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Train delayed as SIU investigates fatal accident in Chatham
The province’s Special Investigations Unit has been called in to investigate after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a VIA train in Chatham on Friday afternoon. According to a SIU media release,...
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Challans hearing rescheduled for September
The hearing for an Amherstburg officer charged under the Police Services Act won’t resume until September. Lawyers in the case against Const. Andrew Challans teleconferenced Friday morning, setting...
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Henderson: A rising star emerges
Some folks would suggest Fabio Costante should have his head examined for having moved from comfortable suburban LaSalle, where he attended privileged Villanova Catholic high school, back to his old...
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Vicious killers elude justice for three decades
The man the bikers really wanted to kill couldn’t be found, so they took his brother. They kidnapped 24-year-old Kirk Knight, tethered him to a cement block and dumped him – bound, gagged and possibly...
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Long weekend and May road closures
The city has planned several different road closures and re-openings for both the long weekend and the following weeks. The current lane restrictions on Provincial Road and Division Road will be...
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Fire breaks out on roof of former Grace Hospital (With video)
Windsor fire crews were called to the Grace Hospital site on Friday afternoon after a fire broke out on the roof of the building. Firefighters worked for almost two hours to put out the blaze, which...
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Anglers descend on Windsor for silver bass bonanza
It’s not uncommon to spot a few people fishing along Windsor’s waterfront in spring and summer, but the shore of the Detroit River was packed on Saturday morning with hundreds of out-of-town anglers...
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford nixes weekend radio show in wake of ‘crack’ video scandal
TORONTO – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will not be hosting his weekly radio show this weekend after explosive allegations that he was recorded on video appearing to smoke crack cocaine. CFRB program director...
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OPP, Amherstburg police searching for two suspects after series of daytime...
Ontario Provincial Police and the Amherstburg Police Service are investigating similar but separate daytime break-and-enters where it appears the same car was involved. They have released sketches of...
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City park renamed in memory of ‘gentle giant’ community activist (updated)
The park that Garry Dugal spent almost every day cleaning and walking his dog in – and died in suddenly last summer – is now a place where his legacy lives on. Hundreds gathered Saturday at the former...
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Police appeal for witnesses in west-end stabbing, victim in Detroit hospital
Windsor police are investigating after a man was found stabbed in the 600 block of Randolph Street in the city’s west end. Officers were called to the scene around 4:30 a.m. on Sunday after residents...
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Wright off: PM’s deep-pocketed chief of staff quits amid Duffy fallout
OTTAWA – Nigel Wright, the prime minister’s right-hand man and the power player who cut a $90,000 cheque to cover Sen. Mike Duffy’s disallowed housing expenses, resigned his post early Sunday in an...
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Small Florida city wonders who hit historic $590.5M Powerball lottery jackpot
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. – Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball...
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Three Windsor students take home medals at national science fair
Three Windsor students took home honours from a national science fair this week. Abhi Gupta, a Begley P.S. student, Megan Fabel, from Walkerville Collegiate and Alex Deans, from Vincent Massey S.S.,...
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Local student-soldier among 12 headed to Europe for historic battlefield tour
A former Windsor-area soldier who served in Afghanistan will head to Europe with 11 other Canadians on a tour of First and Second World War battlefields. Bruce Moncur, who served with the Canadian...
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Dave and Chuck the Freak announcement coming
After almost six months of radio silence, the popular and zany team of Dave and Chuck the Freak are expected to announce Monday what station will next host their ribald humour. Dave Hunter and Chuck...
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Battle rages over physiotherapy services in Ontario
Terry Moir, a 78-year-old resident of the Royal Marquis retirement home in Windsor, is convinced that without his weekly physiotherapy treatments he would end up wheelchair-bound within months. “The...
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Teacher accused of sexual abuse goes before disciplinary panel
A former high school biology teacher acquitted in 2008 of sexually assaulting a student is back before a disciplinary hearing. Steven Anthony D’Amelio is accused by the Ontario College of Teachers of...
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It could happen here: Remembering deadly Windsor tornadoes
The deadly tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday is a grim reminder that the Windsor-Essex region isn’t immune to extremely violent weather, say weather experts and emergency response...
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Jarvis: Parks and the cost of tax freezes
The grass was green, the leaves were out, the sun was shining. But that wasn’t the intoxicating smell of warm earth in the spring. It was the fetid stench of garbage strewn everywhere, cooking under a...
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