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Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio?
Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the first Jesuit pope? Pope Francis I has spent nearly his entire career at home in Argentina. The former Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, reportedly got the second-most votes...
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Construction officials praise move to double fines
Doubling fines for speeding in Windsor construction zones is good move to protect workers, construction industry officials said Wednesday. Dan McLean, a Coco Pavings superintendent, said speeding...
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Accused home invader takes stand
A 67-year-old charged with a violent home invasion showed little concern for his son’s fate even though the younger man had been charged with the crime, court heard Wednesday. Robert Mahon testified he...
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Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medals presented to 30 more locals
MP Jeff Watson (C — Essex) presented 30 medals to distinguished local residents recently. Among the recipients were Windsor police constable and Canadian Forces Afghanistan veteran Michal Edward...
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Much-respected musician dies alone
Washington McClain made friends all over the world with his music, but in the end he died alone in his Windsor apartment. The body of the 52-year-old Louisiana native was discovered Feb. 26. The victim...
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Is Windsor shrinking? Research calls attention to lack of population growth
Population growth is a critical factor in a city’s economic health, says a Canadian research group — so maybe Windsor should be concerned that its population hasn’t been increasing. According to a...
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Argentinian Cardinal elected Pope
Just an hour after watching the centuries- old tradition of white smoke signalling the election of a new pope, the 14 university students watching the proceedings in Assumption College’s student lounge...
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Windsor police seek stolen school bus
Windsor police are asking for the public’s help in locating a stolen school bus. The yellow vehicle was taken from a storage lot at 5345 Rhodes Drive. The theft was discovered on Monday. The bus...
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Windsor business owner credits police, public for solving theft (with video)
Windsor business owner Angelo Mariani didn’t think it was possible for someone to steal an in-ground pool — but teenage culprits proved him wrong. Now the owner of Pools By Angelo is expressing his...
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Closure of retail in Pelissier garage recommended
With just three of eight units occupied, and only one tenant paying market value rent, the street-level shops beneath the Pelissier Street parking garage should be vacated and left dormant, city...
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Ministry issues orders after aquatic centre accident
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has issued two orders after an accident at the Family Aquatic Complex construction site sent a worker to hospital. Ministry spokesman Matt Blajer said the orders were...
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Windsor police brace for St. Paddy’s day, plan for extra officers on street
Windsor police are altering shifts and putting extra officers on the street this weekend to deal with the green tide of mayhem that is St. Patrick’s Day. Extra uniformed and plainclothes officers will...
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Monarch butterfly numbers drop by ‘ominous’ 59 per cent in Mexico
MEXICO CITY – The number of monarch butterflies making it to their winter refuge in Mexico dropped 59 per cent this year, falling to the lowest level since comparable record-keeping began 20 years...
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Windsor In Pictures: March 14, 2013
Take a look at this gallery of pictures taken yesterday by The Star’s award- winning photographers. Windsor Spitfires Ryan Verbeek shows his intensity against Owen Sound Attack and Nathan Chiarlitti in...
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NYC woman holding baby son falls 8 stories to her death in apparent suicide,...
Colleen Long And Deepti Hajela, The Associated Press NEW YORK, N.Y. – A woman clutching her baby son in her arms plunged eight stories out of an apartment window to her death in an apparent suicide on...
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Ontario cop killed in crash with bus remembered as a dynamic young woman...
GUELPH, Ont. – A young woman who fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming a police officer was killed Thursday when she apparently lost control of her cruiser and crashed into a bus. Guelph Police...
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U.S. agency orders Enbridge to dredge Kalamazoo River two years after oil spill
VANCOUVER – More than two and a half years after a Canadian pipeline rupture spilled heavy oil into a Michigan River, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ordering Calgary-based Enbridge...
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Yet another Carnival ship experiences problems; Legend cancels port of call,...
TAMPA, Fla. – Carnival Cruise Lines says one of its ships has experienced problems during a cruise, the second such incident this week. Late Thursday, the company said “a technical issue” affecting the...
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Gallery: Chrysler Windsor assembly plant
An inside tour of the Chrysler assembly plant in Windsor. Tour of the Chrysler Windsor Assembly Plant, Thursday, Mar. 7, 2013, in Windsor, Ont. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star) Tour of the Chrysler...
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Jaws of the law clamp down on Windsor boy who broke into a school
A 14-year-old boy who allegedly broke into a school with some friends got a painful lesson in obeying the law Thursday, when he ran from officers and a Windsor police dog took him down. “At the time of...
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