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Race For Mayor Heats Up

Race For Mayor Heats Up @CityWindsorON #YQG

(WINDSOR, ON) – The municipal election is already heating up as Iain Angus has thrown his hat into the race for mayor. Angus won’t be running in Windsor, however. He has entered the race in Thunder Bay. Under new rules for municipal elections, candidates can’t file their nomination papers with the clerk until May 1, but there is nothing preventing them from declaring their intention to run. A…

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Border Woes A Political Football #Windsor #YQG @CityWindsorON @DrewDilkens #DrewDilkens @Windsor_Bridge @CBSA_ABB @CBPGreatLakes @Transport_GC @MarcGarneau @Liberal_Party @BrianMasseMP @TraceyRam (WINDSOR, ON) – Windsor’s mayor, Drew Dilkens, continues to view relations with the Ambassador Bridge Company as an “us versus them” scenario.

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Windsor Deals Central Library To Downtown Mission

#Windsor Deals Central Library To Downtown Mission @CityWindsorON @DowntownMission #YQG

(WINDSOR, ON) – The 46 year-old central branch of the Windsor Public Library, at 850 Ouellette Avenue, has been sold by the city to the Downtown Mission. The $3.6 million sale was announced late Friday afternoon. The process for finding a new location to put the library will now be kick started, but mayor Drew Dilkens has a spot near the Art Gallery of Windsor in mind. He wants to ensure the city…

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New Hospital Location Not Written In Stone

New Hospital Location Not Written In Stone @CityWindsorON @Kathleen_Wynne @WRHospital @DavidMusyj @ONTHealth @DrEricHoskins

Media covering the Town Hall estimated about 130 residents were in attendance when Premier Kathleen Wynne visited Windsor on 15 February 2018.Photo by Robert Tuomi. (WINDSOR, ON) – In a surprise announcement at last night’s Town Hall meeting in Windsor, Premier Kathleen Wynne made it clear that the location for a new hospital to serve the region is not finalized. Opposition has been growing…

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Recognition Sought For Windsor Rock Legend

Recognition Sought For Windsor Rock Legend #JackScott

(WINDSOR, ON) – A Windsor resident says he has written to Windsor mayor Drew Dilkens seeking a little recognition for one of North America’s greatest singer/songwriters. Windsor native, Jack Scott, aka Giovanni Domenico Scafone Jr, was defined as, “undeniably the greatest Canadian rock and roll singer of all time,” when he was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2011. Although…

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Windsor Looking To Acquire Former Jail

#Windsor Looking To Acquire Former Jail #YQG @CityWindsorON

Local historian Terrence Kennedy, seen on 4 November 2014, is advocating for the former Essex County jail to be repurposed as a community museum. Photo by Ian Shalapata. (WINDSOR, ON) – At the Monday meeting of City Council, councilors agreed to proceed with the restoration of a west end fire hall, built in 1921. Eventually it will be repurposed to become a new branch in the library network at a…

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Everywhere But Windsor @WEECDev @rakeshnaidu1212 Windsor and Essex County’s seemingly inept, at least to outside observers, regional economic development operation keeps losing. Yet there’s nothing, apparently, being done to make the o

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Wiser’s Windsor Celebration

Wiser’s Windsor Celebration #Windsor125 @JPWisersCA @JohnMMalott @Ambassador_SG_ @HRyeWhisky #HoldItHigh @HK_Canada

A special numbered bottle of JP Wiser’s Legacy, number 125 of 125, was presented to Windsor mayor Drew Dilkens in honour of the city’s 125th birthday.Photo by Ian Shalapata. (WINDSOR, ON) – To mark Windsor’s 125 birthday, JP Wiser’s produced a commemorative bottle of Legacy rye whisky. Only 125 bottles were produced at its bottling line in Windsor and inscribed with the city’s 125th Anniversary…

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