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Willistead Welcomes You Back

Stately, storied Willistead Manor, surrounded by 15 acres of heritage parkland, tree-lined streets and historic homes...

Bigg Wiggle

Drummer Mike Cooper didn’t realize he wanted to form a band until he worked the bar at his family’s tavern one night...

Avril Lavigne

Canadian rocker, Avril Lavigne, performs at the Colosseum at Caesars Windsor on Thursday May 12. For many, the...

Passion and Obsession

“I was able to close off the night with Metallica on drums in front of 30 thousand people!” Marty states. “It was...

Russell Drago

From singing “Chim-Chim-Cheree” on the Cleary Auditorium stage as a 9-year-old Cub Scout, to his recent stellar...

The Fight Like Mason Foundation

Not all heroes wear capes. Some never need to. Mason Bacon-Macri was born on May 9th, 2012. “Mason was a surprise to...

Look Who’s Cooking At Home

Readily admitting “I love to eat but I’m not someone who was gifted with the joy of cooking or really even any skill...

Cosmic Cruiser

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

Jennifer Wells

Newly Appointed Goodfellows President Shares Her Devotion To The Charitable Organization

Darren Jones

Windsorite Darren Jones first moved to Chicago at the age of 30 to pursue a corporate career. What he did not...

Lisa Williams Leaves The Timeless Wavelength

If not for a chance meeting, Lisa Williams’ thirty-eight-year career at AM800 may never have happened. 

The Rock of Gibraltar

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

Patty Handysides

When it comes to broadcasting and newsgathering in the City of Windsor, for the past forty years, Patty Handysides has...

State of Being

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

Amazing Friends

For Craig Ramsay and Catherine Wreford Ledlow their camaraderie led them to not only new heights but victory fame...

Barbecues and Buddha

East meets West in a Lakeshore backyard, where the large family can unwind together with yoga in the Zen garden or kick...

Adventure Tourism

Returning from safari in South Africa with their digital memory cards filled with images of elephants, giraffes and...

The Soulshakers

‘The Soulshakers’….an energetic party band that grew out of brotherly love! The year was 1996. Brothers Tony and Carmen...

Behind the Curtain

Dave Merheje: I Love You Habibi is streaming now on Crave.

Walk Off The Earth

Hoping to attract a little attention for their Burlington-based band, a blonde woman flanked by four dark-haired men...

Infested

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

Journey to India

Edging their way toward the holy Ganges River in northern India, two Windsor couples were caught up in an endless...

Dreamcrusher

Who murdered pop singer Gwyn? This is the mystery at the center of Dreamcrusher, season one of “Reward,” a new mystery...

Minimalist Oasis

It really says something about how desirable a condominium is when the realtor selling suites in the complex buys one...

Ultraviolet

The new alternative rock band is comprised of four distinct members, including Nico DiGiorgio, Nick Bondar, Dane...

Theo Johnson

It’s almost impossible to believe that the nimble figure, number 84, in the college football highlight reel is six-foot...

Chief Pam Mizuno

Windsor Police Services’ Deputy Chief Pam Mizuno knew something was up when she was invited to St. Catholic Elementary...

The Mark of Excellence

“I bring leadership,” he says when asked about the tools he brings to the Spitfires. “The players know I’ve been...

A Trip 35 Years in the Making

Pam and Bill Seney have been travelling together since the early days of their marriage as a way to see what the world...

A Glimpse Inside the HMCS Harry DeWolf

The HMCS Harry DeWolf stopped in cities across Ontario and opened its doors for public tours.

Roadmap of the Soul

Sonia Palleck’s powerful four-book series, Leave the Little Light On, tells the story of Athena Brkovich, a precocious young girl who navigates a gauntlet of trauma through her childhood, teen years, young adulthood, up...

A Family Affair

For most people, the house on the shore of Lake St. Clair would have been a perfectly livable dwelling—a single story home built nearly half a century ago, with its sandy beach, beautiful surroundings and spectacular...

Molly Ferdinand

“I come from two families: my father and mother’s families, both were very musical,” Molly says. “I played piano at age four and always had something in my hands to play, whether I could or not! Family gatherings...

The True Provençal Life 

For avid travellers Pam and Bill Seney, the slow “provençal” life proved to be a true delight in experiencing the beauty found in the French countryside. 

Erica Fryer

Ten years ago, 14-year-old Erica Fryer of Amherstburg told us, “I’m hoping hockey can be part of my life for a long time…I also hope to play goal for one of the women’s professional teams.”

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 the beginning of his life.

Flying High

There was nothing conventional about Amherstburg’s James Heugh’s entrance into acrobatics ten years ago, and the success he has achieved since then.

Skating Her Way Towards Nationals

When asked if she is nervous for the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games, Breanna Williams didn’t skip a beat when she said, “no!”