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Province moving too fast by dropping mask mandate, teachers' union says
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Woman who told father of Sandy Hook victim shooting was a hoax is going to jail
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A judge has denied a Windsor man interim custody of his kids, concluding that his anti-masking beliefs mean he wouldn't take appropriate actions to keep them safe from COVID-19.
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Windsor City Council is backing the public health unit in its call for all elementary school students to be vaccinated before they enter a school.
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Police in Windsor, Ont., have charged two people alleged to have been organizers of the convoy blockade at the Ambassador Bridge international border crossing more than five months ago.
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Fifteen months of war have left nearly 40 per cent of the people in Ethiopia's Tigray region without enough food as aid groups struggle to reach cut-off areas, the World Food Program says.
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Ever heard of 'plarn?' It's a yarn made from plastic bags, and a Windsor-Essex school teacher is helping kids make it into sleeping bags for the homeless
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Mom and baby spared traumatic birth after heart surgery performed inside the womb
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The NDP will be the first Canadian federal party to unveil an election platform that promises to drastically expand Canada's health care system to include not just pharmacare, but mental, dental, eye and hearing coverage for all citizens.
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A Windsor man who died of COVID-19 at 27 is being remembered as a caregiver to his family and a leader on his former basketball team.
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Ontario's new back-to-school plan asks too much of teachers and doesn't do enough to protect them, says the head of a provincial teachers' union.
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Over the past 12 months, talking to his mother in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has been nearly impossible for Mulugeta Tedla.
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Secondary teachers in the English public school board in Windsor-Essex won't be teaching in-person and remote students at the same time this fall, the board has announced.
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"Omicron doesn't care if we're tired of restrictions," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. "It's going to keep doing what it does anyway."
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The executive director of the MH100 youth program in downtown Windsor says he doesn't agree with calls to defund police, and instead wants to see money invested in programs that help Windsor Police build relationships with the city's youth.
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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he stands by his criticisms of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after received a lawyer's letter threatening a lawsuit.
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Windsor-Essex county medical officer Dr. Shanker Nesathurai said COVID-19 should be normalized, and the health unit needs to refocus on other health crises in the region, like opioid overdoses.
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10-year-old Aiden Dick raised money through a roadside lemonade stand.
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CBC Windsor have heard reports of Interac financial services being down across the region, meaning businesses are only able to accept cash payments.
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The City of Windsor is in the process of purchasing a hotel to house people experiencing homelessness.
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Dontre Fortune has only wanted one thing for his high school graduation — to attend a taping of
@TheEllenShow
Today, he got a big surprise.
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The union representing Ontario education workers is focusing on higher wages and job security as it gears up for contract talks with the province.
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These cucumbers go through a treatment process that will eliminate millions of tonnes of single use plastic from the supply chain.
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Library book list shows people in Windsor, Ont., care about Prince Harry too
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NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky is calling for the "urgent" repeal of Bill 124 in response to news of a state of emergency declared in Essex County, due to persistent delays and wait times for ambulances in the region.
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Bernie Sanders is joining the next caravan to Canada for Americans to purchase insulin. He should be arriving at the Olde Walkerville Pharmacy shortly.
His plan, he says? — To "spotlight greed" existing in the American healthcare industry.
Follow
@sanJmaru
for full coverage.
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Chrystia Freeland will become Canada's new finance minister, the first woman to take on the powerful role, CBC News has confirmed.
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A Windsor, Ont. high school student has won a top spot in a national speaking competition for her speech on racism and the importance of creating positive change.
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Confirmed by the United States Geological Survey - an earthquake happened in Amherstburg Thursday evening.
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Biostatistician Ryan Imgrund, who works with a number of public health units across the province, told CBC Radio's Windsor Morning that the outbreak at Frank W. Begley Public Elementary School set the example of what should be done.
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Michelle Sadowski says she's fed up talking to her one-year-old son's doctor over the phone about his persistent cough and cold symptoms. Because of COVID-19 restrictions at the clinic, they've not been allowed to see his doctor in-person for months.
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Canadians can go to for information about the Canada Emergency Response Benefit.
Service Canada and Canada Revenue Agency are jointly administering the CERB.
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Thousands of monarch butterflies flock to Point Pelee en-route to Mexico
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Where are Smooshi and her calf?
Animal rights activists have been asking Marineland this question for at least two months out of fear that the pair of walruses have died. There haven't been any updates since Smooshi gave birth in June.
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For the first time, the University of Windsor is offering a course open to the public that explores race and anti-Black racism.
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With COVID-19 forcing some schools across the country to prohibit singing, one teacher in Windsor, Ont. had to get creative with the national anthem.
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On Thursday, paramedics with Essex-Windsor EMS went door-to-door of a Windsor apartment building and asked seniors who were 80 and older if they'd like to get the first dose of the vaccine. In the first day, 44 people were given a shot.
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She was the last runner to cross the finish line in the Olympic marathon, but the performance of Tecumseh native Dayna Pidhoresky is being seen as an inspiration, in light of the challenges thrown her way.
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Highway 'swarming with people' snapping pics of massive Newfoundland iceberg
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A 2-month-old Windsor boy, with a special connection to
@CBCWindsor
, is finally back home after 2 heart surgeries and 42 days at
@sickkids
in Toronto [
@ArmsBumanlag
]
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New electric Dodge Charger to be built in Windsor, Ont.
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WATCH: "She was already doing very important work ... she was robbed of that opportunity."
@UWindsor
professor Lisa Porter talks about Samira Bashiri working on a cure for cancer inside the institution's lab.
She died on Flight 752 in Iran.
READ MORE:
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Bob Probert's ashes sprinkled in penalty box at Joe Louis Arena
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After 15 years as the voice you hear each morning on CBC Windsor radio, it's time for your host Tony Doucette to start sleeping in. Join us in congratulating him on his retirement, as he'll be turning off the microphone for the last time on March 31, 2022.
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Windsor, Ont. student's artificial pancreas prototype could make diabetes easier to manage
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Have you seen dangerous misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic online or elsewhere?
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A Windsor student has scored fourth place in a national mental math contest.
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Organizations representing businesses in some border communities have banded together to ask the federal government to lift all COVID-19 border restrictions and stop requiring use of the ArriveCan app.
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The U.S. photographer behind a popular architecture social media account is focusing his lens across the border to Windsor.
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Caldwell First Nation is making big plans for their new land, looking forward to making new homes for their members and creating businesses to help it thrive.
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Windsor swimmer brings home medals from Down syndrome swimming championships
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Michigan becomes first state in Midwest to legalize recreational marijuana
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A new recruit for
@StClairCollege
is the first hijab-wearing basketball player to join the roster
Noor Bazzi hopes the opportunity will help inspire the younger generation
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The Islamic call to prayer will be recited live over a loudspeaker around 8:37 p.m. on Tuesday.
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Windsor Morning host Tony Doucette signing off for the last time.
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A new federal government deal will clear the way for Ojibway Shores — a key piece of land along the Windsor-Detroit shoreline — to be part of the proposed Ojibway National Urban Park project.
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Middle-distance runner Brandon McBride and his girlfriend recently purchased grocery cards from FreshCo in his hometown of Windsor and delivered them to eight families in need during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Criminology professor Liam Kennedy argues the popular children's TV show has few redeeming qualities.
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After the front window of The Walkerville Tavern was smashed in, the owners transformed plywood into canvas to pay tribute to health-care workers.
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'Thousands of people helped me,' says woman reunited with dog put on wrong WestJet flight
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Hundreds showed up at a 'Walk for Justice' this afternoon on the Windsor waterfront.
A moment of silence for George Floyd, many with fists in the air - from Windsor to Detroit.
@CBCWindsor
@cbcnews
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"It gives us an opportunity to bring to light a lot of this history and education that people simply aren't aware of," said Bradley Wade Jones, president of the Emancipation Day Committee of Windsor.
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BREAKING: Windsor police say the explosive disposal unit is responding near the Ambassador Bridge for "possible explosives."
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Two elementary school students from Windsor-Essex will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
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Leamington, Ont. man makes a gem of a snow sculpture on front lawn
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WATCH Adrian Beaulieu, a 6-year-old boy with autism, experience his sensory room for the first time. The family received free renovations from a local construction company.
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BREAKING: Pam Mizuno has been officially named the police chief in Windsor.
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"It's a thrill to be coming home to the University of Windsor," said Mary Jo Haddad, who was born and raised in Windsor and graduated from nursing at
@UWindsor
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The 22-year-old featherweight became the first Canadian to earn a contract on the UFC's Contender Series.
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Just three months before Ontario's provincial election, Premier Doug Ford's government is spending an unknown amount of public money on an advertising campaign that the opposition parties are slamming as partisan.
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Samira Bashiri and her husband Hamid Setarah Kokab were both on Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752.
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The Donald Trump era began in 2015 with a promise to build a wall between U.S. and Mexico. Five years later, the Trump era may end with citizens in much of the world — Canadians, in particular — insisting on a virtual wall between themselves and the U.S.
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UPDATED: The integrity commissioner for the County of Essex says he has started an investigation regarding Coun. Chris Vander Doelen.
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Earlier this evening, dozens of planes took off from Windsor Airport for a flyover across Windsor-Essex.
The flights were in honour of frontline and essential workers, as well as intended to commemorate the life of Captain Jenn Casey of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds.
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Mom makes kids walk 7 km, carrying sign saying they were rude to bus driver
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Baron Championship Rings created Canada's first-ever NBA championship ring with a piece featuring 74 diamonds on its face — representing the number of wins in the 2018-2019 season.
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When the owner of the Spiritual Soldiers Coffee Compound first heard that Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare wanted to sponsor his coffee shop — also known as Windsor's 'Sober Bar' — he was speechless.
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BREAKING:
Mayor Drew Dilkens said the City of Windsor is seeking an injunction to end a blockade at the foot of the Ambassador Bridge that's been created by protesters, disrupting traffic on the major U.S.-Canada trade route.
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Windsor man won't miss Tigers spring training, in spite of exchange rate. More at 8:30 on 97.5 FM.
#cbcwdr
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Hundreds of people are buzzing online about a new parody rap called Welcome to Windsor in which Toronto-based entertainer Mucho Habimana — better known as Mucho TV — lightly pokes fun at the city.
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Check out some old footage of the Windsor- Detroit Tunnel being constructed. The tunnel will close completely for 10 days in October.
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Women's basketball recruit first to wear hijab for St. Clair College
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Before & after pics of dog found with 3 kg - 7 lbs! - of feces/debris in matted fur. Story:
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Mayor Drew Dilkens says Windsor's chief of police has made the decision to provide naloxone to all officers.
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A Windsor woman — whose dying mother's wish is to see her American parents one last time — and local MP are calling for an improved family reunification process during the Canada-U.S. border closure.
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We could not be more proud of our
@ChrisEnsingCBC
on his
#CdnScreenAwards
nomination for Best Local News Anchor for
@CBCWindsor
News at 6!
Congratulations, Chris!
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Court grants injunction against Ambassador Bridge blockade
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VIDEO: Six-year-old Reya Bernard was handed a megaphone at Sunday's March for Justice rally in Windsor where she was surrounded by hundreds of people and led them in a chant — thousands watched online.
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Two computer science students at the University of Windsor are launching a new app this week which tells users the wait times for crossing the Windsor-Detroit border from both sides.
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"Garbage is everywhere and it's something that rubs me the wrong way," Natalie Litt said.
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All elementary and secondary schools in Windsor-Essex will close Monday due to the "rapid rise in COVID-19 cases."
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Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner has made history by winning a seat in Guelph, CBC News projects.
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