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Windsor novice boxer wins gold

Windsor novice boxer wins gold

🕔13:30, 8.Feb 2013

by Melissa Iarusso A local novice boxer has taken home the gold medal after competing at Canada’s largest amateur boxing tournament. Hisham Abdu made his amateur boxing debut at the annual Brampton Cup tournament Feb. 1-3. The 21-year-old welterweight from

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Team Canada Shuai-Chaio team prepare for China

Team Canada Shuai-Chaio team prepare for China

🕔11:39, 8.Feb 2013

by Alice Hewitt Team Canada’s Shuai-Chaio team better start packing their bags. The team held a fundraiser at Bowlero to raise the necessary funds to compete in the upcoming world Shuai-Chaio championships in China. Eleven competitors from the Wu-Shen Temple

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Downtown parking lot to continue operation

🕔18:33, 5.Feb 2013

by Richard Riosa A Windsor couple has been given permission by city council to continue operating their downtown parking lot. At the Feb. 4 council meeting, council discussed whether or not to allow Danny and Antonietta Danelon to continue operating

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Canada’s last penny minted

Canada’s last penny minted

🕔15:09, 4.Feb 2013

by Rob Benneian Canadian coin collectors will mark Feb. 4 as an historic day with Canada’s last penny having been minted. The Government of Canada, in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mint, has permanently stopped production of the one-cent piece

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Sandwich Towne rallies to save post office

Sandwich Towne rallies to save post office

🕔14:43, 1.Feb 2013

by Chris Richards For the second time in two years, Windsor’s Olde Sandwich Towne is fighting to keep one of its historical buildings from being shuttered. Dozens of Windsor and Sandwich Towne residents gathered at the corner of Sandwich and

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Dippers brave the cold for a cause

Dippers brave the cold for a cause

🕔14:38, 1.Feb 2013

Over 300 people braved the cold Jan. 26 and dove into the freezing waters of Lake Erie. The 13th Annual Polar Bear Dip began with registration, lunch and a recognition ceremony at Lakeside Park in Kingsville. The Dippers then proceeded

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Students trade one gold paperclip

Students trade one gold paperclip

🕔14:07, 1.Feb 2013

Students from St. Clair College are giving back to the community by bartering large gold paperclips. A group from the child and youth work program at the Thames Campus at St. Clair in Chatham is trading gold paperclips for items

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Windsor water now fluoride free

🕔13:25, 1.Feb 2013

by Richard Riosa Windsorites will no longer consume fluoride in their tap water. For more than 50 years Windsor has been adding fluoride to the community water supply. The addition of fluoride was intended to help prevent tooth decay. On

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Robbery at The Lumberjack Restaurant

Robbery at The Lumberjack Restaurant

🕔12:48, 1.Feb 2013

Two Windsor men have been arrested and charged with the robbery of a local restaurant. Bruce Dellaire, 43, and Abbas Zeidan, 33, have been charged with one count of robbery each after they allegedly robbed The Lumberjack Restaurant at 475

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Parvovirus Hits Dogs

🕔11:36, 28.Jan 2013

By Alice Hewitt The canine parvovirus is suspected to have entered the Windsor-Essex Humane Society through the new admission of a puppy. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, the canine parvovirus is a potentially deadly virus whose symptoms include

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Don Ross blows away Place Concorde

Don Ross blows away Place Concorde

🕔16:07, 25.Jan 2013

A high profile musician and two-time fingerstyle guitar champion performed at the Place Concorde in Windsor, Jan. 19. Singer, songwriter and guitarist Don Ross performed at the Place Concorde with special guest Brooke Miller in Forest Glade. The night featured

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Students Get Healthy

Students Get Healthy

🕔15:16, 25.Jan 2013

By Jamie Adam Hundreds of students gathered at St. Clair College to participate in its first Health and Wellness Week. The week focuses on physical and mental health issues and several health organizations had presentations and set up information stations.

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Police census shows lack of diversity

Police census shows lack of diversity

🕔14:23, 25.Jan 2013

By Sean Previl Members of the Windsor Police Service hopes the force will become more diverse after a recent census showed it was falling short in certain demographic groups. The first inaugural workplace census was conducted by WPS’s Human Rights

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Students explore employment opportunities at job fair

🕔13:36, 25.Jan 2013

Students came dressed to impress at the fourteenth annual job fair hosted by both of Windsor’s post-secondary institutions. Organized by St. Clair College and the University of Windsor, the job fair attracted 73 employers and expected to host about 2,000

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Arbitrator awards Windsor Police Service nearly $2 million

Arbitrator awards Windsor Police Service nearly $2 million

🕔16:14, 21.Jan 2013

by Rob Benneian An arbitrator has awarded Windsor Police Service a wage increase that will increase their budget by nearly $2 million. The ruling will boost Windsor police officers’ salary by 11.59 per cent over the course of the four-year

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Take a bite of Windsor

🕔09:07, 21.Jan 2013

Winter bites but not in a bad way for Windsor this January.  Jan. 14 to Jan. 20 restaurants around the city will be offered a three-course meal priced from $ 10 to $35 as a part of Winter Bites Restaurant

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Idle No More Protests in Windsor

Idle No More Protests in Windsor

🕔12:00, 20.Jan 2013

By: Aussie Vizcayno Thousands of first nation demonstrators gathered to support the group Idle No More in protest. Protestors rallied down Huron Church Rd. on Wednesday to raise awareness of Bill C-45, the omnibus budget bill that changes the legislation

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Teachers Continue to Battle Bill 115

🕔15:41, 18.Jan 2013

By: Stephen Anderson Students in public schools throughout Windsor will not be seeing dances, chess clubs or sports in their schools as a result of teachers’ union action against Bill 115. In December the Liberal government introduced a bill that

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New ownership causes questions in Amherstburg

New ownership causes questions in Amherstburg

🕔11:45, 18.Jan 2013

By Jolene Perron After 27 years in business, one of Amherstburg’s oldest flower shops has changed owners. At 58 years of age, Anna Savo and her husband have decided to sell Flowers by Anna and settle in to retirement. Ann

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Thefts at Leddy Library

Thefts at Leddy Library

🕔11:11, 18.Jan 2013

By Sean Previl Jan. 18, 2013 Leddy Library Thefts Campus Community Police at the University of Windsor are reporting an increase in thefts from students. In a report released Jan. 16, campus police said there have been several thefts of

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