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All In The Family

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

Embracing The Blue

The great blue expanse of the ocean. For many, the idea of water stretching out in all directions can be terrifying...

Striking a Cord

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

A Collective Impact

Our freshwater biodiversity in the Great Lakes is in danger.

The Accidental Rockstar

At the end of May, a documentary premiered on Cogeco’s YourTV network entitled: Pourquoi Take French: 25 Years of...

State of Being

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

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...

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...

Turning a Dream into Reality

In 2019, a Riverside resident saw an empty riverfront lot and had a vision: her dream home. 

Chantel Budinsky

Before 2019, Chantel Budinsky had never heard of disc golf. Now, she’s on her way to making it pro.

Take Me To The River

Expertly renovated, passionately redesigned and furnished with flair, this exceptional Amherstburg homestead is a place...

Mixed Signals

Kaitlyn Frances is a singer and songwriter, originally from Chatham-Kent, who found her way down to Windsor and set up...

An Aura of Romance

“There’s maybe 150 assorted vessels supplemented by saltwater ships that sail down the seaway."

Look Who’s Cooking At Home

When NFL Super Bowl LIV kicks off on Feb. 2 in Miami, Derrick Drouillard will be at home in Windsor with his two...

The Gordie How International Bridge

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

Ella MNOP

Ella Paciocco, also known as Ella MNOP began singing with a toy microphone at two-years-old for anyone who would listen.

The Ambassador Bridge

She’s a grand ole’ dame who stands in aquatic glory and a beacon to mariners and landlubbers for almost a hundred years.

D.A. Lockhart

D.A. Lockhart opens Wënchikàneit Visions with a quote from Philip Levine’s “Winter Words”: “Once I slept beside a wide...

The Sky Is The Limit

The razor hum of wings slicing through the air with the precision of finely tuned blades. The reverberating, bone...

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.

Engine No. 7: The “Elcombe”

History helps us appreciate what we have today. We believe in preserving our history and having it for the future.

More Than Meets The Eye

Windsor Life catches up with the pioneering ophthalmologist to learn more about the new Windsor Surgical Centre, the...

Hockey Night In Windsor

When it comes to talent, Windsor is a startlingly diverse community. Artists. Athletes. Entertainers. Entrepreneurs...

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.

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...

Living Longer

Meet Tesko Chaganti, who made waves during his Grade 9 year at Vincent Massey by running thousands of simulations to...

Portugal

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

The Gimmal Ring

It’s been a long time between stories for Karen Koski. She was born Karen Clark and grew up in Kingsville. She wrote...

Gamechanger

They say that necessity is the mother of invention. Perhaps no local invention embodies that spirit more completely...

Staying Connected

One good thing to come out of this pandemic is how the isolation we’ve all been forced to endure has sparked a greater...

Big Game of The Sea

“I’ve been fishing since I can first remember, literally, from three years old,” he said.

Movies & Drawings

Steven Clay Hunter has one pertinent piece of advice for young aspiring artists: You don’t have to be a teacher if you do not want to.

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 surprise—a pleasant surprise.” 

Summer Moon

If Brendan Scott Friel has one thing he is eternally grateful for, it’s this: That he found his “thing” very early.

Sunken Thrones

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

Doing Our Part

An Essex County Facebook group, dedicated to the preservation of monarch butterflies, has found an easy, enjoyable way to make our corner of the world a better place. 

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

For husband-wife Dale Jacobs and Heidi L.M. Jacobs, baseball has been a decades-long fixture of their shared lives.

Jeff Lemire’s Art Imitates Life

The new Netflix limited series, Sweet Tooth, begins with the words: “This is a story… a story of a very special boy…” which describes the series’ main character, but could just as easily describe the story’s creator:...