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Nurses protest job cuts at Windsor Regional Hospital
More than 50 nurses and supporters rallied Monday outside both campuses of Windsor Regional Hospital to protest planned layoffs of 169 local registered nurses. “This is a sad day for nursing,” said Sue...
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Windsor in Pictures: Feb. 15, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Monday. Check out the gallery. Mike Ross, an investigator with the Ontario Fire Marshal’s office is shown Monday, Feb. 15, 2016,...
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Local Movember campaign raises more than $200K
The local Movember campaign has raised $219,545 for prostate cancer research. While the national campaign dropped from $24 million in 2014 to $14 million in 2015, Grow On in Windsor and Essex County...
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Want your own island in Lake Erie? You'll need $888,888, a boat and love for...
Want your own island? Sandy beaches. Privacy. Same latitude as Northern California. For $888,888, Middle Sister Island — an 8.1-acre retreat on Lake Erie northwest of Pelee Island and just inside...
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Windsor in Picture: Feb. 16, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Tuesday. Check out the gallery. Windsor Goodfellows vice president Gilbert Barichello displays food gift cards that helped feed...
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Harrow group makes pitch to save high school
Supporters of Harrow District High School tossed a ‘Hail Mary’ pass to the Greater Essex County District School Board Tuesday in hopes of saving the school from closure in June, but found no takers...
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County council wants federal environment minister to oversee Marathon...
Essex County representatives will ask for support from the federal government in dealing with a Michigan refinery that plans to increase its emissions. Council voted Wednesday to send a letter to...
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Windsor in Pictures: Feb. 17, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. Ice fisher Ilija Petrovski drilled several holes with his razor-sharp auger, but the fish were...
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Reconsider location of mega-hospital
When I first heard about the idea of a new “mega” hospital in our area, I thought it was a great idea. Now, I’m not so sure. The chosen location is fine with me and would even cut a few minutes off our...
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Colio Estate Wines adding craft cider and beer to portfolio
Colio Estate Wines is adding craft cider and beer to its portfolio. The Harrow winery has purchased Provincial Beverages of Canada — a leading producer of award-winning Ontario craft cider and beers....
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Windsor in Pictures: Feb. 18, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Thursday. Check out the gallery. Windsor police investigate at 920 Ouellette Ave. after a man died in hospital following an...
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United Way announces finalists for I Believe in My Community Awards
Windsor’s United Way announced the finalists Friday for its annual I Believe in My Community Awards. Along with 26 finalists in eight categories, the United Way announced the recipients for its three...
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Nominees sought for 9th annual nursing award
Nominations are now being accepted for the 9th annual Lois Fairley Nursing Award, which honours outstanding nurses in Windsor and Essex County. Presented by the Windsor-Essex chapter of the Registered...
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Windsor in Pictures: Feb. 19, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Friday. Check out the gallery. WINDSOR, ON. FEB. 19, 2016. The United Way of Windsor-Essex County announced the “I Believe in My...
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Local Roundup: St. Anne Saints take WECSSAA basketball championship
The St. Anne Saints emerged victorious from a defensive battle with the Catholic Central Comets to take the WECSSAA senior boys’ AAA championship by a 32-30 score on Sunday at the St. Denis Centre. The...
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Homestead offers French history and maple delights
Visitors to the John R. Park Homestead can delve into 400 years of French presence in Ontario, while enjoying some sweet maple treats. The bilingual exhibition titled Ontario’s Franophonie: Then and...
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OPP officer suffers hypothermia during dog river rescue
Const. Keith Daynes hoped the ice would stay strong and keep him from plunging into the freezing river, but that’s not what happened. “I thought it might hold me and then I could hear the ice, almost...
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Door-to-door air purifier salesman on trial for fraud
When Dennis Lee sold air purifiers door-to-door in Windsor and Essex County, the company that supplied him with the units was inundated with complaints from unhappy customers, the salesman’s fraud and...
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Local pot company calls expansion into cannabis oil a 'game changer'
LEAMINGTON— A little over a year after becoming one of Canada’s first licensed producers and sellers of medical marijuana, Aphria Inc. is doubling its size, going on a hiring spree and expanding from...
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Windsor in Pictures: Feb. 22, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Monday. Check out the gallery. The first annual ASSIST Dodgeball Tournament will be held Feb. 28, 2016, at Central Park Athletics...
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