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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.

Sara Santarossa

“I’m still a member of LAWS,” Sara explains. “Five years ago, I was just a volunteer. Now, I’m sitting on the Board of...

Big Wide World

For most people, places like Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti, and Zanzibar are exotic names found in books and movies.

Notes From a Stranger

A small act of kindness can make someone’s day or even save someone’s life; this is the motto that drove co-founders...

It’s All About The Fun

Sometimes, great ideas sound crazy at first. The idea for a darts league for blind and partially sighted people came up...

Bronze Finish

A few months ago, Windsor’s medical community was dealt a staggering blow when the bust of Jeanne Mance was stolen from...

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...

The Kingsville Military Museum

A Group of Volunteers In Kingsville Are Doing Their Part To Ensure The Military Service of Essex County Residents Is...

DERKZ

Painting Beyond The Canvas Story by Michael Seguin For some artists, a canvas can be claustrophobic. David Derkatz is a...

Our Lady Peace

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

September in the Sahara

There are certain places in the world whose very names evoke images of romance and adventure. Two such places are...

The Accidental Rockstar

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

YVNG JRIP

Known as Jaxon Henderson in the streets of Chatham-Kent but as YVNG JRIP (Young Drip) in the music sheets, this 17-year...

Josh Bourke

“I didn’t grow up playing football,” Josh admits. “Back then, in Windsor, there wasn’t great exposure for the sport. At...

The Amherstburg Freedom Museum

Nestled on a quiet downtown residential street, the Museum shines the spotlight on personal narratives of the people...

Feather Hat Guy Walks Off Into the Sunset

He walked the streets of Windsor like an Old Testament prophet. His iconic cowboy hat, festooned with feathers.

A Magical Cirque Christmas

With his wife’s ankles locked around his neck, a muscular man on roller skates spins around and around until the couple...

Change Starts At Home

Menstrual care is a much-needed service around the world, yet it’s one that is often overlooked or ignored. Ezra...

The Power of Music

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

Canada Blooms

Are there more birds in your neighbourhood now? Has the birdsong always been so joyful? When did that little feisty...

Lisa Williams Leaves The Timeless Wavelength

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

Life In The Saddle

“It’s such an empowering feeling, being on top of a horse,” Becky explains. “You have this thousand-pound animal...

A Glimpse Inside the HMCS Harry DeWolf

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

Teaching In Thailand

Thai Mueang, Thailand is as far from Harrow as Brittany Rocheleau has ever travelled, yet it reminds her of her...

Playa del Carmen

If you consider yourself a weary traveller or a wary traveller, consider Playa del Carmen.

Look Who’s Cooking at Home

“I’m fairly certain my mom invented fusion dining. Growing up, every special occasion meal included dishes representing...

The Island of Slow Living

Madeira is a mellow island, John and Anita Liviero concluded about the Portuguese island after their 10-day trip this...

The Power of Choice

Nour Hachem-Fawaz didn’t go from grassroots to award winning national not-for-profit president and founder overnight...

Face to Face

John, who is Vice President of College Communications and Community Relations at St. Clair College, has been the host...

Running On Better Days

You hear that catchy tune that plays exactly the words that you needed to hear.

Last Call

How far would you go to save a stranger’s life? That’s the central question posited by Gavin Michael Booth’s feature film Last Call, which recently opened in theatres around the world.

Chris Taylor

Creating music has always been the lifelong passion of Chris Taylor, the President of Music Global at Entertainment One. “I was always playing in bands in Windsor, growing up,” Chris explains. “Even when I was doing my...

Artistic Approach

Five skilled weavers in Nepal sat side by side weaving for an entire year to craft a 9’ by 12’ rug commissioned for a Lakeshore home. Blending 60 percent silk with 40 percent wool yarn, the weavers handtied 100 knots...

Danielle Campo-McLeod

Danielle Campo-McLeod’s parents realized something was different about her when she was still an infant. “When I was 15 to 16 months old, my Mom started noticing that I was walking differently,” Danielle explains. “I...

Summer Nostalgia

The Bishop Boys consists of Windsor’s Austin Di Pietro and Andrew Adoranti. The young musical duo is studiously redefining the singer-songwriter genre through their distinguished unison vocals, poetic lyricism and...

Noelle Montcalm

Olympic athlete Noelle Montcalm was initially drawn to track and field because of the solitary nature of the sport.

Optimistic For The Future

Perhaps no one was in a more vulnerable position when the COVID-19 pandemic entered our community than the residents in retirement homes. However, while horror stories abound about outbreaks and lockdowns, three local...

Fighting Spirit

When you enter the ring, local fighter T.J. Laramie states, everything has a way of melting away. “You could never grasp exactly what it feels like unless you’re in the ring,” T.J. admits.