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Essex County OPP respond to two calls about kids locked in cars
Essex County OPP responded to two calls Friday about children locked in cars. The first call came in at 11:24 a.m., from Mersea Road One near Leamington. A woman called police saying she accidentally...
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Chatham-Kent OPP look for man who tried to take child from a daycare
Chatham-Kent OPP are asking for help to find a man shooed away from a Moraviantown daycare after trying to pick up a child who didn’t recognize him. The man showed up at the Delaware First Nation...
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Roundabout added to children’s safety village
A small-scale model of the roundabout of the Herb Gray Parkway was opened on Friday at the Children’s Safety Village with hopes of teaching kids how to safely cross and navigate such road structures...
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Windsor-Tecumseh candidates continue to spar over auto industry issues
Percy Hatfield and the Ontario NDP have given up on the manufacturing sector in Windsor, says Ontario PC Party candidate Robert de Verteuil. “They think that the auto sector is dead here,” said de...
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CAW confirms product loss, possible layoffs at Diageo
The union representing workers at Amherstburg’s Diageo bottling plant has confirmed work is being moved to other company facilities. “We were assured that there would be no immediate layoffs due to...
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Catholic school board moves to next phase of supervision
The Ministry of Education is moving to a co-management model in the next phase in the supervision of the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board. Liz Sandals, Minister of Education, announced the...
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Environment Canada reporting strong storms, little damage in Windsor, Essex...
Strong storms hit Windsor and Essex County Friday evening but Environment Canada officials say little damage occurred in the area. Mitch Meredith, severe weather meteorologist at Environment Canada’s...
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More than 1,100 still without power in Windsor-Essex, Hydro One reports
Hydro One is reporting there are still more than 1,000 customers in Essex County without power following the strong line of storms that ripped through the area Friday night. Hydro One reports there are...
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LCBO sweetens deal for federal, embassy booze purchases
OTTAWA – Ontario’s liquor board has sweetened an already sweet deal for the federal government and foreign diplomats as it chops the prices they pay for beer, wine and booze almost in half. Late last...
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11,000 gather for ‘Happiest 5K on the Planet’ at Color Run (Updated)
Thousands painted the town red after getting covered in dyed powder of all shades during Windsor’s inaugural Color Run Saturday. There were 11,000 who participated in the run and race director Chad...
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Art Walk vendors enjoy a revived Walkerville
Local art, loud music and delicious food were put on display at the 11th annual Walkerville Art Walk and Rock, but it was the historical neighborhood that was the hot topic Saturday. Windsor’s revived...
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Police search for thieves targeting elderly
Police are searching for a group of suspects they believe are targeting elderly in the community after recently responding to a number of similar reports of thefts. Between July 13 and July 20, there...
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Thousands attend circus at WFCU; protests sparked outside (with video)
Despite dozens of animal rights protesters demonstrating outside of the WFCU Centre Sunday, the facility’s annual circus event attracted over 5,000 people. Christine Sylvester, who attended with her...
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Expect more bodies in addition to three found after standoff in Cleveland...
By Thomas J. Sheeran, The Associated Press EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — Searchers rummaging through vacant houses in a neighbourhood where three bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags should be prepared...
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Chatham-Kent woman found dead
A 55-year-old Chatham-Kent woman died early Sunday morning after her car was found in a water-filled ditch near Town Line Road. The Chatham-Kent Police Service was contacted by a citizen who discovered...
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Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, admitted to hospital in labour
Gregory Katz, Associated Press Prince William’s wife, Kate, was admitted to the hospital in the early stages of labour on Monday, palace officials said. Kate was reportedly “snuck in” to the hospital,...
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Protect half of boreal forest, experts urge
By Randy Boswell/Postmedia News At least half of Canada’s vast boreal forest should be strictly protected from any kind of development and the rest should be carefully managed to preserve or restore...
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Toddler found in pond dies after family chooses to take him off life support
The toddler discovered floating in a backyard Colchester pond died Sunday night after his family decided to take him off life support. Timothy Kolar, a 23-month-old Ohio boy, was discovered last week...
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Chatham man charged after woman shot in face with pellet gun
A 25-year-old Chatham man is facing numerous firearm charges after a woman was shot in the face with a pellet gun. The incident occurred in Chatham during the early morning hours of July 14, but it...
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Parkway builder claims 320 parkway girders already installed are safe
An official with the Spanish consortium building the $1.4 billion Herb Gray Parkway said Tuesday that more than 300 girders installed along the border highway are safe, even though Ontario’s...
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