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Windsor and Essex County charities boosted by big donations
With Christmas right around the corner, local organizations are giving back to Windsor charities to help them through the holiday season, but also to inspire the spirit of giving all year round. Two...
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Windsor in Pictures: Dec. 14, 2015
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Monday. Check out the gallery. Essex Windsor EMS paramedics, Windsor firefighters and Windsor Police assist during a two-vehicle...
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LaSalle passes new animal control bylaw
LaSalle council has formally approved its updated bylaw with regard to the control of animals. The new bylaw passed Tuesday night sees the town restricting the tethering of dogs to four hours a day and...
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Move over fries. Health unit gets fruit on the snack menu in Tecumseh, LaSalle
Instead of fries, pop and Slushies, the Tecumseh arena concession stand had bananas, apples and bottled water on its front counter Tuesday. Heather Nadon, a registered dietitian with the Windsor-Essex...
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Windsor in Pictures: Dec. 15, 2015
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Tuesday. Check out the gallery. Easy to find craft beer display at Superstore 9 a.m. on Tuesday Dec. ber 15, 2015. Easy to find...
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Leamington birthing plan moves forward, while hospital deliveries drop
The number of baby deliveries continues to slide at Leamington District Memorial Hospital, which last year contemplated shutting its obstetrics unit because half the pregnant women in its catchment...
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Ministry response on LaSalle flooding concerns not enough
LaSalle Mayor Ken Antaya is not impressed with the Ministry of Transportation’s response to town concerns over a possible connection between flooding and the new Herb Gray Parkway project. The town...
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LaSalle council deals with budget
LaSalle councillors were told approved building lots are getting hard to come by, which will have an adverse effect on the town’s bottom line. Councillors were braced for a projected lack of growth...
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Windsor in Pictures: Dec. 16, 2015
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. Melanie Coulter, executive director of the Windsor/Essex County Humane Society, displays cat...
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Windsor doesn't need more retail space
Re: The city didn’t win. We all lost, column by Anne Jarvis, Dec. 11. How short-sighted is Windsor’s decision to support the big box development at Ojibway? As Jarvis stated, “jobs” and “the city’s...
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School boards ready for expected influx of Syrian students
With a still undetermined number of Syrian refugees to begin arriving in Windsor over the coming weeks, Greater Essex County School Board officials said plans are already in place to handle the...
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Health unit bracing for influx of Syrian refugees coming to Windsor
When Syrian refugees begin arriving in Windsor in larger numbers, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit will be ready to assist in whatever way possible. Associate medical officer of health Dr. Wajid...
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Windsor in Pictures: Dec. 17, 2015
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Thursday. Check out the gallery. Sarah Lewis, centre, is welcomed by Street Help visitors Melanie Smith, left, Steve Wait, right,...
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Essex County company fined $65,000 for spill
An Essex County business has been fined $65,000 for letting a black liquid spill into public waterways, according to the provincial ministry of environment and climate change. Agriculture Technology...
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Windsor in Pictures: Dec. 18, 2015
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Friday. Check out the gallery. Bob Ristovski, owner of Bob O’s Pizza on Pelissier Street in Windsor, Ont., is pictured on Dec. 18,...
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Volunteers spread joy in Ghana during Rotary mission
More than $200,000 in donations raised locally by 22 volunteers helped provide the “gift of life” to villagers in remote areas of Ghana. Led by Rotarian Kim Spirou, the group was able to dig five fresh...
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Obituary: Former coroner 'overcame a lot to accomplish what he did'
A “very, very busy man who literally ran everywhere,” Dr. Maurice Bull was an old-fashioned family doctor and a prominent local coroner, called to the grisly scenes of hundreds of sudden or unexplained...
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Photos: Windsor realtors fill food baskets for families in need
Angie Goulet of Angie Goulet & Associates and Re/Max sales representative Terra Lavack brought together a team of local companies and retailers to help those that need a little assistance at this...
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Jarvis: Here's to you
There are many fine people in Windsor and Essex County, many smart people, many inspiring people. They make this community better. Lucky me — I get to write about them. Here’s a toast to an eclectic...
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Windsor Weekend In Pictures: Dec. 19-20, 2015
The second annual Sleighing Hunger concert by The S’aints took place at Caesars Windsor Sunday night, raising $45,000 for The Dowtown Mission in Windsor, the Unemployed Help Centre and Chatham Outreach...
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