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Windsor RibFest 2024 tempts tastebuds

🕔13:25, 27.May 2024

This year RibFest was bigger and better than ever.  The event, which started back in 1996, has grown into one of Windsor’s favorite traditions, celebrating its 28th year of bringing mouthwatering barbecue to the people.   Ribfest draws the attention of

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Four arrested for alleged underage prostitution

🕔13:48, 13.May 2024

During an undercover operation the Windsor Police Service and Ontario Provincial Police arrested four individuals for allegedly seeking sex with underage girls.  In the past months, members of Windsor Police and Ontario Provincial Police intelligence team led joint Forces Strategy

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Windsor Police Awarded Sgt. Matt Capel-Cure

🕔13:46, 13.May 2024

Last week, Amherstburg Sgt. Matt Capel-Cure received a Windsor Police Service Award of Valour for his courageous actions last summer.  In June 2023, Sgt. Capel-Cure arrived first on scene where a motorist had crashed into a residential home and struck

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St Clair Students successfully completed 1st semester in Media Convergence

St Clair Students successfully completed 1st semester in Media Convergence

🕔12:41, 15.Apr 2024

After a semester filled with challenges and victories, students at St Clair College have successfully completed their 1st semester in Media Convergence.   The Media Convergence program is known for its innovative course of study which prepares students for careers in

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Solar Eclipse expected to attract large crowds

🕔12:16, 8.Apr 2024

Today a spectacular and rare celestial event is set to unfold over North America. As the Moon aligns between Sun and the Earth, a total Solar Eclipse will be clearly visible in Ontario for the first time Since 1979.  

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Three suspects arrested for breaking and entering

🕔09:50, 8.Apr 2024

The Windsor Police Service has arrested three males for breaking and entering at an east end elementary school. On April 6, at midnight officers were alerted to the break in 8400 block Cedarview St.   Suspects attempted to flee after

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Sunshine List: Top Taxpayers Windsor

🕔10:14, 1.Apr 2024

Nearly $400,000 has been paid to two men who served as Windsor’s Top bureaucrat, according to the province’s latest sunshine list.  That was less than what the city’s taxpayers had to pay for two chief administrative officers the year before,

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Two arrested for attacking an autistic teen

Two arrested for attacking an autistic teen

🕔09:56, 18.Mar 2024

Windsor Police have arrested two teenagers related to a group assault on an autistic teen outside Devonshire Mall on March 9. Police officials with the members of the Problem Oriented Policing Unit arrested two 14-year old youth in connection to

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Suspect found in connection to 12 break-ins

🕔10:26, 4.Mar 2024

A 56-year-old man has been arrested by Windsor police in connection with an investigation into a series of residential break-ins Windsor and Amherstburg.  Since the beginning of January 2023, there have been at least 12 confirmed instances of residential break-ins

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Perks of studying at the downtown campuses

Perks of studying at the downtown campuses

🕔00:11, 18.Dec 2020

If you are studying in one of the downtown campuses, there must have been that one instance where you would have wished to be at the main campus instead. We all have several reasons to think that be it a

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Scottish Band Empire: Atlantis

Scottish Band Empire: Atlantis

🕔12:32, 18.Oct 2019

Members of the well-known Scottish rock band Atlas: Empire say they are excited to be touring again in Windsor. The Green Bean Café has hosted events for the band in the past, but this time band members have more energy, a

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Federal funding plays a major role in supporting Windsor’s artists and organizations

Federal funding plays a major role in supporting Windsor’s artists and organizations

🕔13:11, 11.Oct 2019

Numerous arts organizations in Windsor receiving funding from a federal grant, which was cut almost in half in 2018. In 2016 the Government of Canada doubled the Canada Council for the Arts’ (CCA) budget, giving them $550 million over five

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Windsor police charge suspect in jewelry robbery

Windsor police charge suspect in jewelry robbery

🕔10:31, 16.Feb 2018

A suspect in last week’s jewelry robbery in Windsor has been charged by police investigators. Police said a man, who had concealed his identity, jumped the front counter of a business at Tecumseh Road and Rivard Avenue on Feb. 5.

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The fifth time is the charm

The fifth time is the charm

🕔10:20, 23.Oct 2017

By Todd Shearon The St. Clair Saints are baseball champions for the fifth straight year. St. Clair College won the 2017 OCAA Men’s Baseball Championship at Bert Lacasse Park, shutting out the Humber Hawks 1-0 in the gold medal game

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World Water Day is upcoming

World Water Day is upcoming

🕔13:29, 20.Mar 2017

Wednesday is World Water Day. Planet Water Foundation leads World Water Day with the event called Project 24. It will provide 24 clean water systems to 24 communities in five different countries. That includes Colombia, India, Indonesia, Cambodia and the

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Windsor police investigating fatal shooting

🕔13:23, 20.Mar 2017

A suspect has been arrested in Windsor’s second murder of 2017. 53-year-old William Green is in custody in relation to the shooting of a 59-year-old man in the 900 block of Elsmere Avenue. Green was arrested on Sunday. He is charged

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Second blaze at Bruce Avenue

🕔13:51, 13.Feb 2017

A second fire broke out yesterday in a two storey apartment at 338 Bruce Avenue. One family has been displaced. According to Windsor Fire officials It was caused by circuit failure in a space heater on the second floor. The

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Trump and Trudeau’s first official meeting

🕔13:49, 13.Feb 2017

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made his historic first trip to meet the new President of the United States today. Prime Minister Trudeau met President Donald Trump for a private conversation about the economy and security. Mr. Trudeau was also accompanied

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Film festival brings back old memories

🕔13:46, 13.Feb 2017

Film legends from the early 20s were the focus of a film festival in Windsor this weekend. “Silent Film Greats” is a weekend event where silent films are screened at the Capitol Theatre. Four pictures, starring the likes of Charlie

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U.S. field trip cancelled due to travel ban

🕔13:45, 13.Feb 2017

Windsor’s public school board has canceled all field trips to the United States. All trips scheduled for February and April are affected. School board representative Scott Scantlebury says it’s because of uncertainty regarding America’s current travel ban against seven Muslim-majority

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