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Our Lady Peace

For Canadian band Our Lady Peace (OLP), the boom also officially begins when their inaugural LP Naveed debuts across...

Back On The Ice

Andy Delmore's career is one of constantly shifting to strive for the best. Having played for teams across Canada, the...

Bridget Carleton

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

Breaking Barriers

Alaina Ha, a deaf Grade 8 student at Our Lady of the Annunciation Catholic Elementary School in Stoney Point, has...

A Dream Come True

“It’s all about capturing stories,” Krystle states. “Things like rundown barns and old farm equipment, to me, have a...

A National Treasure

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

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?”

Unpredictable Noir Fiction

Noir fiction comprises a marked darkness in theme and subject matter, unfolding against a backdrop of systemic and...

Unchartered Waters

Every community chooses a single quality to define themselves. Innovation. Excellence. Or, in Windsor’s case...

Modern Living

The age-old mystery of “Who cuts the barber’s hair?” may still persist, but there is no secret behind “Who builds the...

The Long Road to Paris

Dreams are made or dashed in three hundred sixty seconds. That is the road to the ultimate goal: the Olympics.

Let There Be Light!

There is no place quite like it on earth. Niagara Falls. Mark Twain set the Garden of Eden there in his story “Extracts...

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...

Four Pieces of Advice

In a community with as many stars as Windsor and Essex County, few shine brighter than Dr. Richard Peddie.

Coming To The Table

Windsor’s healthcare workers are in the line of fire. Thanks to dwindling medical supplies and steadily climbing...

Emblazoned in Memory

The Edmund Fitzgerald disaster is a story that was launched into legend so quickly after the actual event that its...

Making Dreams Come True

Patti France was first hired at St. Clair College in April 1987. Since then, she’s been witness to countless seismic...

Fighting Spirit

When you enter the ring, local fighter T.J. Laramie states, everything has a way of melting away. “You could never...

Colours and Prisms

I’ve always loved the beauty around here. It’s almost begging to be captured. The colours are like prisms out here...

Living With a Brain Injury

Some stories usually begin with, “It was just another typical day…”

The Gordie How International Bridge

For almost a century, the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit/Windsor Tunnel have been the main crossing points between...

Around Sharp Corners

For two-time Olympian 800-metre runner Melissa Bishop-Nriagu, the finish line is never at the end of the track. It...

Something In The Water

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

Photography Adventure

Local Photographer Travels to Indonesia to Capture Otherworldly Images Story by Matthew St. AmandPhotography by...

The Essence of Antarctica

It’s the land of iceberg graveyards and stone thieves.

Theory Into Practice

It takes grit to accept the offer to coach a losing team. The team who, season after season, came in last in the...

Hidden History

“One person’s trash is another person’s treasure” is certainly true when it comes to the hidden history lying on the...

Love at First Play

Pickleball, Malinda Hebert explains, is the fastest growing sport in North America. The game originated from Bainbridge...

A Selfless Act

Of all the special occasions Jordan Guenette and Derek Bacvar spend together, they both agree that right up there is...

A Story of Survival

Danielle is a 37-year-old former Paralympic Gold Medalist, Social Worker, Motivational Speaker, World Record-Holding...

Theo Johnson

It’s almost impossible to believe that the nimble figure, number 84, in the college football highlight reel is six-foot-six, two hundred sixty pounds—leaps above opposing players covering him, mid-field, and snatching a...

Krazy Kenny

‘Krazy Kenny’ Koekstat (born on June 15) is a Gemini man.

Russ Macklem

Master jazz man, trumpeter, composer, performer Russ Macklem says that his relationship with the trumpet had a rocky start. 

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.