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Novice AE Take Oshawa Tourney

Novice AE Take Oshawa Tourney @JrSpitfires #Hockey

During the Oshawa Hockey Fest over this past weekend, the WMHA Novice AE squad skated to a perfect 5-0 record and the gold medal.

Jamie Bornais led his charges as they stickhandled past the competition. Windsor started off with an 8-0 shellacking of Stouffville and followed it up with a convincing 6-2 win over TNT.

In Game 3, Peterborough came out on the wrong end of a 4-1 score to set up…

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Two UWindsor Educators Honoured

Two @UWindsor Educators Honoured @LeddyLibrary

(WINDSOR, ON) – Ontario’s Confederation of University Faculty Associations will honour Karen Pillon and Dora Cavallo-Medved, both of the University of Windsor, at its awards ceremony Saturday in Toronto. The pair are being recognized for their contributions to learning and scholarship. Cavallo-Medved, a permanent lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences, has been named one of Ontario’s…

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Bornais finds shed light on Iron Age and Viking life

Powerful figures from the late Iron Age through to the end of the Vikings were drawn to a sandy plain on South Uist, according to archaeologists.

Bornais, on the west side of the island, has the remains of a large farmstead and a major Norse settlement.

The area has produced large numbers of finds, including what have been described as exotic items from abroad.

Green marble from Greece, ivory from Greenland and bronze pins from Ireland have been among the finds.

A piece of bone marked with an ogham inscription, an ancient text that arrived in Scotland from Ireland, was also found.

Archaeologists said the items provided a detailed picture of life in the first millennium AD. Read more.