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Windsor's unemployment figures plunge
"Everywhere you look, people are losing their jobs."
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"Everywhere you look, people are losing their jobs."
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Windsor killer appears in court
Convicted killer and dangerous offender Geoffrey MichaelCampbell was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge in a Windsorcourt Thursday for the strangulation of a teenage girl more than adecade ago.
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Convicted killer and dangerous offender Geoffrey MichaelCampbell was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge in a Windsorcourt Thursday for the strangulation of a teenage girl more than adecade ago.
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Windsor's tax base shrinks
Plant closures, store vacancies and decreasing propertyvalues are expected cut the city's tax revenue by up to $7 millionnext year, a city finance report going to council Tuesday says.
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Plant closures, store vacancies and decreasing propertyvalues are expected cut the city's tax revenue by up to $7 millionnext year, a city finance report going to council Tuesday says.
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Town of Essex clerk retires
ESSEX - Essex County's only de-amalgamation battle is justheating up again, but longtime Town of Essex clerk Jerry Marion willbe watching from the sidelines.
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ESSEX - Essex County's only de-amalgamation battle is justheating up again, but longtime Town of Essex clerk Jerry Marion willbe watching from the sidelines.
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Police seize contraband cigarettes
A 27-year-old Ottawa man faces criminal charges after police allegedlyfound 400,000 contraband cigarettes inside his minivan earlier thisweek.
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A 27-year-old Ottawa man faces criminal charges after police allegedlyfound 400,000 contraband cigarettes inside his minivan earlier thisweek.
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Decision aims to prevent Kanata West repeat
A move meant to help get to the bottom of Kanata West’s developmentproblems was rejected by city council yesterday, but councillorsapproved another idea designed to make sure similar problems don’thappen again.
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A move meant to help get to the bottom of Kanata West’s developmentproblems was rejected by city council yesterday, but councillorsapproved another idea designed to make sure similar problems don’thappen again.
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Portrait gallery shrouded in ‘secrecy': Dewar
Ottawa MP Paul Dewar has decried the “secrecy” of the federalgovernment after the Department of Canadian Heritage refused hisaccess-to-information request for the names of the people on thecommittee deciding where the Portrait Gallery of Canada will be located.
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Ottawa MP Paul Dewar has decried the “secrecy” of the federalgovernment after the Department of Canadian Heritage refused hisaccess-to-information request for the names of the people on thecommittee deciding where the Portrait Gallery of Canada will be located.
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How the summer of shale changed the natural gas game
As natural gas prices soared last spring, Ontario government officials contacted the province's gas distributors, looking for assurances about price and supply. Ontario relies on natural gas for 16 per cent of its power, and expects to increase that share significantly to replace coal-fired generation and complement the growth of renewable sources like wind and hydro. But as prices climbed to near-record levels, officials began to fret their natural gas bet would leave the province vulnerable to dramatic price hikes and potential shortages.
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As natural gas prices soared last spring, Ontario government officials contacted the province's gas distributors, looking for assurances about price and supply. Ontario relies on natural gas for 16 per cent of its power, and expects to increase that share significantly to replace coal-fired generation and complement the growth of renewable sources like wind and hydro. But as prices climbed to near-record levels, officials began to fret their natural gas bet would leave the province vulnerable to dramatic price hikes and potential shortages.
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'Organized chaos' marks city's first pedestrian scramble
The launch of Toronto's new ''scramble'' intersection - which stops motorized traffic and allows pedestrians to cross in all directions, even diagonally - felt a bit like a street party yesterday as thousands enjoyed a certain frisson from cutting across the middle of Yonge and Dundas Streets while cars had to wait.
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The launch of Toronto's new ''scramble'' intersection - which stops motorized traffic and allows pedestrians to cross in all directions, even diagonally - felt a bit like a street party yesterday as thousands enjoyed a certain frisson from cutting across the middle of Yonge and Dundas Streets while cars had to wait.
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New software increases police productivity in child pornography cases
Police often identify time as the limiting resource in their investigations of child pornography, and new software designed to maximize efficiency in searching databases filled with these images aims to help remedy the problem.
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Police often identify time as the limiting resource in their investigations of child pornography, and new software designed to maximize efficiency in searching databases filled with these images aims to help remedy the problem.
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