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Essex boy going the extra mile to raise organ donation awareness (With video)
Kaidyn Blair dreams that someday everyone who requires it gets a chance to walk in his shoes. The beneficiary of a liver transplant when he was one, the 11-year-old Essex native will continue his...
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Riverside high school pool closing, swim championships in doubt
The public school board has pulled the plug on another aging high school pool, leaving the viability of a varsity swim championship in doubt. “Everything is up in the air right now,” said Danielle...
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Man takes swing at Chatham-Kent cop trying to help him
A homeless man in Wallaceburg has been charged with assaulting police after officers went to check on him Wednesday night and he allegedly took a swing at one of them. A citizen called Chatham-Kent...
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Chatham-Kent police charge high-miler, suspend her licence and impound her car
Chatham-Kent police have suspended a woman’s licence and impounded her car after catching her doing nearly 60 km/h over the speed limit. A member of the traffic management unit saw the car headed south...
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Amherstburg postpones budget meetings
Amherstburg’s budget meetings, slated to resume Thursday at 10 a.m. and continue Friday if needed, have been cancelled. Deputy clerk Paula Parker said via email that council will reconvene its next...
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Windsor police looking for smash and grab thieves (With Video)
Windsor police have released surveillance video of two thieves who smashed their way into a hotel office and made off with some cash. Police said the pair broke into the iSleep Inn at 2763 Howard...
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Catholic board’s plan for Riverside review panned by parents
Families and students attending Catholic schools in the Riverside area face seismic change next September if a plan to address declining enrolment is passed next month. The plan will see school...
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Long-dormant downtown site pitched for residential development
Owners of a long-vacant property in Windsor’s core believe the time is right to develop a 12,975-square-foot site they have owned since 1988. The property — four former residential lots between 666-696...
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Pedestrian struck in Windsor’s east side
The westbound lanes of Tecumseh Road East near Rose-Ville Garden Drive were closed shortly after 1 p.m. Friday when a female pedestrian was truck by a vehicle. Witnesses say a woman was hit by a...
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PC’s new Essex candidate shares right-to-work view that got Brister booted
The new Ontario PC party candidate in Essex shares the same view that got the last one kicked out. Ray Cecile, a Lakeshore electrician, said Friday that he agrees with Dave Brister, who was fired in...
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Be on the lookout for this stink bug
A stink bug invading Ontario may have hidden out in your attic this winter. The brown marmorated stink bug is such a huge threat to Ontario’s crops – apples, peaches, grapes, tomatoes and sweet corn...
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Windsor physicists bring high tech to high art
When you’re examining a priceless 400-year-old oil painting, a mere touch can cause irreparable damage. But according to a team of University of Windsor physicists, blasting the painting with a pulse...
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Windsor police hunt for Molotov cocktail tosser
Windsor police are trying to track down an arsonist after someone tried to torch a building late Thursday with Molotov cocktails. Police said someone threw three Molotov cocktails onto the roof of a...
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Ojibway Parkway intersection to be shut down for the weekend
A key intersection on the city’s outskirts will be closed for the entire weekend — from Friday at 10 p.m. until Monday at 5 a.m. Ojibway Parkway at E.C.Row Expressway — which handles thousands of...
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Cardinal Carter students help Agosta’s charity
Three-time Olympic gold medallist Meghan Agosta-Marciano got an assist from her high school alma mater Friday. Meghan Agosta-Marciano holds a jersey at Cardinal Carter High School in Leamington on...
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Kingsville increases property taxes 5.6 per cent
The town of Kingsville hiked property taxes 5.6 per cent this week when council approved its $29-million budget. The impact will be $64.08 on a house valued at $200,000. Tax bills also include a...
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It’s In Your Jeans cancer fighting campaign raises $5.4 million
This is considerably more than mere pocket change. Organizers of the It’s In Your Jeans fundraising campaign to fight prostate cancer announced Friday they beat their $4 million goal by about $1.4...
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Police standoff in domestic assault case nets man four months in jail
Gerald Maxwell Halliday ripped out his girlfriend’s hair, opened a gash to her head with his bare hands then chased her bleeding into the street. “She truly believes he was trying to kill her,”...
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Man arrested after assault, standoff
A Windsor man will be arraigned Saturday on assault charges after a domestic assault and standoff with police. Police responded to the 6200 block of Thornberry Crescent at about 4:20 p.m. Friday after...
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