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• Four finalists named in search for Windsor Symphony's next music director

  18-06-2026 14:18 via windsorstar.com
  
  The Windsor Symphony Orchestra has narrowed its search for a new music director to four finalists, each one conducting concerts in Windsor next season as part of the selection process. Read More
  
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• Woman knocked off bike, hit in head during downtown robbery

  18-06-2026 19:31 via windsorstar.com
  
  Windsor police have charged one person and are searching for a second suspect following a "violent robbery" that left a woman injured. Read More
  
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• Leamington, Windsor mayors clash over funding for county homelessness hub

  18-06-2026 17:17 via windsorstar.com
  
  Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens and Essex County Warden Hilda MacDonald are at odds over how to cover a funding gap that threatened services at a homeless centre in Leamington. Read More
  
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• Windsor Police search for suspect allegedly armed with butcher knife

  18-06-2026 17:02 via windsorstar.com
  
  Windsor police have a home in the 300 block of McEwan Avenue surrounded Thursday morning where they say a suspect, armed with a butcher knife, is located. Read More
  
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• Police search for suspect armed with butcher knife

  18-06-2026 17:02 via windsorstar.com
  
  Windsor police have a home in the 300 block of McEwan Avenue surrounded Thursday morning where they say a suspect, armed with a butcher knife, is located. Read More
  
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• Police search for suspect allegedly armed with butcher knife

  18-06-2026 17:02 via windsorstar.com
  
  Windsor police have a home in the 300 block of McEwan Avenue surrounded Thursday morning where they say a suspect, armed with a butcher knife, is located. Read More
  
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• Police warn of man believed to be armed with a butcher knife in west Windsor

  18-06-2026 16:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Authorities say there’s a heavy police presence in the area of McEwan Avenue near University Avenue West while “officers conduct an active investigation.”
  
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• Police say man armed with butcher knife in west Windsor has been contained inside residence

  18-06-2026 16:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Police say the home is near McEwan Avenue and University Avenue West.
  
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• Detroit automakers, union set to open bargaining against backdrop of tariffs, CUSMA review

  18-06-2026 14:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Unifor, which typically uses pattern bargaining for its auto sector negotiations,will go toe-to-toe with Ford first , just as it did three years ago. Talks with Stellantis and GM are expected to follow.
  
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• Windsor slashes building fees by 70 per cent to unlock $50M housing fund

  18-06-2026 13:41 via windsorstar.com
  
  In pursuit of nearly $50 million in grants from senior governments, Windsor is prepared to slash the fees it charges developers by 70 per cent. Read More
  
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• How Windsor will spend $500K on summer and fall events this year

  18-06-2026 13:24 via windsorstar.com
  
  Windsor city council has agreed to spend up to half a million dollars on free, family-friendly festivals and events this summer — but what will that include? Read More
  
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• University of Windsor to run $7.4 million deficit in 2026-27

  18-06-2026 13:17 via windsorstar.com
  
  Amid falling international enrolment and rising costs, the University of Windsor is projecting a $7.4-million operating deficit for the 2026/27 academic year. Read More
  
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• Windsor's youth unemployment rate is one of the worst in Canada

  18-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Statistics Canada data puts the May unemployment rate for Windsor residents ages 15-24 at 20.9 per cent.
  
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• Ontario's legislature is set for its shortest sitting in decades. Here's what it means for the Ford government

  18-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford’s government is on pace to sit for the fewest days of any Ontario government over the past five decades in a year when voters aren’t headed to the polls.
  And experts warn the decision to shorten the calendar at Queen’s Park comes with its strategic benefits — and pitfalls — for the Tories as the legislature settles into a 21-week break.
  
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• Hard to land a summer gig? Windsor’s youth jobless rate is one of Canada’s worst

  18-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Statistics Canada data puts the May unemployment rate for Windsor residents ages 15-24 at 20.9 per cent.
  
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• Photos: Fire crews battle blaze at boarded up west Windsor house

  18-06-2026 06:06 via windsorstar.com
  
  Flames attracted dozens of late-night onlookers and lit up an otherwise quiet street in Sandwich Town on Wednesday night. Read More
  
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• Survivors remember the deadly tornado that hit Windsor and LaSalle in 1946

  18-06-2026 02:29 via cbc.ca
  
  As Windsor marks the 80th anniversary of a deadly tornado that hit Windsor and LaSalle in 1946, survivors, who were children at the time, share their stories.
  
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• She remains on high alert 80 years after surviving deadly Windsor twister

  18-06-2026 02:29 via cbc.ca
  
  As Windsor marks the 80th anniversary of a deadly tornado that hit Windsor and LaSalle in 1946, survivors, who were children at the time, share their stories.
  
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• Here's a reality check on Trump's latest threats to CUSMA trade deal

  18-06-2026 02:01 via cbc.ca
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump has sounded off once again about his country's three-way trade deal with Canada and Mexico, this time musing about the agreement "expiring immediately."
  
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• No more NHL on CBC: Michigan hockey fans react

  18-06-2026 01:55 via cbc.ca
  
  American hockey fans are reacting to news that CBC will no longer broadcast National Hockey League games.
  
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• Conservation authority warns of possible flooding due to high winds, heavy rain

  17-06-2026 22:17 via cbc.ca
  
  According to ERCA, winds currently blowing mildly out of the southwest over Lake Erie are forecast to strengthen overnight and into Thursday morning.
  
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• 2 youths arrested following stabbing in Windsor’s west end

  17-06-2026 21:12 via cbc.ca
  
  According to police, a group of youths had arranged to meet for a fight. During the altercation, one of them pulled out a knife and stabbed an 18-year-old man.
  
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• New dementia-friendly wellness hub coming to Tecumseh

  17-06-2026 20:52 via windsorstar.com
  
  The Alzheimer Society of Windsor and Essex County is partnering with the Town of Tecumseh to bring a new dementia-friendly facility to the community.  Read More
  
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• Two youths charged following stabbing on city's west side

  17-06-2026 20:49 via windsorstar.com
  
  Two youths have been arrested following a stabbing on the city's west side.  Read More
  
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• Why Tecumseh is pegged for a next-gen Alzheimer’s hub in Windsor-Essex

  17-06-2026 19:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The project would see a 20,000-square-foot facility built beside Tecumseh Arena on municipal land.
  
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• Windsor Symphony Orchestra names 4 finalists in search for next music director

  17-06-2026 19:15 via cbc.ca
  
  The finalists were announced at a media event Wednesday, marking a significant step in the orchestra's search for a new artistic leader following the death of longtime music director Robert Franz last year.
  
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• What Trump's homeland security chief thinks about the Canadian border

  17-06-2026 17:47 via cbc.ca
  
  The U.S. crackdown on drug trafficking on the border with Mexico has triggered an increase in criminal activity coming across the border from Canada, according to Markwayne Mullin, the U.S. secretary of homeland security.
  
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• Essex applies for new housing development fund as Amherstburg opts out

  17-06-2026 17:09 via windsorstar.com
  
  As a deadline to apply for millions of dollars in federal-provincial infrastructure funding approaches, Essex is moving ahead with an application while Amherstburg has decided to opt out. Read More
  
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• Amherstburg spurns provincial program aimed at fixing Ontario's housing slump

  17-06-2026 17:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Before Friday, councils across Ontario must determine if they want to apply for an $8.8-billion federal-provincial housing grant program that would also require them to cut the fees they charge developers. Not everyone is on board with the program.
  
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• Canada's population drops in first quarter of 2026

  17-06-2026 16:58 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's population dipped by about 55,000 people in the first three months of this year, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada, which estimates the population as of April 1 was 41,417,056.
  
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