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Despite WUC recommendation, fluoridation of water continues
Almost a year after the Windsor Utilities Commission’s board voted to end fluoridation of the city’s drinking water, the additive long used to combat rotten teeth in kids — but described by critics as...
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Cyclist, driver both charged after collision in Windsor
A Jeep driver and a cyclist are both facing charges after a collision early this morning. It happened at Rivard Avenue and Tecumseh Road around 1:40 a.m. Officers arrived to find paramedics taking care...
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Woman doesn’t scrape windshield frost, crashes into pole
A Windsor woman is facing a careless driving charge after she didn’t scrape the frost off her windshield this morning and crashed into a light pole. Windsor police responded around 5 a.m. to the report...
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Windsor motorcyclists mourn fallen brother
A large procession of riders on rumbling motorcycles paid their final respects Thursday to William (Billy) Pich. Pich was known for his participation in charity rides and he was carried to Heavenly...
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Alleged plot to kill Justin Bieber derailed by trip to Canadian border: police
Canadian Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A plot to kill Justin Bieber, allegedly masterminded by a 45-year-old prisoner obsessed with the young star, was derailed when the accused would-be assassins...
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Lunar hit: Twin NASA spacecraft prepare to crash into moon after nearly a...
Alicia Chang, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES, Calif. – After nearly a year circling the moon, NASA’s Ebb and Flow will meet their demise when they crash — on purpose — into the lunar surface. Just...
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City of Windsor reaches tentative deal with workers; ratification vote Monday
A tentative agreement has been reached between the City of Windsor and its unionized workers — but no one is revealing details of the deal until it’s ratified. After months of difficult negotiations,...
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Some of the deadliest mass shootings around the world
A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed more than two dozen people, including children, on Friday. It is among the world’s worst mass shootings. Here is a look at some others: — Aug. 5,...
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Windsor in Pictures, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. PETA protesters Emily Lavender and Brandi Dugal encourage pedestrians on Ouellette Avenue to “Be an...
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Text and Video: President Barack Obama’s statement on mass shooting at...
Text of President Barack Obama’s address to the nation after Friday’s mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, as provided by CQ Transcriptions: “This afternoon, I spoke with Governor Malloy...
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Public board warns parents of possible elementary teacher walk-out on Tuesday
A potential teachers strike will make for some unusual “business as usual” in Windsor-Essex’s combined elementary and high schools. A one-day elementary teachers’ strike – which the public school board...
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Politicians recoil from politics of shootings while online debate rages
Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press OTTAWA – “Our hearts go out to the victims … and their families. Today is a time for mourning and not politics.” Public Safety Minister Vic Toews posted the sentiment...
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20 children, 8 adults die in U.S. school massacre
William Marsden, Douglas Quan and Frank Appleyard Postmedia News NEWTOWN, CONN. As gunshots echoed through an elementary school in Connecticut on Friday, children huddled in the corners and closets...
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Teenage girl punched in face at bus stop
Windsor police are looking for a mysterious man who slugged a 17-year-old girl in the face after she got off a bus in south Windsor last week. The crime happened around 3:45 p.m. on Dec. 4. According...
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Windsor family holds candlelight tribute to Newtown massacre victims
Windsor resident Scott Beattie, 35, says that when he saw the reports of the shooting massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, he broke down in tears. “My daughter walked into the room,” Beattie said. “She...
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Christmas comes early for local underprivileged kids
It was a Christmas miracle that a once cancelled party was revived for a group of local underprivileged students, said organizer Yathindra Dissanayake. “It’s a very important event for grade school...
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Families pack downtown streets for Santa Claus parade
As far as Larry Horwitz is concerned, the theme of the return of the Santa Claus parade to downtown Windsor was proving the haters wrong. The president of the Downtown Windsor BIA said the chorus of...
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As shooting story unfolds, news media struggle with unreliable information,...
Frazier Moore, The Associated Press NEW YORK, N.Y. – The scope and senselessness of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting challenged journalists’ ability to do much more than lend, or impose, their...
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Driver enjoying burgers and beer strikes paddy wagon
The party stopped for a man enjoying burgers and beer while driving when he drove into a police paddy wagon at a downtown intersection early Friday morning. Police said officers were at Park Street and...
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