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Blues infused soul rock

Blues infused soul rock

🕔12:27, 12.Jan 2018

By Alyssa Leonard Guitar strings, keyboard keys, drum beats, vocal cords. Music sheets, mixing sounds, play, rewind, record, repeat. This is just an average day for David Gerald as he works on his next album in his basement recording studio.

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Local online bakeshop aims to fill the gluten-free gap in Windsor

Local online bakeshop aims to fill the gluten-free gap in Windsor

🕔12:46, 8.Dec 2017

By Donna Ntumba After discovering she was gluten intolerant, Kaylee Lett says she has had difficulty finding options for homemade gluten-free products. That is when she and her mother, Sue Taranto, began baking from their home kitchen in LaSalle and

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Authentic Italian cuisine featured at new east-end bistro

Authentic Italian cuisine featured at new east-end bistro

🕔12:06, 8.Dec 2017

By Loren Mastracci When Ivana Perfetto tells people she just moved to Windsor from Rome, she says the reaction is always the same: astonishment. The 55-year-old Windsor native returned to her hometown with her family to fulfill her dream of

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Winter preparations

Winter preparations

🕔10:31, 8.Dec 2017

By Alyssa Leonard Windsorites could be in for a snowy winter — if weather predictions are accurate. The Weather Network released the national outlook for the 2017-2018 winter forecast on Nov. 20. According to their predictions, southern Ontario can expect

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Monarch counting

Monarch counting

🕔12:26, 20.Oct 2017

By Alyssa Leonard Monarch butterflies have had an easier migration year compared to 2016. The monarch migration across North America is a unique phenomenon that has been happening for centuries. Seen twice a year at Point Pelee National Park, the

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A unique natural phenomena

A unique natural phenomena

🕔12:08, 13.Oct 2017

By Alyssa Leonard A few weeks each spring and fall, people come from all over the world to see the monarch butterfly pass through Point Pelee National Park during its annual migration. The monarch migration across North America is a

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Board the bike bus

Board the bike bus

🕔12:59, 6.Oct 2017

By Alyssa Leonard   Bicycle enthusiasts in Windsor will have a new opportunity to ride on the many trails around Essex County. A pilot project, known as WEBikeBus or Windsor Essex Bike Bus, will launch later this month, where residents

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Last Missing Piece

Last Missing Piece

🕔13:33, 22.Sep 2017

By Alyssa Leonard Windsor’s mayor hopes to acquire what he considers the last missing piece of the Ojibway Prairie Complex — this pleased many of the 25 residents who took part in Mayor Drew Dilkens’ Ward 1 walk at the

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Solar flare

Solar flare

🕔15:02, 3.Mar 2017

By Alyssa Leonard With the increase of solar panels on residential homes, firefighters are taking extra precautions when battling a blaze. Solar panels are great for producing energy for homeowners who have them. However, they can be potentially dangerous for

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Windsor Police Service turns 150

Windsor Police Service turns 150

🕔11:33, 24.Feb 2017

By Alyssa Leonard When Canada was becoming a country, Windsor’s police force was being created and this year they are both celebrating a special birthday — 150 years.   The Windsor Police Service have great plans for their upcoming anniversary.

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Become a donor, save a life

Become a donor, save a life

🕔13:19, 3.Feb 2017

By Alyssa Leonard A Windsor family continues to urge young people to become bone marrow donors after losing their daughter to leukemia 12 years ago. Three-year-old Katelyn Bedard lost her battle with leukemia in June 2005 after being unsuccessful in

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Essex teen misses her library

Essex teen misses her library

🕔12:32, 25.Nov 2016

By Alyssa Leonard   An Essex teen is missing more than just books from her town library. As the strike approaches its five month mark, Essex resident Paige Jimmerfield, 13, said she misses having a place to go and hang

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Windsor needs more buddy benches

Windsor needs more buddy benches

🕔12:23, 25.Nov 2016

By Alyssa Leonard Students at St. Angela Catholic Elementary School never feel alone when sitting on the Buddy Bench. Last spring, St. Angela held a school-wide event to introduce students to the concept of the new Buddy Bench. The bench

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Remembrance Week Act

Remembrance Week Act

🕔10:51, 18.Nov 2016

By Alyssa Leonard A new bill declaring the week leading up to Remembrance Day as Remembrance Week has received Royal Assent. Earlier this month, Ontario passed Bill 55, Remembrance Week Act, 2016 to remember and honour all who gave their

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Spirits of Sandwich Ninth Annual Walking Ghost Tour

Spirits of Sandwich Ninth Annual Walking Ghost Tour

🕔14:59, 3.Nov 2016

By Alyssa Leonard A local medium says she can hear possible “unexplained things” that are oblivious to others attending the Spirits of Sandwich Walking Ghost Tour. Earlier this month, a local theatre company held its ninth annual Spirits of Sandwich

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Fantastic Fathers

Fantastic Fathers

🕔15:09, 14.Oct 2016

A local community group known as Fantastic Fathers Community Group recently held an event to raise money for families in need this Christmas. Earlier this month hundreds of families stood in line for hours at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens to get their pictures

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Students concerned about Canada’s future

🕔13:17, 14.Oct 2016

By Alyssa Leonard Some Canadian students are fearing for their safety and worrying about the impact on Canada as the American presidential election draws near. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have announced many ideas and opinions over the last 18

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