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Yvonne Pilon and Sarah Davidson

Few individuals embody Windsor’s entrepreneurial spirit more completely than friends Yvonne Pilon and Sarah Davidson.

People Helping People Find Recovery

At Brentwood Recovery Home in Windsor, a series titled Recovery Gave Me was developed to shine a light on the powerful...

Something In The Water

From fundraisers to food drives to Hospice to helping children, families and the less fortunate, Essex County people...

Creative Minds Behind Spine-Chiller 

For a movie so lush with striking dialogue, Suede Productions’ new feature length thriller, Depraved Mind, reveals some...

McKenna Lumley

Few young people are as remarkable—or have endured as much—as Windsor’s Mckenna Lumley. When she was four years old...

Bridget Carleton

The world may think it has “won her over,” but global basketball player Bridget Carleton’s heart and roots are in...

State of Being

Her sound has an immediate orchestral feel, which translates into a grand sense of scale. But then, before the track...

Beach Grove Golf & Country Club Centennial: Modern Times

A rumor persists that mobster, Al Capone, visited Beach Grove and possibly stayed the night in one of the rooms...

Still the Soul Survives

The Holocaust happened nearly 100 years ago, yet the realities were ever present for the survivors and patients of...

Field of Dreams

“I didn’t think I would be called up when I did. My focus has always been on being a good player. It caught me by...

The Rock of Gibraltar

Some places capture our imagination. Some places are so jaw-dropping, so awe-inspiring, that they demand an explanation.

Slam Dunking Dreams

Most kids who grow up with dreams of being a pro athlete want to make it big in college, then enter the pro leagues to...

Acting Everything But Her Age

Born into an acting family, it’s no surprise that ten-year-old River Price-Maenpaa became an actress herself.

The Dynasties & The Three

Bob Turner is a self-described “basketball junkie.” Bob first started playing basketball in high school before going on...

A National Treasure

One of the first things travelers see crossing the Ambassador Bridge into Canada are her majestic pale green spires...

Making A Home A Castle

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

Corona Virus Came To Town

Children’s author, Pam Stradeski’s latest book, Corona Virus Came to Town, has the deceptively simple title of a fable.

Beach Grove Golf & Country Club Centennial: Early Days

On Saturday, February 26, 1927, sometime around 7 o’clock in the morning, a fire started in the Beach Grove Clubhouse...

Spirits of the Past

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

The Power of Music

Some of Windsor’s greatest bands have found ways to deliver their amazing sounds during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rooted In Rock

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

Events and Tourism

There is always something going on in the Town of Tecumseh.

Infested

Author Christian Laforet finds few things as unsettling as apartment buildings. “They’re kind of strange, when you...

Mr. Emancipation

Mr. Emancipation: The Walter Perry Story is an account of Windsor’s Walter Perry, whose progressive festival flourished...

All The Right Moves

As “blessings in disguise” go, this one was pretty harsh. Amherstburg native, James Heugh, had spent seven years...

No Brains…Big Hearts

espite what you might see on the silver screen, the undead are a surprisingly altruistic bunch. Or at least in Windsor...

Stepping Up To The Senate

Doctor Sharon Burey came to Canada from Jamaica and has since spent decades helping improve the lives of children...

Prague

Prague, the heart of Czech Republic, is regally nicknamed “the City of a Hundred Spires,” and I agree considering every...

View Through The Viewfinder

Local photographer, Kim Gelissen, took up the artform in 2014. The idea came while she worked as a hospital unit clerk...

Danielle Campo-McLeod

Danielle Campo-McLeod’s parents realized something was different about her when she was still an infant. “When I was 15...

Paul Murray

Some artists spend a lifetime searching for their voice. Paul Murray found his before he could even spell his name.

Puerto Rico

From the white sand that trickles into the cerulean sea on Condado Beach to the colourful array of buildings in Old San Juan, all the way to the emerald palms in the El Yunque National Forest, there is so much to see in...

Windsor Regiment (RCAC)

In honour of The Windsor Regiment’s 90th anniversary, October 19 - 25, 2026 has been designated “Windsor Regiment Week”. The occasion will be commemorated on two separate dates: October 19, The Windsor Regiment’s flag...

Independent By Design

For Windsor-based indie band Talking Violet, a realization of just how far they’d come occurred as the trio gathered around the radio one night, sitting at home in their pajamas listening as their latest single, Chew...

No Brains…Big Hearts

espite what you might see on the silver screen, the undead are a surprisingly altruistic bunch. Or at least in Windsor they are.

Vinyly Yours

Our record collection is eclectic and not in alphabetical order, which makes these decisions a bit more of a journey—but a welcome one. It’s not just one genre or one style of music; it’s not even just my collection...

Past and Present

The “Riv”, as it was commonly known, was located at 2950 Dougall Ave. at West Grand Blvd.

Ride Like The Wind

“Horses mirror our emotions and give us immediate feedback,” Becky Mills, Transition Advisor to the new Executive Director, explains. “That can help a person become more aware of their own emotional state and how...