Windsor

Top Stories Of 2014

We asked you to vote, and here's the outcome: your Top 10 stories of 2014 for Windsor and Essex County.

#10: Windsor homicide

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#9: Rt. Hon. Herb Gray passes away

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#8: NDPs dominate Windsor-Essex ridings in provincial election

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#7: Amherstburg in financial trouble

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#6: Local MPs on Parliament Hill during Ottawa Shooting

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#5: Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis doesn't seek re-election; Dilkens becomes mayor

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#4: Fight to keep Leamington hospital's OB unit open

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#3: Massive fire at Bonduelle food processing plant in Tecumseh

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#2: Polar Vortex

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#1: Heinz officially closes its doors

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