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Passion, Persistence, Determination

For 19-year-old Woodslee native Rubie Diemer, dreams really do come true.

Photos of a Wren

“Music was my first passion,” Ava explains. “But writing has also always been a huge part of my life. I guess it comes...

Writing Home for the Holidays

Windsor Life Revisits Some Very Interesting Stories From Years Past

Reclaiming the Pen

Every year, a month before verdant spring bleaches into another scorching summer, we gather together to celebrate...

The Gretzky Kid

The trajectory of Wayne Gretzky’s life changed forever when he met his hero, Tim Horton, in Brantford, 1968. Tim Horton...

Sports Hall of Fame

This year’s class of inductees into the Windsor Essex County Sports Hall of Fame is impressive and it could be one of...

Octagon Origins

Kyle Prepolec wears a UFC t-shirt because he has stepped into the octagon multiple times.

Family Bond

There are few things more powerful than the bond between family members. Well, other than a 496 Chevy Big Brock crate...

Josh Indig

If you’re even tangentially involved in Windsor’s passionate racing community, you’ve likely heard of Josh Indig. At...

Unpredictable Noir Fiction

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

Evoking The Tuscan Esthetic

One local couple decided to shorten the distance by bringing the sun-drenched Italian region to their home.

Steve Bell

Among the first things people notice about Steve Bell, former sports director at AM 800, is that he has his priorities...

Stone Luck

Local Band Joins Teaze For Reunion Performance Story by Michael SeguinPhotography by Jose Ed Ramirez If I can rudely...

Imparting Dignity In Care

The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County holds space for people not just in practice, but in memories. It is a...

A Meeting of Minds

The 2025 Ontario Bike Summit is coming to Windsor.

Inspiration and Education

The Miceli’s are an exceptionally close family of six. There’s the parents, John and Rita, the eldest Lauren, there’s...

Hitting The Right Notes

Driven by a desire for privacy, Nick Worth learned how to play guitar, hoping to practice in peace within the walls of...

Man On A Minefield

When listening to 17 year old Brett Brochu, a goalie for the London Knights, describe the role, it sounds like a high...

McKenna Lumley

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

Past and Present

The Capitol Theatre Photography courtesy Walkerville Publishing On February 12, 1920, Marcus Loew of Loew’s Vaudeville...

Ottavia Lepera

OTTAVIA LEPERA NEVER IMAGINED that her love of selfies would lead to a professional modelling career. However, at just...

Rising Star

Chelsey Danfield’s life changed forever when her grandfather bought her a bedazzled jean skirt with a matching vest...

An Intoxicating Tale

Chronicling the life and times of Windsor’s “original six” breweries, Brewed in Windsor—A Tasty History has all the...

Leah Harris

Life for Windsor-born singer/songwriter, Leah Harris is a whirlwind but you wouldn’t know that from her relaxed manner.

Theo Johnson

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

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...

Big Game of The Sea

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

World of Style

When Elaine Weeks and husband Chris Edwards embarked on a 165-day trip around the world last year, there was more to...

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...

Laughing and Breathing

During these dark times, one Windsorite is determined to provide some sunshine. Josie LoPorto Freeborn is a 44-year-old...

The Dynasties & The Three

Bob Turner is a self-described “basketball junkie.” Bob first started playing basketball in high school before going on to compete for Wilfrid Laurier University. He even won the Windsor Alumni National Basketball...

Bridging Past and Present with Art

It will be like a scene from a modern-day fable: over the next two years, images of an indigenous hoop dancer, a bear and its cubs, an eagle and the Creation of Turtle Island—along with two Canadian maple leaves—will...

Rolling Through Life

It’s difficult to describe Jakob Skrzypa's short film Balls! to the uninitiated.

A New Way Forward

What’s there to say about a woman like Jennifer Jones? Not nearly enough. Jennifer Jones has a long list of accolades and accomplishments.

Look Who’s Cooking At Home

The heart of the Holiday Season for our family is Christmas Eve dinner celebrated in the traditional Polish way with twelve fish and vegetarian dishes. The centrepiece is the delicious red beet soup called borscht, my...

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 from Adam’s Diary”, published in 1893 to commemorate the 1893 Buffalo Pan-American Exhibition.

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 awareness of the value of connection.