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Windsorite wins Instant Cash For Life prize
The Windsor-Essex region’s hot streak for lottery players continued this week with a local man winning Instant Cash For Life. David Ennis bought a $1 ticket at the Tourangeau Minit Mart on Tourangeau...
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Brister fired as PC candidate in Essex
Dave Brister was fired today as the Ontario PC candidate in Essex for publicly criticizing the party’s support of right-to-work legislation. “I was informed earlier this afternoon that PC HQ prefers...
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Purdue University says 1 person killed in campus shooting; suspect in custody...
By Ken Kusmer, The Associated Press WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — One person was killed inside a Purdue University classroom Tuesday by a gunman who surrendered to a police officer within minutes of the...
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Coroner’s inquest hears disturbing testimony of inmate’s last hours
A much more dire picture of Jonathan Dew’s last hours at the Windsor jail than had been previously described began to emerge on the second day of the inquest into the 26-year-old inmate’s death. After...
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21-year-old man sentenced to 15 months in Windermere stabbing
A 21-year-old man received a 15-month jail sentence Tuesday for his role in a stabbing last October in the 1500 block of Windermere Road. Cody Bosse, who has a previous conviction for robbery, plead...
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Heritage-listed church up for sale in Windsor’s core
Interested in owning an 90-year-old example of fine Windsor architecture? The Westminster United Church is yours for the taking — organ not included. “I’d say it’s a blend of Tudor revival and Gothic...
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Four-vehicle crash snarls traffic near downtown Windsor
Emergency crews are cleaning up following a 4-vehicle collision near the intersection of McDougall and University Avenues. There was significant damage to the vehicles but injuries are believed to be...
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Windsor police seek pyjama-wearing thief (with video)
Windsor police are looking for a pyjama-clad crook who borrowed a phone from a pawn shop then stole DJ equipment on his way out the door. Police were called to a pawn shop in the 800 block of Ottawa...
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Woman gets three years probation for role in assault
A Windsor woman has been sentenced to three years’ probation for her role in the assault of a Windsor man. Doris McLean, 38, pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm earlier this month and...
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Sex tape extortion trial hears from doctor’s wife
She called her the laser lady. She should have called her the other woman. Tammy Hands played both roles. She ran a laser clinic, and she was having sex with the married doctor from whom she rented her...
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Influx of Brazilian students enjoy University of Windsor life
Is it worth mentioning that Windsor is a lot colder than Brazil right now? “That’s too obvious,” says 22-year-old Luiz Henrique Aquino de Marchi with a wry grin. Tiago Garcia Fellow engineering student...
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Polar Vortex to give way to Alberta Clipper, returns next week
The good news is we’re getting a break from the Polar Vortex this weekend. The bad news is it’s being replaced by a heaping helping of the white stuff. U.S. meteorological agency AccuWeather on...
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Voyeurism charge dropped in sex-tape extortion case
David Andrew Bondy won a partial victory Wednesday in a trial where he is charged with trying to extort $25,000 from a local doctor. Bondy, the behemoth of a man whom the doctor says tried to blackmail...
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Feb. 27 fundraiser for Ghana
A Safari Soirée will be held Feb. 27 to raise money for a Rotary humanitarian mission to Ghana. The event, which includes food, entertainment, a raffle and silent auction, is being held at the City...
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Do Good Divas raise $30,000 for hospital lounges
The Do Good Divas raised $30,000 to furnish three medical unit lounges at Windsor Regional Hospital’s Met campus. The group and its 2013 Girls Night Out and Handbag Heaven Gala were recognized...
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Mystery Titanic ‘survivor’ debunked by DNA testing
By Ian MacLeod, OTTAWA CITIZEN OTTAWA — One of the last great mysteries of the Titanic has been solved, laying to rest the fate of a sweet little Ottawa-area girl named Loraine Allison. The...
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Windsor-Essex seeks escape from cold (With video)
While it was a dreary -13 C outside with a wind chill of -22, James Fleming of Windsor had the California coast and the greens of Torrey Pines in his view Wednesday afternoon. “You can go to a desert...
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Welcome to the wild, wild web? Fewer parents enforcing Internet rules for kids
By Misty Harris, Canada.com Canadian children are increasingly being left to their own devices – both literally and figuratively – when it comes to accessing the Internet, according to a major new...
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Inmate who collapsed at Windsor Jail a victim of communication breakdown
Jonathan Dew, an inmate who collapsed at the Windsor Jail and later died in hospital, may have been the victim of a systemic communication breakdown, a coroner’s inquest was told Wednesday. Jail staff...
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Handling of displaced seniors to Hotel-Dieu went well
The emergency response team at Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare had only four hours to prepare for an influx of elderly residents from a nursing home earlier this month, but a hospital official said the...
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