The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery.
Test drilling has begun for the Great Canadian Flag Project, which would put a giant Maple Leaf flagpole at the foot of Ouellette Ave. Photographed Dec. 2, 2013. (Dan Janisse / The Windsor Star)
Brian Cyr (left) and Thomas Dwyer Jr. (right) of C.T. Soil & Materials Engineering Inc. drill in downtown Windsor on Dec. 3, 2013. (Dan Janisse / The Windsor Star)
Workers drill at the foot of Ouellette Avenue on Dec. 2, 2013, to test for depth for the Great Canadian Flag Project. (Dan Janisse / The Windsor Star)
Carley Horvath competes in the shot put during the U of W Blue and Gold meet Mon. Dec. 2, 2013, at the St. Denis Centre in Windsor. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Rachael Wolfs competes in the pole vault during the U of W Blue and Gold meet Mon. Dec. 2, 2013, at the St. Denis Centre in Windsor. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Carley Horvath competes in the shot put during the U of W Blue and Gold meet Mon. Dec. 2, 2013, at the St. Denis Centre in Windsor. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Mitchell Long competes in the long jump during the U of W Blue and Gold meet Mon. Dec. 2, 2013, at the St. Denis Centre in Windsor. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Josh Nidolo of Kenya competes in the 100 metres during the U of W Blue and Gold meet Mon. Dec. 2, 2013, at the St. Denis Centre in Windsor. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Chris Layfield, left, of Tecumseh Vista Academy tangles with Nathan Ducharme of E. J. Lajeunesse in a benefit game at Tecumseh Arena for student Spencer Hyland and his family who lost their home last week due to a fire. The game raised thousands for the family, Monday December 2, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star
Alixe Saliba, right, of Ecole E.J. Lajeunesse skates away from Alan Bondy, left, of Tecumseh Vista Academy during a benefit game at Tecumseh Arena for student Spencer Hyland and his family who lost their home last week due to a fire. The game raised thousands for the family, Monday December 2, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star
Chris Hyland, left, puts his arm around his son Spencer Hyland while thanking a large crowd of students and faculty from E. J. Lajeunesse and Tecumseh Vista Academy high school at a fundraising hockey game at Tecumseh Arena. Hundreds of students and faculty attended the game which raised thousands for the family, Monday December 2, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Kathy Hyland, right, student Spencer Hyland and Chris Hyland thank players from E. J. Lajeunesse, left, and Tecumseh Vista Academy hockey teams before fundraising game at Tecumseh Arena. The HJyland family lost their home last week due to a fire. The game raised thousands for the family, Monday December 2, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star
Wearing his new Vista Academy hockey jersey, Spencer Hyland, stands at centre ice during a benefit hockey game between E. J. Lajeunesse and Tecumseh Vista Academy at Tecumseh Arena. Hundreds of students and faculty from both schools attended the game which raised thousands for the family, Monday December 2, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Spencer Hyland, right, and his father Chris Hyland, behind, applaud after receiving an envelope from E. J. Lajeunesse and Tecumseh Vista Academy fundraising hockey game at Tecumseh Arena. Hundreds of students and faculty attended the game which raised thousands for the family, Monday December 2, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
High school hockey teams from Lajeunesse and Tecumseh Vista Academy play a benefit game at Tecumseh Arena for school mate Spencer Hyland and his family who lost their home last week due to a fire. The game raised thousands for the family, Monday December 2, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star
Kathy Hyland, left, wipes a tear after her son Spencer Hyland, right, and husband Chris Hyland, behind, received an envelope from E. J. Lajeunesse and Tecumseh Vista Academy fundraising hockey game at Tecumseh Arena. Hundreds of students and faculty attended the game which raised thousands for the family, Monday December 2, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Canadian Pacific Rail Holiday Train prepares to leave CP Janette Avenue rail yard after delighting families Monday after December 2, 2013. The rolling fundraiser provides for area food banks and the decorated train is on a three-week journey across Canada. CP Rail matches donations to the Breakfast Club of Canada. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
WINDSOR, ONT. December 2, 2013. Mark Vander Voort, president CUPE Local 543 makes a presentation at City Council Monday December 2, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star
Canadian Pacific Rail Holiday Train prepares to leave CP Janette Avenue rail yard after delighting families Monday after December 2, 2013. The rolling fundraiser provides for area food banks and the decorated train is on a three-week journey across Canada. CP Rail matches donations to the Breakfast Club of Canada. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
The Belle River Nobles hoist the OFSAA trophy after winning the AAA senior girls volleyball championship. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)
Windsor City council unveils the 2014 budget with a presentation at council chambers on Dec. 2, 2013. (Jason Kryk/The Windsor Star)
City of Windsor exec. director of operations, Mike Palanki, listens to City of Windsor engineer Mario Senego speak answers as the 2014 budget is delivered at council chambers on December 1, 2013 in Windsor, Ontario. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)
City of Windsor engineer Mario Senego answers questions as the 2014 budget is delivered at council chambers on December 1, 2013 in Windsor, Ontario. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)
Coun. Hilary Payne listens as Mayor Eddie Francis unveils the 2014 budget at council chambers on December 1, 2013 in Windsor, Ontario. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)
Coun. Hilary Payne listens as Mayor Eddie Francis unveils the 2014 budget at council chambers on December 1, 2013 in Windsor, Ontario. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)
It was standing room only as Mayor Eddie Francis and Windsor City Council unveiled the 2014 budget at council chambers on December 1, 2013 in Windsor, Ontario. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)
Mayor Eddie Francis, seated behind City of Windsor treasurer Onorio Colucci. and city council unveils the 2014 Budget at council chambers on December 1, 2013 in Windsor, Ontario. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star
Demolition work begins at 1271 Riverside Dr. East — once remembered as the John Davis House, and later known as adult entertainment venue Danny’s Tavern. Photographed Dec. 2, 2013. (Jason Kryk / The Windsor Star)
An excavator reduces Danny’s Tavern — long ago known as the stately John Davis House — to rubble on Dec. 2, 2013. (Jason Kryk / The Windsor Star)
Stephanie MacDonald, left, Paula Schmidt, Wendy Sexton, Judith Funkenhauser, Gunther Funkenhauser, Marla Funkenhauser-Wiper, and Eric Funkenhauser during a formal donation by the Funkenhauser family to Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare at the Tayfour Campus on December 1, 2013. The $23,000 was raised in the 2013 Day for a Life Golf Tournament and the inaugural Pass It On fashon show in honour of their son Trevor. The family continues to raise funds for organ donor awareness in memory of their son. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star)
