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Eighth annual bone marrow bowl-a-thon Aug. 24
Windsor’s eighth annual stem cell and bone marrow research bowl-a-thon takes place Saturday, August 24, 2013. The Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Association will host Throw a Strike for the Gift of Life at...
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After Games success — more to come?
Is that it? After going giddy with pride hosting the world to the gushing reviews of participants and visitors, Mayor Eddie Francis said Windsorites at every stop have been asking him if there’s...
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Doctor details Boston Marathon suspect’s injuries following capture
By Denise Lavoie, The Associated Press BOSTON — Newly released court documents describe the injuries to the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, including multiple gunshot wounds to his face....
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Scuba diver tries to smuggle marijuana underwater across St. Clair River
A Canadian man is in U.S. custody after he was caught in a scuba suit towing eight pounds of marijuana across the St. Clair River. Border agents made the arrest early Monday on the shoreline of Marine...
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Residents, politicians rejoice as remaining petcoke removed from riverfront
One of the first Windsor residents to speak out more than six months ago about the piles of petroleum coke on the Detroit riverfront was still pinching herself Tuesday after a ship hauled away the last...
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Attempted murder charges dropped against Windsor woman
A Windsor woman who was accused of plotting to murder her husband is now free. Mary Agpaoa, 28, was released from custody Tuesday after pleading guilty to assault with a weapon. All other charges...
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Stuff the bus for the Salvation Army food bank in Leamington
The Salvation Army hopes residents will stuff a bus full of food and clothing to feed and clothe residents over the winter. The stuff a bus event will be Saturday and Sunday at the Real Canadian...
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Windsor woman takes on monarch rearing
A retired Windsor woman is spending her summer ditch-diving, armed with a black garbage bag, to save an iconic local insect. Linda Dufour, sitting on her shaded backyard deck Tuesday afternoon, said...
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Tilbury man charged in South Carolina fatal collision
A man with a local connection has been arrested and faces impaired driving charges in a fatal collision in South Carolina where a woman was killed and her three children seriously injured. Local media...
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Police seek suspects in beating, robbery
Police are looking for two suspects after a university student reported being robbed at gunpoint, struck in the head and tied up with an extension cord in his home Monday night. Police responded to a...
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U of W parking garage opening delayed, other projects on schedule
The University of Windsor’s new erector-set-like parking garage will not yet be fully operational when classes resume in less than two weeks. Holly Ward, chief communications officer for the school,...
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Essex County OPP officer ticketed after Lakeshore cruiser crash
An OPP officer is facing a traffic charge following a collision last Wednesday on Highway 401 in Lakeshore. The officer was en route to a call for service in the eastbound lanes of the 401 near French...
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Canadian police chiefs say lack of funding putting mentally ill on the streets
WINNIPEG — Canada’s police chiefs say governments must “step up” and provide more support for the mentally ill. The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, which has been meeting in Winnipeg, says...
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Budget squeeze forces Windsor police to reduce ranks
Police salaries are growing at twice the rate of those for Ontario public sector employees, according to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. Municipalities spent more than $3.7 billion on...
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Tilbury man facing felonies after deadly crash witnessed by victim’s husband
A Tilbury man charged with drunk driving in the death of a South Carolina mother barely avoided hitting her husband seconds before slamming head-on into her car while driving his truck on the wrong...
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U of W grad student awarded prestigious research grant
A University of Windsor student has landed a prestigious research grant to help solve the mystery of why some breast cancer patients don’t respond to chemotherapy. Rosa-Maria Ferraiuolo, who is...
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U.S. authorities name alleged scuba-diving smuggler
The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office has named the 24-year-old Windsor man who allegedly tried to smuggle marijuana into Michigan by scuba swimming across the river. Jesse James Thomas Zunti was...
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Letter targeting boy not hate crime: police
An anonymous letter telling an Ontario family to “euthanize” their 13-year-old autistic child because of the noise he makes while playing outside does not constitute a hate crime, police said Tuesday....
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Hummingbird festival at Ojibway
What makes hummingbirds hum? How do you band tiny creatures? And how do you get them to your home? Just some of the questions that will be explored at Saturday’s Nectare Festival at Ojibway Nature...
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$40K donation to cancer centre brings campaign to $3.5 million
Another hefty donation has brought Windsor a step closer to having its own men’s cancer treatment facility. On Tuesday, Bank of Montreal Financial Group donated $40,000 to the Windsor & Essex...
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