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The Indomitable Jann Arden

Iconic singer-songwriter, Jann Arden, is coming to Windsor on August 25 for an 8 p.m. performance at the Colosseum at...

Life At Shutter Speed

“I’d always been a birder,” he explains, “and it naturally led to taking pictures of the birds and wildlife. I’ve been...

Sara Santarossa

“I’m still a member of LAWS,” Sara explains. “Five years ago, I was just a volunteer. Now, I’m sitting on the Board of...

Backyard Oasis

What makes a house a home? Photos of loved ones along the walls? Trinkets from past vacations? A kitchen where you and...

 Jaclyn Cordeiro

Just minutes into our interview, we knew there was something very special about Jac Cordeiro.

A Home of Impeccable Taste

A breathtaking traditional 3,600 square foot sanctuary, custom-
designed and built by Windsorland Homes.

Scrapbook Baseball

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

Stand and Deliver

Dan’s life has been guided by a simple mantra: “Take every opportunity to do something different,” he says.

Noel Marentette

Chatham resident, Noel Marentette, has been a musician for sixty years. In recent years, he has taken to creating...

Come Into My World

From the outside, Rita Miceli’s book Giaci and Me looks like an overnight success; but when you peer behind the scenes...

The Art of the Luthier

David Radlin has built and repaired guitars for fifteen years. His love of music, his involvement with it, goes back to...

Rewilding Farmland

Denise and Andy were at a loss when looking for a lush, wooded lot in the Windsor-Essex area in the late 90s.

The Kilominator

Seven o’clock Sunday morning, September 6, riding my bike down the empty expanse of Howard Avenue—from its termination...

Cosmic Cruiser

“My van got a lot of attention at shows that year,” he remembers.

Ron Suchiu

If Ron Suchiu was a musician, he would be considered a rock star. A well established and accomplished painter...

The Thousand Colours of The Morning

The Thousand Colours of the Morning, a Windsor-based feature-length film, examines the lives and relationships of three...

Innovative Community

“My older brother took the Biomedical Engineering Technology program as well,” Bryce explains. “I used to look over his...

Newfoundland and Labrador Through the Lens

It all started with an advertisement on television. A 30-second-long video that highlighted the beauty of Canada’s...

What is Your Life Print?

To the uninitiated, the concept of wealth might arouse only one question: “Where do we start spending?” In reality...

Transforming the Alleyway

Art has its beautiful way of inspiring us to stop, think, and reflect, and the murals down Butterfly Lane were created...

All In The Family

After their first fundraising success, the Allisons formed the AlliWonga Foundation. An umbrella organization for their...

A House Full of Christmas

To the Collavino family, it is the perfect time to fill the house with holiday magic.

A Magical Cirque Christmas

With his wife’s ankles locked around his neck, a muscular man on roller skates spins around and around until the couple...

Portugal

Where can you stand inside a chapel decorated with human bones in the morning, visit a shrine where the Virgin Mary...

Noelle Montcalm

Olympic athlete Noelle Montcalm was initially drawn to track and field because of the solitary nature of the sport.

Halloween Houses

As merrymakers get their costumes together and others buy candy to hand out, there are the hardcores among us who turn...

Carnevale di Venezia

For his 50th birthday, John Liviero, owner of Sooter’s Photography, received the gift from his wife, Anita: a plane...

YVNG JRIP

Known as Jaxon Henderson in the streets of Chatham-Kent but as YVNG JRIP (Young Drip) in the music sheets, this 17-year...

Riding to the Edge of Memory

There is a reason why the first words of my cycling book, The Kilominator, are: “Why, exactly, am I doing this?”

Sunken Thrones

“When one kingdom drowns, a new one must rise in its place,” Stuart writes. “So begins the saga of that kingdom, and...

Kristin Kennedy

Kristin Kennedy has walked the halls of Windsor Regional Hospital many times over the course of her career. From a frontline nurse all the way to the President and CEO’s office.

High Social Battery

Many of the lessons Tal Czudner learned working his first job in the early 1980s have guided his steps through a resume of increasingly high-profile jobs. Today he is CEO of Windsor Detroit Border Link...

Trial By Water

The oldest evidence of a boat constructed by human beings dates back approximately 10,000 years.

In Her Element

Crissi Cochrane is embracing the intensity of her zodiac sign. With its stormy soundscapes, vivid natural imagery and emotionally-charged lyrics, Cochrane’s latest EP Fire Sign isn’t just a new release.

Past and Present

Ferry Hill Above: View of Ouellette and Sandwich (Riverside), circa 1908, facing south from the deck of a Detroit–Belle Isle–Windsor Ferry Company steamer. Things to note: open air electric trolley, street life, sign...

Fertility Friends

Stacey Robert-Tobin has an impressive resume. She’s a Professor at St. Clair College who specializes in criminal and civil law, social justice, sociology and psychology. Prior to this, she had a career in law...

Art on the Riverfront

Nestled along the Detroit River, the Windsor Sculpture Park offers visitors the opportunity to experience contemporary art while enjoying stunning waterfront views.

Shane Devon Nelson

It looked like the worst day of a young man’s life: whisked into a hospital emergency room upon a gurney, moaning in pain, bloodied head and neck ensconced within a head immobilizer and neck brace, after suffering blunt...