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Fri, 03 Sep 2021 03:27:24 +0000
Smile Cookie week to benefit John McGivney Children's Centre, W.E. Care for Kids
Local Tim Hortons restaurants will be donating the full $1 from every chocolate chunk Smile Cookie sold from Sept. 13 to 19 to two area children’s organizations. This year funds are going to the Windsor-Essex County Branch of the Canadian Menta...

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 01:41:57 +0000
Dark returns to Spitfires while Hampton becomes historic hire joining scouting staff with McLaughlin
Players weren’t the only old and familiar faces on hand Thursday as the Windsor Spitfires’ checked in for training camp. The club also saw the return of the Dark Knight while announcing an historic hire to the scouting staff. Former goalie coach ...

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 01:34:01 +0000
Michigan roundup: Tigers' rally falls short, Red Wings ink Rowney while Lions shuffle roster
The Detroit Tigers’ attempt to erase an eight-run deficit came up short on Thursday. After spotting the Oakland A’s the games first eight runs, the Tigers scored six late runs and got the tying run to the plate in each of the final two innings, b...

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 01:22:07 +0000
Freeland promises 'truly massive' investment in green economy, including EV production in Windsor
Deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland, in a campaign stop at the University of Windsor on Thursday, promised “truly massive” investment to shift to a green economy, including electric vehicle and battery production here, if the Liberals...

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 01:12:56 +0000
One person arrested after police seize cocaine and cash
A 32-year-old man from Windsor is charged with three counts of possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking after a month-long investigation during which police seized 860 grams of cocaine with a street value of $86,000. The Windsor police Drugs...

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 22:57:16 +0000
Local health unit reports 46 new COVID cases
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit reported 46 more COVID-19 cases on Thursday. Sixteen of the cases were close contacts of confirmed cases, nine were community acquired, four were outbreak related and one was travel related. Sources of transmissio...

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 22:54:45 +0000
Windsor police release photo of suspect vehicle in hit and run involving cyclists
Windsor police are asking for the public’s help locating a vehicle they suspect hit a cyclist and fled the scene Sunday evening. A patrol officer in the 900 block of Tecumseh Road West noticed a bicycle lying on the road at around 8:40 p.m. Whe...

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 22:51:08 +0000
Niagara police make third arrest in Windsor woman's murder
A third person has been charged in relation to the shooting deaths of two women — including a woman from Windsor — earlier this year in Fort Erie. The Niagara Regional Police Service on Thursday announced they’d arrested and charged Trevor ...

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 22:18:43 +0000
Afghan refugees have started to arrive in Windsor
They’re desperate, afraid and worry for those left behind. Afghan refugees fleeing kidnapping, death, torture and rape at the hands of the Taliban have started arriving in Windsor. Fahim Bai knows what they’re going through. He escaped from Afgha...

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 22:17:27 +0000
Local school boards looking to assure parents, students about school safety
When the new academic year starts Tuesday, some kids will  walk into a bricks and mortar school for the first time in 18 months.  The COVID-19 pandemic has played havoc with traditional classroom learning ever since the provincial government f...



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