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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...

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...

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...

Strength in Numbers

“It is better to light a candle than to curse thedarkness.” That simple, profound statement has been alternately...

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...

Moving Forward

Reva Rozwaski grew up in a small town in Poland called Diatlova, which is now located in Belarus. “I grew up in an old...

Come Into My World

From the outside, Rita Miceli’s book Giaci and Me looks like an overnight success; but when you peer behind the scenes...

The Indiana Drones

Their chords reverberate across the crowd. The lyrics are at once mournful and poetic. An undeniable energy echoes...

Freedom To Float

According to Deanna Papineau, it’s easy to reach for the stars when your feet barely touch the ground.

Dream Reapers

Karmic Malice Comics, a local publishing company, has just released the first issue of their debut title: Dream Reapers.

Unpredictable Noir Fiction

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

Winter Wonderland

"I've always been working on machines, ever since I was a kid,” Adam states.

Mornings with Mike and Meg

Meg Roberts’ first appearance as co-host of Mornings With Mike & Meg on AM800—with veteran broadcaster Mike Kakuk—was...

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...

Iron Sharpens Iron

There is a way to get back on track with your fitness: Darren Bersuk’s new book, Get Off Your Ass!, which shows that...

Avril Lavigne

Canadian rocker, Avril Lavigne, performs at the Colosseum at Caesars Windsor on Thursday May 12. For many, the...

The Kilominator

Seven o’clock Sunday morning, September 6, riding my bike down the empty expanse of Howard Avenue—from its termination...

Lisa Williams Leaves The Timeless Wavelength

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

Noel Marentette

Chatham resident, Noel Marentette, has been a musician for sixty years. In recent years, he has taken to creating...

From the Street to the Screen

Seated in a Windsor Police cruiser one Sunday morning, completing paperwork, police constable Joel Lacoursiere thought...

Jeff Lemire Revisits Essex County

In March graphic novelist, Jeff Lemire, went home again—to Essex County.

Alison Schumacher

When asked to describe the sensation of figure skating, Alison Schumacher sparkles. “It’s indescribable,” Alison admits...

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...

Beach Grove Golf & Country Club Centennial: Modern Times

A rumor persists that mobster, Al Capone, visited Beach Grove and possibly stayed the night in one of the rooms...

Gritty Diorama

There is nothing more punk rock than finding beauty in the neglected, overlooked and under-appreciated aspects of daily...

The Kingsville Military Museum

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

Living Longer

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

Francine Honey

Some people take a circuitous path towards reaching their dreams. However, as Leamington’s Francine Honey has...

Ottavia Lepera

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

Portugal

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

The World Stage

Alyssa Boston, a 24-year-old from Tecumseh, was recently crowned Miss Universe Canada. Alyssa will be representing Canada at the 68th Miss Universe competition later this year, which will be hosted by Steve Harvey.

Look Who’s Cooking At Home

In the Liviero home, “Sunday is Pizza Day,” says John, owner of Sooter’s Photography.
He and his wife, Anita, fire up their outdoor pizza oven in warm seasons and the kitchen oven in winter.

Craig Forget

The Geometric Tree is, like all great art, immediately arresting. And not easy to describe. An oak tree emerges from the bronze earth—tall, dark and angular. Its jagged branches—more like claws—reach out, black and...

Hockey Night In Windsor

When it comes to talent, Windsor is a startlingly diverse community. Artists. Athletes. Entertainers. Entrepreneurs. The breadth of Essex County’s ingenuity is dizzying. However, if there’s one caliber of person Windsor...

Family Bond

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

The Soulshakers

‘The Soulshakers’….an energetic party band that grew out of brotherly love! The year was 1996. Brothers Tony and Carmen Rivolta, whose family had moved to Windsor from Thunder Bay more than 2 decades earlier, decided it...

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 her first book in Grade 8. It was a children’s story, for which she received an author’s award. Then...

A Selfless Act

Of all the special occasions Jordan Guenette and Derek Bacvar spend together, they both agree that right up there is Kidney Day. The two men will always remember their wives’ and children’s birthdays, their wedding...