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Dodgeball tournament to benefit local kids in sports
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. It’s a line most lovers of the movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog story would recognize in a moment. On Sunday, Feb. 28, it’s your turn to shine at the...
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Making history come alive in Windsor-Essex
Bringing the past into the present and sharing it one tale, talk or tour at a time – for area historian and author Chris Carter, this is his passion. “Everything that happened in Canada from the mid...
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Mom of slain woman on mission to warn teens about abusive relationships
There was no glaring sign for Dawn Novak that anything was wrong, until her daughter was found dead. “There’s no thought, there’s no sound, there’s nothing,” Novak recalled Tuesday of the moment police...
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Sandwich West elementary school to reopen Wednesday
Students at Sandwich West elementary school in LaSalle will head back to class Wednesday after a day off school due to a water main break under the building. The floors of Sandwich West elementary...
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Allow demolition of Sandwich Town homes
Let the bridge company demolish the decrepit homes on Indian Road already. Quit this ridiculous vindictive behaviour that has no place in City Hall. Let the Morouns build their new span. Why would you...
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Rotary Club of LaSalle Centennial celebrates anniversary with service project...
Rotarians served up dinner Tuesday night and helped organize the Mission’s food bank and clothes closets. The event marked the 111th birthday of Rotary International. Rotary LaSalle meet every Tuesday...
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Windsor in Pictures: Feb. 24, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Wednesday. Check out the gallery. The United Way of Windsor-Essex County held their annual iClimb event on Wednesday, February...
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Fire causes estimated $500,000 damage to recently built home in Amherstburg
The owners of a newly-built home in Amherstburg got a nasty surprise on moving day. An early-morning fire at 744 Front Rd. N. caused extensive smoke damage throughout the two-storey waterfront home...
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Windsor sets no example for Essex County
Re: Essex County can’t escape amalgamation, column by Lloyd Brown-John, Feb. 18. Brown-John’s musings about this issue is as “a tale told by fools full of sound and fury signifying nothing,” as he...
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Windsor In Pictures: February 25, 2017
The Windsor Spitfires Christian Fischer and Logan Brown (right) fight off the Barrie Colts Cameron Lizotte as they crash goaltender David Ovsjannikov at the WFCU Centre in Windsor on Thursday, February...
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OFSAA championships to take centre stage in area over next two weeks
For thousands of Ontario high schools students, the road to a provincial championship has gone through Windsor and Essex County this school year. It’s already been a busy high school sports season for...
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Amherstburg house fire ignited by oil-stained rags
A pile of rags used to stain woodwork is being blamed for igniting a blaze that caused an estimated $500,000 in damage at an Amherstburg home on Thursday. Fire officials completed their investigation...
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Windsor in Pictures: Feb. 26, 2016
Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county Friday. Check out the gallery. A trio of deer is shown at the Ojibway Park on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, in Windsor, Ont. Heather...
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Local Liberals start effort to rebuild in Windsor
The federal Liberal party under new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau swept into power across Canada in November, but the Windsor area was nowhere to be found within the movement. A $100-million innovation...
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Windsor breaks warm-weather record, snow storm looms in week ahead
Residents in Windsor and Essex County would be forgiven for thinking they woke up to spring today. Windsor broke the record for the warmest Feb. 28 after the mercury climbed to 15.4 C. The previous...
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Windsor Weekend in Pictures: Feb. 27-28, 2016
Windsor Star’s Dax Melmer covered the city and county this weekend. Check out the gallery. University of Toronto’s Rachel Jewett wins her heat in the women’s 600 metre run at the OUA Track and Field...
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Local Roundup: Lancers capture OUA track title at home
The University of Windsor Lancers did not let the pressure of being the No. 1-ranked team in the country get the best of them this time. A year ago, the Lancers were also No. 1 in the country, but...
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Get active this March Break in the town of Essex
Swimming and skating are just a few of the family-friendly activities the Town of Essex is offering this March break. “We invite everyone, especially families, to take advantage of the many programs...
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Snowfall predicted for Windsor-Essex on Tuesday
Keep your shovels and window scrapers handy, folks: Snow is coming to Windsor-Essex. A weather system that is expected to hit the Lower Great Lakes on Tuesday has prompted Environment Canada to issue a...
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Windsor home to more than 1,000 Syrian refugees by end of 2016
Even though Ottawa hit its Syrian refugee target over the weekend, hundreds more will be coming to Windsor and Essex County in 2016, the Star has learned. Before the year is done, well over 1,000...
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