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Windsor-Essex increases recycling but could do better, Tom Bain says
Residents of Windsor-Essex recycled slightly more in 2014 than in 2013, but the region’s solid waste authority says it may be difficult to substantially increase this amount going forward. According to...
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Splash! Expansion of Lakeshore recreation complex underway
A groundbreaking of sorts took place at Lakeshore’s Atlas Tube Centre Monday morning for the aquatic portion of the town’s $62-million recreation complex. “I think its quite appropriate that … on the...
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Windsor In Pictures: July 6, 2015
Canadian Youth Chess Championships hosted by The Windsor Chess Club, held at St. Clair Centre for the Arts in Windsor, Ontario on July 6, 2015. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star) Competitors from across...
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Hawks and horses at Windsor Police Camp Brombal
Emile Aube gets a close up look at an owl during Camp Brombal near Woodslee on Monday, July 6, 2015. The camp is hosted by the Windsor Police Service and offers kids a chance to participate in camp...
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Special weather statement ended for Windsor-Essex
A special weather statement warning of heavy rainfall has been ended by Environment Canada for Windsor and Essex County. The statement warned of heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms Tuesday...
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Windsor’s organ donor rates record high, still below provincial average
When an exhausted and grey-skinned Brandon Thompson sat down in the emergency room after a month of flu-like symptoms, it took a nurse passing by about 30 seconds to see that he was very, very sick....
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Windsor In Pictures: July 7, 2015
Brandon Thompson sits next to the dialysis machine his is connected to for four hours, three times a week at Hotel Dieu Hospital in Windsor on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor...
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Leamington medical cannabis producer pledges $100K for osteoarthritis research
An Essex County medical marijuana producer has pledged $100,000 to the Arthritis Society for research on marijuana as treatment for osteoarthritis. Leamington-based Aphria Inc. is one of two licensed...
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Property crime spree prompt county police to issue warning to public
A string of property crime, particularly thefts from vehicles, should have Essex County residents on high alert, say police. Officers charged one man with 23 separate offences for property related...
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Police seek suspect in LaSalle mischief investigation
LaSalle police are looking to the public to help identify a hooded suspect. Police are releasing few details about the mischief that occurred on July 6. LaSalle police have released surveillance photos...
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Project announcement expected at Wheatley’s Hike Metal
The federal government is expected to announce a new project at Hike Metal Products on Thursday. The Wheatley ship builder was in the spotlight recently after it was quickly disqualified from the bid...
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Statement warns of heavy rainfall for Windsor and Essex County
A special weather statement warning of heavy rainfall has been issued by Environment Canada for Windsor and Essex County, where as much as 40 mm of rain could fall Thursday morning. Find Windsor Star...
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Windsor In Pictures: July 8, 2015
Rick Wilkinson is photographed at his home in Windsor on Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Wilkinson was shocked to discover someone tried to steal one of his dogs. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star) The...
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University of Windsor hosts science academy for local high school students
With their beakers, calculators and lab coats in hand, local high school students are getting a jump-start on their Grade 12 science classes this week at the University of Windsor. Thirty-four Grade 11...
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Trio faces 23 charges after attempting to cash stolen cheque
Three people are facing nearly two dozen charges after they allegedly attempted to cash a stolen cheque in Tecumseh. Ontario Provincial Police were called to a money cashing business on Manning Road...
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Hike Metal Products awarded $43M contract to build Coast Guard ships
A $43.4-million contract from the federal government announced Thursday has eased the sting of rejection for Hike Metal Products president Andy Stanton whose company didn’t qualify during the bidding...
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Windsor In Pictures: July 9, 2015
Firefighters battle a house fire on Manning Road in Tecumseh on Thursday, July 9, 2015. Firefighters quickly put the blaze out. No one was hurt in the fire. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)...
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Researchers think Lake Erie in store for another severe toxic algae outbreak...
TOLEDO, Ohio - Lake Erie will see one of the most severe toxic algae outbreaks in recent years this summer, a year after toxins contaminated the drinking water for 400,000 people in northwestern Ohio...
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Severe Lake Erie algal bloom predicted to approach 2011 record, beat 2013
The stinky, scummy algal bloom in Lake Erie is expected to be so severe this summer it could approach the record 2011 bloom and become the second worst blue-green algae season in recent history. “Given...
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Colchester family holds car wash fundraiser in memory of late son
Seven years after losing her only sibling in a deadly car accident, 18-year-old Darla McLennan still misses her brother Dylyn and thinks of him often. She and her mother Robin worked under cloudless...
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