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Tattoo artist uses pain to connect with others

Tattoo artist uses pain to connect with others

🕔15:27, 27.Apr 2015

A History of Addiction For one local tattoo artist there is more to each session than the needle hitting the skin and the ink settling in. Dan Lessard is an artist from Tecumseh who specializes with tattoo and air brush

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The Wayne Gretzky of powerlifting

The Wayne Gretzky of powerlifting

🕔00:27, 26.Apr 2015

  41 years of powerlifting A shoulder injury several decades earlier shifted the once successful wrestler towards an extensive path in lifting, which led him to inconceivable gold and notoriety. In 1974, the shorter framed Belle River teenager never had

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Cocaine cut destroys Windsor woman’s body

Cocaine cut destroys Windsor woman’s body

🕔00:07, 26.Apr 2015

Experimenting turns to much more A decade ago, she had bleach-blond hair, a fit body and like most twenty-year-olds, enjoyed the party scene. Now she’s in a wheel-chair, with one leg missing from what doctors believe is an unusual complication.

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Given Justice

🕔23:49, 20.Apr 2015

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Charity book sale to be at LaSalle Public School

Charity book sale to be at LaSalle Public School

🕔11:47, 17.Apr 2015

Rhiannon Lotze Converged Citizen Staff For those who love books and good deals, LaSalle Public School is having its fifth used book and toy sale on June 11 and 12. The sale is being held to raise money for African

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Express eye back-to-back titles

Express eye back-to-back titles

🕔11:46, 17.Apr 2015

Michael Hugall/Converged Citizen Staff Back-to-back championships are on the minds of the Windsor Express organization as it is in the National Basketball League of Canada’s final series for the second year in a row. The NBL Central champion Express take

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Copeland to be inducted to OCAA Hall of Fame

Copeland to be inducted to OCAA Hall of Fame

🕔11:43, 17.Apr 2015

  Jordan Caschera Converged Citizen Staff      The St. Clair Saints will have yet another men’s basketball player in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Hall of Fame. George Copeland will be part of the seventh OCAA Hall of Fame induction

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MediaPlex Networking and Awards Night

MediaPlex Networking and Awards Night

🕔11:41, 17.Apr 2015

Journalists of the MediaPlex recognized for accomplishments Family, friends and guests from the media recognized the young journalists of the MediaPlex at Place Concorde on April 16. Awards were given to the journalists for a variety of categories including print,

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Amherstburg tennis league celebrating 15 years

Amherstburg tennis league celebrating 15 years

🕔11:33, 17.Apr 2015

Members of the Amherstburg Open say the league is suffering due to a lack of playable courts. The tennis league, which was first started in 2003 by Robert Dufour and Mike Callard has evolved over the years. Starting as a

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Run for Rocky’s third year draws hundreds

Run for Rocky’s third year draws hundreds

🕔11:03, 17.Apr 2015

Victoria Parent Converged Citizen Staff Hundreds of people came out on a sunny April Sunday morning to run for an important cause and celebrate the life of a young Windsor man. The Run for Rocky event was held at Dieppe

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Raising large families becoming difficult in Canada

🕔10:54, 17.Apr 2015

By Alexandra Latremouille As the gap between the economic classes expands, it is becoming more difficult for middle-income couples to raise large families. According to MoneySense.ca, the average annual cost to raise a child in Canada to age 18 is

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Carbon Monoxide fines to be handed out for no alarm

Carbon Monoxide fines to be handed out for no alarm

🕔14:22, 14.Apr 2015

By Mandy Matthews Ontarians will be fined $235 if they do not have a working carbon monoxide alarm inside their home by Wednesday. The new law is not being enforced until Wednesday because it was given a six month grace

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Nicolas Cage’s head may bring world record to Windsor

Nicolas Cage’s head may bring world record to Windsor

🕔17:03, 10.Apr 2015

By Matt Recker Nicolas Cage may be putting Windsor in the record books.   Local artist Thomas Malone wants to break a Guinness Record for the world’s largest mosaic, and he’s using the actors likeness to do it.   “It

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Remington Park Cancer Cluster

Remington Park Cancer Cluster

🕔13:53, 10.Apr 2015

Zalev Brothers Scrap Yard Windsor, Ontario Residents living in Remington Park are  concerned about a reported cancer cluster in their area. According to the Windsor Essex County Health Unit, the definition of a cancer cluster is “A greater-than-expected number of

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Local Tigers fans flock to Detroit for Opening Day

Local Tigers fans flock to Detroit for Opening Day

🕔13:19, 10.Apr 2015

By Ryan Adams WINDSOR, ON. April 6th, 2015. Joshua Marentette, 24, waits on the steps of a friends home, preparing for the Detroit Tigers Opening Day celebrations on April 6th in downtown Detroit. Thousands of Windsorites ventured over the Windsor-Detroit

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Selfie Sticks face scrutiny and solidarity

🕔13:12, 10.Apr 2015

Johnathan HuttonSelfie Sticks face scrutiny and solidarity April 7, 2015   The new Canadian device called the Selfie Stick has been getting mixed reactions in 2015.   From being on the holiday bestseller list in the United States last December,

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Raptors have to refocus for Playoffs

🕔13:09, 10.Apr 2015

JEREMY JAMES FOKUOH April 7, 2015 With five games remaining on the Toronto Raptors schedule, coach Dwane Casey wants his team to remained focus on finishing the season strong as they prepare for the playoffs. The Toronto Raptors have had

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Careful budgeting saves Afrofest 2015

🕔13:06, 10.Apr 2015

JEREMY JAMES FOKUOH April 10,2015 Although the Afrofest committee for 2015 didn’t reach their set goal in budgeting, they did raise a significant amount of money to support Afrofest 2015. Although a budget of $31,400 was set for Afrofest 2015,

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Canada and Windsor vaccination rates too low

Canada and Windsor vaccination rates too low

🕔13:02, 10.Apr 2015

By Rhiannon Lotze Many experts say Canada’s measles vaccination rates are too low amongst minors to prevent outbreaks of the disease from spreading. According to the Oxford Vaccine Group 95 per cent of a population must be immunized against a

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Pathological Internet use becoming a growing concern

🕔12:54, 10.Apr 2015

By Samantha Wigfield As many studies have shown, the Internet may be causing people more harm than good. Social media like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr are all platforms for people to connect and share their lives with others. While on

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