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Newtown marks the holiday: ‘Christmas will never be the same’
The Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. – Residents of Newtown prepared on Monday to observe Christmas. Tiny, empty red stockings sewn with the victims’ names hung from trees in the neighbourhood where the...
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Video: Christmas Choir Comes To Windsor Regional Hospital
While recovering at Windsor Regional Hospital Met campus, Arthur Shields, centre, receives a surprise Christmas concert from choir members of St. Mark’s By-the-Lake Church Monday, December 24, 2012....
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Windsor residents enjoy White Christmas
Windsor and Essex County residents woke up to a white Christmas Tuesday morning and should brace for more of the white stuff come Boxing Day. Environment Canada is calling for as much as five to 10...
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Queen Elizabeth II hails Olympic athletes, Jubilee well-wishers in first 3D...
Cassandra Vinograd, The Associated Press LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II has hailed the holidays in a new dimension, delivering her Christmas message for the first time in 3D. In the annual, prerecorded...
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Officials: NY gunman led quiet life before killing 2 firefighters, injuring 2...
John Kekis, The Associated Press WEBSTER, N.Y. – A man who set his house on fire then lured firefighters to their deaths in a blaze of flames and bullets had attracted little attention since he got out...
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Pope decries slaughter of ‘defenceless’ Syrians in Christmas peace message
Frances D’Emilio, The Associated Press VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI wished Christmas peace to the world Tuesday, decrying the slaughter of the “defenceless” in Syria and urging Israelis and...
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NORAD says record number of children – and adults – called to ask about...
The Associated Press PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Volunteers at a U.S. Air Force base monitoring Santa Claus’ progress around the world answered a record number of calls from children — and some...
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Break-in victims receive gift from police officer
A South Windsor family’s “perfect” day was shattered when they returned home to find their Christmas presents stolen by a burglar. But a Windsor police officer investigating the crime was able to bring...
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Green Bean Cafe hosts community meal (with video)
Christmas Day can be lonely when your family is an ocean away. This is what led Ben Davidson of the Green Bean Cafe to host a free community meal on Christmas Day which drew a crowd of university...
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Business as usual for some folks on Dec. 25 while hospitals brace for Boxing...
The world doesn’t shut down completely on Dec. 25. For some, it’s a “business as usual” day, and for some of the city’s emergency workers, it’s actually the calm before the Boxing Day storm. “(Today)’s...
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First winter blast
A winter weather advisory is in effect for the Windsor and Essex County area from 1 p.m. Wednesday to 7 a.m. Thursday, according to WDIV’s Dopplar Radar website. Snow is expected to develop near the...
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A list of some of the notable Canadians who died in 2012
A list, in chronological order, of some of the notable Canadians who died in 2012. JANUARY 3 – Celebrated Czech writer Josef Skvorecky, in Toronto at age 87. He fled to Canada with his wife, writer and...
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New York sniper who ambushed firefighters loved his mother, hated his sister:...
Click here for more coverage of the N.Y. shooting WEBSTER, N.Y. — The ex-convict turned sniper who lured two firefighters to their deaths by setting his house on fire wanted to make sure his goodbye...
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House Fire in Windsor’s West End
Windsor Fire and Rescue responded to a house fire at 3590 Girardot Street in the city’s west end Wednesday afternoon, with reports of smoke coming from the attic. No injuries were reported and the...
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Firefighters rescue cat from burning home
The presents were packed in her car, her family and friends were ready to leave and Sue was going back inside one last time to get her purse when she noticed something was wrong. “It smelled like...
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Right before Christmas, couple loses everything to fire
It was an uncomfortable Christmas night for Melissa Decarie and her boyfriend Charles Johnson, who slept on Johnson’s mother’s living room floor after losing everything in a fire Friday evening....
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$200 reward offered for information about sign vandals
A Windsor paralegal is offering a $200 reward to help catch whoever spray painted graffiti on his business sign. “I want to catch the ones who did it,” said Louis Marion. “They’re the ones who’ve been...
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Boxing Day sales draw crowds of bargain hunters
It was parked cars, shopping bags and crowds as far as the eye could see as bargain hunters braved the cold wind for Boxing Day sales. An hour after Devonshire Mall opened at 8 a.m., the only parking...
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Snow puts brakes on Boxing Day rush
Hundreds of minor car accidents in Windsor-Essex put the brakes on the Boxing Day rush, but the snow is expected to lighten up Thursday. “I don’t know if you’ve had the worst of it, but you’ve had a...
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Good luck guessing gas prices
Just what does the future hold when it comes to gas prices? Your guess is as good as the experts’. Gas was sitting at around $1.19 a litre at most stations in Windsor Thursday, just four cents a litre...
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