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Probing Spirit

fatherhood, family, the nature of life and the role of faith in it.

The Emirate of Dubai

With its futuristic skyscrapers casting a fantastical cityscape, Dubai, glimpsed through a shimmering sunset sinking...

Supreme Playground

Homeowner Gives Glimpse of His Ultimate Backyard Ice Rink

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...

Family Feud Canada

On December 16th, 2019, the Canadian Broadcasting Centre (CBC) premiered their own version of a classic American game...

The Best of all Worlds

Windsor’s storied Walkerville neighbourhood has been basking in the glow of a long-lasting renaissance.

All The Right Moves

As “blessings in disguise” go, this one was pretty harsh. Amherstburg native, James Heugh, had spent seven years...

Local Live Theatre Matters!

Korda Artistic Productions—a home-grown theatre company dedicated to offering extraordinary live shows that are...

A Treasure From Another Time

To paraphrase the old saying: Time and tide wait for no one. Nowhere is this truer than at the Guyitt house, known as...

Scrapbook Baseball

It all started with a family scrapbook. The local history of one family exploding into a near decade long dig through...

Charlotte’s Shadow Shines a Light

It’s an ageless story: a child and their dog. This has been the central element for countless adventures. Charlotte’s...

Shaping a Waterfront Space

The Emeryville waterfront property offered a blank, rectangular canvas of nearly one acre in size.

The United Snakes

It’s hard to believe, but one of Windsor’s oldest and most established bands is still going strong….and mostly with its...

The Gordie How International Bridge

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

Events and Tourism

There is always something going on in the Town of Tecumseh.

A Story of Survival

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

Indomitable Spirit

It all started with a lamb named Charlotte. Lauren Edwards is Windsor and Essex County’s own personal Doctor Dolittle...

Willistead Welcomes You Back

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

The Way of the Sword

The artists are coming.

Milk, Money & Murder

Steven Byrne’s Tale of Prohibition Windsor Story by Ryan Percy Sometimes the darkest of life can lead to some of the...

A Sculpture Across Borders

Combining craftsmanship with admiration, Windsor artist Peter Solly paid tribute to one of North America’s most iconic...

William Hawksworth

For Windsor-born Musician William Hawksworth, everything he’s done can be traced back to those long summer nights.

Barndominium Living

The Word of the Day is “Barndominium,” a mash-up of “barn” and “condominium”.

Behind the Curtain

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

The Tea Party

Formed in 1990, The Tea Party has a sound that is wholly their own. Combining both industrial rock and Middle Eastern...

Writing Home For The Holidays

Windsor Life checks-in with the people at the center of some of our most interesting past stories.

Fast Greens

An anonymous author once wrote that: “Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the...

Mufflers into Masterpeices

Anyone who has met Peter Solly has no doubt he will leave his unique mark on the world.

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?”

A Voice For The Voiceless

On Saturday April 25th, Crime Stoppers of Windsor and Essex County will be celebrating their 35th Anniversary at the...

A Dream Come True

“It’s all about capturing stories,” Krystle states. “Things like rundown barns and old farm equipment, to me, have a story. These things were all alive and thriving, at one point. It’s all about capturing the beauty in...

Doing the Impossible

The school day in autumn 2020 begins as it has for generations: standing for the playing of the national anthem, followed by announcements, which include birthdays and the Joke of the Day. Except, in the George Jetson...

Jody & Billy Raffoul

Billy Raffoul was nine years old the first time he stepped onstage with his father, local rocker Jody Raffoul.

The Strength of a Community

On Wednesday, October 7th, beneath the hesitant sunlight, a small, masked, socially-distanced crowd gathered underneath the cross outside Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare.

Golf Oscar Tango

Interesting how we can live near someone, learn about them through casual conversation, and then one day realize: “My neighbour is Superman.”

The Kilominator

Seven o’clock Sunday morning, September 6, riding my bike down the empty expanse of Howard Avenue—from its termination point at County Road 20, heading toward Laurier Parkway. I needed 33 kilometers to reach my goal of...

Sleep In Heavenly Peace

“No kid sleeps on the floor in our town.” That’s the motto of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an international organization that maintains that all children deserve a safe, comfortable space to lay their heads. The various...

The Show Must Go On

If there is one thing the global pandemic, and subsequent lockdown, has taught the world, it’s the importance of our artists. As daily life around the world ground to a halt in late March, stranding everyone in their...