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There’s nothing like Windsor-style pizza from your friends across the border to make Friday better for Detroit border guards who aren’t getting paid during the partial U.S. government shutdown.

Canadian Customs and Immigration Union workers from Windsor delivered a dozen king-sized pizzas for three shifts of Detroit workers Friday along with cannoli and coffee.

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“I think it will help lift their spirits,” said CIU Local 18 president Ken Turner.

Antonino’s Original Pizza in South Windsor made a dozen king-sized pizzas Friday, including a truly Windsor pizza — Antonino’s original super with pepperoni, sausage, green peppers and mushrooms — and Sicilian and vegetarian, as well as just cheese pizzas. Windsor-style pizza is known in part for its shredded pepperoni which, to connoisseurs, provides pepperoni flavour in every bite.

Photo by Dan Janisse / Windsor Star

“I think it’s great to really give them a piece of Canada and Canada’s best pizza in my opinion,” said James Scott, one of the managers at Antonino’s in South Windsor.