. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star) The Essex...
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Two killed in single-vehicle rollover on Highway 3 in Leamington
Two people are dead, four are in hospital and a seventh walked away unscathed after a minivan loaded with people rolled several times on Highway 3 in Leamington Wednesday. OPP Const. Stephanie Moniz...
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Windsor In Pictures: April 29, 2015
Courtney Jade Lachance, centre, a student at Herman Secondary School is shown on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at a poverty simulation event at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, ON. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor...
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Windsor In Pictures: April 30, 2015
Joshua LeClair, left, and his wife Stepanie LeClair, sit with their children Jonas, 9, and Jaycie, 12, at Riverside Baseball Centre where Jonas had an indoor baseball practice April 30, 2015. (NICK...
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Humane society performs record number of spays and neuters in April
It was a record-setting month for the Windsor/Essex County Humane Society. A total of 645 cats and dogs were spayed and neutered during April’s community cat month at the humane society. Of those, 406...
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