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LaSalle mayor voices concerns over new habitat area for Fox snake
Mayor Ken Antaya says he has voiced his concerns to the Ministry of Natural Resources over a planned habitat area off Todd Lane for the endangered fox snake. Antaya said the town doesn’t have any say...
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Windsor man blocked from Legoland
By Sarah Boesveld, National Post John St-Onge has long found Lego fascinating — far more interesting than the blocks he had as a boy. So when his first child was born in 1983, he thought to himself:...
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City’s anti-skunk program begins (With video)
Beware, Pepe Le Pew. Windsor residents can now arrange for the trapping and killing of a pesky neighbourhood skunk with a simple phone call: The city’s controversial anti-skunk program has officially...
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‘More or less 60 persons’ missing in Lac-Mégantic (with video)
By ADAM KOVAC, JAN RAVENSBERGEN AND ANNE SUTHERLAND, THE GAZETTE LAC-MÉGANTIC/MONTREAL — The estimated number of missing in the Lac-Mégantic disaster is now hovering around 60, including the 15...
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Death toll upped as some residents allowed home
By Adam Kovac LAC-MÉGANTIC — The confirmed body count in Lac-Mégantic continued to rise, as the Sûreté du Québec announced two more bodies had been found on Tuesday afternoon. The total now stands at...
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Lengthy attempted murder trial begins
The trial of a Windsor woman accused of plotting to drug and kill her estranged husband began in Ontario court Wednesday with legal arguments over whether investigating officers denied the accused her...
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OPP investigate after body found in Leamington
Provincial police are investigating after a fisherman found a body in the water at a Leamington marina. The fisherman discovered a man’s body Wednesday morning at Towle’s Marina on Point Pelee Drive....
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Photos: Man Injured After Crashing Motorcycle
A motorcyclist was injured after crashing his bike Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in the 4600 block of Walker Road in Windsor, Ont. The accident occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m. and no other vehicles...
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Public board wants release from labour restrictions
The local public school board is calling on the Ontario government to change its labour laws so the board can seek competitive construction bids from union and non-union contractors. Currently the...
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New candidate for Windsor-Tecumseh not focused on victory
Another candidate joined the byelection race for Windsor-Tecumseh on Wednesday, but he’s not in it to win. “I’m not looking to make a political statement or become a professional politician, but I am...
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Tanker rolled over on 401
A tanker truck rolled over in the westbound curb lane of Highway 401 around 8:10 p.m. Wednesday. The 18-wheeler freight truck crashed at the junction with Highway 3. There were no injuries, according...
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Downtown Winter Fest set for November 30
It’s hot and sunny outside but the Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association is already thinking about winter. With ample lead time, the second annual downtown Winter Fest is scheduled for...
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Patterson Collegiate holding 125th anniversary party
There’s a chance to party like jitterbugs, beatniks or hippies as past students, teachers and the community are invited to celebrate a 125th anniversary/reunion for Patterson Collegiate Institute. It’s...
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Prepare for heat next week, warns health unit
It’s gonna get hot, hot, hot. Anticipating a wave of steamy conditions across the region next week, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has issued a Level 2 heat alert for July 14 to 17 — Sunday to...
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Second blaze in Pierre Avenue apartment building
Fire officials were unable to determine the cause of a fire that broke out at an apartment complex on Pierre Avenue Saturday morning less than two weeks after an arson took place within the same...
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23 injured in Pamplona as bull run ends in a stampede (with video)
PAMPLONA, Spain – The penultimate bull run of Spain’s San Fermin festival left at least 23 people injured Saturday, when thrill-seekers fleeing the beasts were crushed at the narrow entrance to the...
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WonderBroads win 2013 dragon boat races
Windsor’s WonderBroads dragon boat team took first place again at the International Dragon Boat Races on Saturday at Lakeside Park. The WonderBroads aren’t strangers to victory – the team, which is...
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TV station, NTSB apologize after report of bogus San Francisco crash pilot names
OAKLAND, Calif. – A San Francisco Bay Area TV station has apologized after reporting bogus names of the four pilots aboard Asiana Airlines flight 214 that were a play on Asian names. KTVU-TV co-anchor...
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Police searching for suspects in pair of weekend purse snatchings
Windsor police are on the lookout for two suspects – or possibly the same male suspect – after two purse snatchings between Friday night and Saturday morning. According to police, the first victim, a...
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Foiled dollar store robbery ends in assault Friday evening
A botched dollar store robbery left a store clerk with minor injuries on Friday evening and police searching for a female suspect riding an e-bike. According to police reports, around 7:30 p.m. on...
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