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Relentless campaign required to combat violence against women
Under cold, somber gray skies 14 female University of Windsor students, most of who weren’t even born when the Montreal Massacre occurred Dec. 6, 1989, verbally sketched out the unfinished lives of the...
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Violent home invasion in central Windsor
Windsor police are investigating after two residents were attacked in their home in central Windsor early Saturday morning. Police said a man living in the 700 block of Marion Avenue answered a knock...
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UPDATED: Fatal crash in Chatham
A man is dead after the pickup truck he was driving collided with a transport truck just west of Chatham Saturday morning. Chatham-Kent police said the crash occurred on Queen’s Line between Bloomfield...
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$50M Lotto Max intact, six MaxMillions won
TORONTO – For a third straight Friday, there’s no winning ticket for the $50-million Lotto Max jackpot. Twenty MaxMillions prizes of $1-million each were also up for grabs last night, and six of them...
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Low-income families at risk as food costs rise, health unit reports
Rebecca Wright and Beatrice Fantoni The latest data from the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit shows the cost to feed an average family of four has risen five per cent since last year. According to the...
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Leamington businessman killed in Brazil remembered as ‘great guy’
A prominent Leamington businessman has died after he was shot during an attempted robbery in Brazil on Saturday. According to the news website Veja Sao Paulo, New Energy Farms president Dean Tiessen...
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Local lawyer honours wife, mother with $900,000 to hospital’s pathology unit
Windsor Regional Hospital received a $900,000 donation from a local lawyer over the weekend. Tullio Meconi said he wishes to honour his late wife, Rosemary, and mother, Gilda, with the donation. “I...
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11-year-old collects, donates 400 winter accessories to needy
Eleven-year-old community activist Tatum Roy’s message is simple: Even small gestures can have a huge impact. That was the idea behind her Christmas campaign this year, called Small Gift, Big...
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Jarvis: Raising the bar
Ten per cent more students achieving the provincial standards in reading and writing. Up to 15 per cent more achieving the standard for math. In one year. More poor children in the gifted program and...
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Did a parks employee steal gas from a city pump?
Officials at Windsor’s parks and recreation department were so sure someone was stealing gas from city pumps in the summer of 2012 they put two private eyes on the job. Those investigators say they...
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Senior Windsor police officers defend guilty staff sergeant
Charges of assaulting an officer have dropped 75 per cent since policy changes put such cases under greater scrutiny at Windsor police. The revealing statistic was heard Monday at a Police Act hearing...
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Slain businessman a victim of Brazil crime wave
The area where Leamington Businessman Dean Tiessen was killed by bandits Saturday in Brazil had an elevated crime rate marked by armed robberies, carjackings and random violence, reports inside the...
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Pharmacist and friends wrestle would-be robber to the ground
The friends of an Erie Street pharmacist came to the rescue after he was held at knifepoint by a would-be robber Saturday, pinning the suspect to the floor until police arrived. Windsor police said...
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Police release video in Leamington break and enter (with video)
Police are looking to the public to help identify two suspects wanted for a break-in at two Leamington cottages in November. Ontario Provincial Police said two residences on Cotterie Park in Leamington...
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Regional Children’s Centre program named Tree of Lights beneficiary
The Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital’s Tree of Lights campaign will donate the proceeds of this year’s fundraising efforts to the Regional Children’s Centre’s Positive Parenting Program. The program has been...
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Windsor woman wins $90K in Lotto 6/49 draw
A Windsor grandmother is nearly $90,000 richer after taking second prize in a recent Lotto 6/49 draw. Carol Dumoulin, 67, won $89,744.10 in the Nov. 23 draw. “I’ve already invested it,” said Dumoulin,...
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Hotel-Dieu Grace launches complex-care study
The Complex Continuing Care, Rehab and Specialized Mental Health unit within Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital has begun to extensively “map” the flow of patients from entry to exit in hopes of identifying...
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Accused Windsor cop paid $288,000 — and counting — while suspended
For the last 3½ years, Windsor taxpayers have forked out $288,000 for one police officer to stay home. The Police Act hearing into alleged misconduct by Const. Dorothy Nesbeth began again Monday after...
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New west-end high school will be called Westview Freedom Academy
Westview Freedom Academy is the name for the new west-end high school that will replace Forster and Century high schools starting next fall. The name was approved Tuesday night by trustees of the...
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