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Blackburn News

Local CAS Receives Increased Funding

Tags: budget, children, Children's Aid Society, essex county, foster, funding formula, teresa piruzza, windsor, youth

The local Children’s Aid Society will see an increase in its budget thanks to the new funding formula.

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Damage Set at $1M

Tags: fire, Fire Marshal's Office, investigation, Plastic Plant, Sprucewood Ave., sprucewood industries, windsor

Investigators have yet to determine if the fire at Sprucewood Industries in west Windsor is suspicious.

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Ministry Of Labour Moves In

Tags: black smoke, essex county, fire, GECDSB, lasalle, Ministry of Labour, Ontario, plastic, plastics, recycling, school, schools, sprucewood industries, toxic, WECDSB, windsor

The Ontario Ministry of Labour is getting involved after the fire at Sprucewood Industries in Windsor.

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Taxes Going Up in Essex

Tags: 2013 budget, County Road 50, Donna Hunter, Downtown Essex, Essex, essex county, fire hall, fire station, Leamington, tax bill, tax rate, taxes, windsor

The average homeowner in Essex can expect to pay another $40 to $45 on their tax bill for a property valued at $150,000.

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Fine And Jail Time

Tags: chatham, Chatham-Kent, Daniel Andrew Tiessen, essex county, Leamington, North Shore Express, wallaceburg, waste, windsor

Leamington’s North Shore Express will have to pay a $150,000 fine and owner Daniel Tiessen will head to jail on a 30 day sentence plus serve two years’ probation.

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