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Rooted In Rock

Formed from strong doses of Detroit rock, rhythm and blues, Guitar Army has been kickin’ out the jams on the...

The Strength of a Community

On Wednesday, October 7th, beneath the hesitant sunlight, a small, masked, socially-distanced crowd gathered underneath...

Global Learning

Windsor Nursing Students Bring Care, Compassion and Lessons Home from Tanzania Story by Paula JustPhotography by Kelsey...

Queens and Crowns

On Saturday, June 22nd, 2019, the 17th Annual Independent Music Awards show were hosted at the Symphony Space...

Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1974

Do you remember the weekend that James Brown, BB King, John Lee Hooker, among other blues legends, performed in Windsor?

Making A Home A Castle

The entire project took approximately two and a half months to install. Upwards of twenty professionals were brought in...

Nour Hachem Fawaz: Building Dreams

Through Build a Dream – the non-profit that Nour Hachem Fawaz founded in 2014 — Nour utilizes her 13 years of...

Flying High

There was nothing conventional about Amherstburg’s James Heugh’s entrance into acrobatics ten years ago, and the...

Portrait of an Artist

The thing that would alter the course of Maestro Robert Franz’s life intersected his timeline by accident. It was a...

Matt Bhanks

Matt Bhanks was born in Toronto. His family moved to Windsor when he was 3 years old. “I’m 25 now,” he says, “and I...

Queen of the Kitchen

“I did not believe I was going to win,” Chef Adelina says. “The other nominees were equally deserving!”

Jeff Lemire’s Trail of 10,000 Ink Stains

Great ideas often arrive in disguise. Inspiration for an autobiography—10,000 Ink Stains: A Memoir, published by Dark...

Mia Tannous

Momentum is a powerful thing, Mia Tannous explains. And over the last five years, Mia has taken advantage of her...

Teaching In Thailand

Thai Mueang, Thailand is as far from Harrow as Brittany Rocheleau has ever travelled, yet it reminds her of her...

The United Snakes

It’s hard to believe, but one of Windsor’s oldest and most established bands is still going strong….and mostly with its...

Moving Forward

Reva Rozwaski grew up in a small town in Poland called Diatlova, which is now located in Belarus. “I grew up in an old...

A Whole New School of Thought

Kent Walker is a man that dwells in two worlds. On the one hand, he’s firmly rooted in academia. For the last 11 years...

Natural Beauty

After all these years, Steve Biro is still searching for the perfect shot.

Scrapbook Baseball

It all started with a family scrapbook. The local history of one family exploding into a near decade long dig through...

Artistic Approach

Five skilled weavers in Nepal sat side by side weaving for an entire year to craft a 9’ by 12’ rug commissioned for a...

Becoming Stories

We’re all born with stories. These may include the ones our parents tell us or the ones that shape who we are; then we...

Beautiful Chaos

It is an improbable journey leading from the front room of a family home in Surrey, England, circa 1977, to the stage...

A Team of Volunteers

When the COVID-19 pandemic landed on the world with both feet, citizen volunteers immediately launched into action...

Spirits of the Past

The Donnelly Massacre took place at midnight, on January 4th, 1880, when the local vigilance committee stormed the...

Terry Fator

Ventriloquist Terry Fator first gained national attention in 2007 by winning the second season of America’s Got Talent.

The Thrill of the Race

Julia Lane began collecting a list of achievements and awards in competitive swimming in 2014, and she’s not done...

Gas of Tank

“The sounds of a jail brawl are unique in nature…”

Striking a Cord

The recent gold medal win at MusicFest Canada proves that St. Anne Catholic High School isn’t just shaping brilliant...

Turki Ayash

Many of us remember larking our way through our high school CPR lessons. The exercise mats. The pale, featureless...

Remembering Two Area Business Icons

In the region’s construction and automotive sectors, there are two names that have each left an indelible mark on the...

Kelsi Mayne

"I equally love writing as much as I do the stage."

A Trip to Barcelona

Every Christmas, Glenn Gervais presents his wife, Vinka, with a trip somewhere in the world.

Devin Veresuk

Devin Veresuk likes tackling people. “When I was a kid, I just liked hitting people!” Devin laughs. “In my first year playing football, I was thrown on offense because I was fast. But then midway through the season, I...

Lakeside House

Every morning begins with uninterrupted scenery of the scenic lake, where calm waters, soft light and a gentle breeze create a peaceful setting that never grows old. Towering windows surrounding the house ensure the...

Saying Goodbye

Every culture has its mythical place in the afterlife where people go when they depart this existence. For sailors, it is Fiddler’s Green. North American Indigenous people believe in the Happy Hunting Ground. Pets who...

Look Who’s Cooking At Home

Fabio’s passion for cooking began when his mother, Vilma Greco-Randazzo, started teaching him the traditional Italian dishes he grew up enjoying.

Chef Nav

In the kitchen, Sehmbi moves with the confidence of a seasoned frontman. As orders fly across the line, he orchestrates service with equal parts intensity, humour and heart. Every plate that leaves the kitchen passes as...

Past and Present

The American Hotel, then the British American Hotel in the mid 1880s ...