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Webinar brings indigenous community together during coronavirus pandemic

Webinar brings indigenous community together during coronavirus pandemic

🕔10:42, 20.Apr 2020

  People across Canada are still adjusting to the “new normal” brought upon by COVID-19 and that includes the nation’s indigenous communities. Indigenous led organization Youth for Climate Action is sharing health tips through an online webinar. The ICA team

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Second faculty walkout in less than one month for Wet’suwet’en

Second faculty walkout in less than one month for Wet’suwet’en

🕔13:35, 11.Mar 2020

University of Windsor’s Shkawbewisag Student Law Society and other student activist groups left their classes to march on the Ontario Court of Justice in an act of solidarity for Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. Indigenous and non-Indigenous faculty members were among the

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Proposed agreement reached between hereditary chiefs and B.C. government

Proposed agreement reached between hereditary chiefs and B.C. government

🕔13:41, 2.Mar 2020

Three days of talks between Canadian government officials and Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs concluded Sunday, resulting in a proposed arrangement. The deal draft is under review by hereditary chiefs, although details of the draft have not been disclosed. After the closed-door

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Via Rail announces ‘most’ services will be back in operation this week

Via Rail announces ‘most’ services will be back in operation this week

🕔13:39, 2.Mar 2020

Rail services between Toronto and Windsor are currently in full service, but the independently-operated Crown corporation has announced partial service of the Montreal-Toronto and Toronto-Ottawa routes will resume on Mar. 3 Recent updates showed that the company anticipated resuming service

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New confirmed coronavirus cases in Ontario, no cases in Windsor

New confirmed coronavirus cases in Ontario, no cases in Windsor

🕔13:37, 2.Mar 2020

Ontario Ministry of Health confirmed four new positive cases of COVID-19 Monday, none of which were found in Windsor Essex. As per health protocols, all of the patients testing positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus have been placed in self-isolation,

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Grade 11 student receives ERCA youth award

Grade 11 student receives ERCA youth award

🕔10:04, 26.Feb 2020

The Essex Region Conservation Authority has recognized the region’s very own climate prodigy. Amid backlash from politicians against Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, Tecumseh Vista Academy student Abby Meloche took home the 2020 Essex Region Conservation Authority’s Youth Award. Meloche

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Students, faculty show solidarity for Wet’suwet’en with walkout

Students, faculty show solidarity for Wet’suwet’en with walkout

🕔20:45, 20.Feb 2020

  University of Windsor Faculty of Law student, co-president of Windsor Law’s Shkawbewisag Student Law Society and walkout organizer, Valeria Kuri, attended wearing red face paint and a red dress earring as symbols of the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered

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Windsor Muslims honour 2017 mosque shooting victims, want national day of remembrance

Windsor Muslims honour 2017 mosque shooting victims, want national day of remembrance

🕔08:19, 11.Feb 2020

Muslims in Windsor commemorated those lost and injured during the 2017 shooting that left six men dead in a Quebec mosque with a remembrance ceremony at the end of January. Since the Quebec City mosque shooting, the National Council of

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Police seeking whereabouts of third suspect in stolen safe case

Police seeking whereabouts of third suspect in stolen safe case

🕔09:14, 28.Jan 2020

What started with reports of suspicious behaviour Jan. 22 has turned into an active investigation to catch the last of three suspects. Police responded that Saturday to the 1200 block of Monmouth Road to find three men attempting to break

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Driver crashes on bank of Little River, faces impaired driving charges

Driver crashes on bank of Little River, faces impaired driving charges

🕔09:12, 28.Jan 2020

A 20-year old Windsor male is facing charges of impaired driving after losing control of his car and crashing on the opposite bank of Little River. On Jan. 25, not long after patrol officers observed the vehicle in question barrelling

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Local business owners will continue protesting Chick-Fil-A

Local business owners will continue protesting Chick-Fil-A

🕔13:45, 6.Dec 2019

LGBTQ advocates protested outside Windsor’s city hall Monday night to oppose plans for the new Chick-Fil-A opening in Windsor.  Protesters oppose the site plan approval because of the company’s history of supporting anti-LGBTQ organizations and their cruel practices towards animals.

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Water levels raising costs of marina construction project

Water levels raising costs of marina construction project

🕔16:00, 19.Nov 2019

Windsor City Council met Monday night to discuss the proposed $2 million of additional funding for the reconstruction of a marina in the east end of town. Lakeview Park Marina, located on the shoreline of Lake St. Clair in Windsor,

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CUPE votes 79 per cent in favor of new deal

CUPE votes 79 per cent in favor of new deal

🕔15:33, 5.Nov 2019

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are pushing back against cuts made by Doug Ford’s Conservative government, voting 79 per cent in favor of their new deal.  “We are pleased that CUPE members have ratified an agreement that restores

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Trick-or-treaters hit the streets early in Windsor

Trick-or-treaters hit the streets early in Windsor

🕔15:29, 28.Oct 2019

Trick-or-treaters filed up and down Ottawa Street collecting candy from local stores during afternoon hours on the Saturday before Halloween. Between noon and 2 p.m. on Oct. 26, local business owners along the participating stretch of Ottawa Street opened their

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Windsor residence struck by automobile, fire breaks out

Windsor residence struck by automobile, fire breaks out

🕔21:31, 22.Oct 2019

A Windsor male is facing charges after driving a stolen Impala into a residence around 3:00 on October 19. Autorities responded to a report of a collision which resulted in the break-out of a fire at a home on the

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Ontario Catholic teachers union announce province-wide strike vote

Ontario Catholic teachers union announce province-wide strike vote

🕔15:46, 22.Oct 2019

The Ontario English Catholic Teacher’s Association announced yesterday they will be conducting a strike vote across the province to oppose the Ford Conservative government’s “reckless cuts,” according to OECTA’s press release. The Catholic teachers’ union say they have received mixed

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Fifth homicide investigation of 2019

Fifth homicide investigation of 2019

🕔14:14, 21.Oct 2019

A hit-and-run stabbing, resulting in death, occurred on Tecumseh Road near McKay Avenue over the weekend, marking the fifth homicide investigation in the region this year. Police responded to reports of the stabbing around 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 19. The

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Brian Masse—Candidate, Windsor West

Brian Masse—Candidate, Windsor West

🕔16:40, 11.Oct 2019

Once he was accused of being a “bench-warmer, yes-man and political careerist;” Now, Windsor-born NDP incumbent, Brian Masse, has proved to be a legitimate politician over his 17 years of service.  Masse’s political career perhaps began when he and his wife, Terry

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Feminists for Action Windsor not letting pro-life advocates own the sidewalk

Feminists for Action Windsor not letting pro-life advocates own the sidewalk

🕔14:26, 11.Oct 2019

Windsor Regional Hospital hasn’t said anything after another bubble zone rally held by Feminists for Action Windsor (FFA).  On Oct. 6, the pro-choice advocacy group gathered outside the Metropolitan campus of Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH) demanding that the hospital administration requests to

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Windsor strikes for climate change

Windsor strikes for climate change

🕔09:53, 3.Oct 2019

A sea of worried faces and homemade signs, along with a single speaker is what you would have seen if you made it out to Charles Clark Square Sept. 27. Student walk-outs and business closures in Windsor marked the final

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