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Free public skating at Forest Glade Arena garners big turnout

Free public skating at Forest Glade Arena garners big turnout

🕔12:47, 8.Mar 2024

by Joelle Brassard Forest Glade arena in Windsor provides free skating on Friday evenings open to the community.  Cory Elliott, Manager of arenas and recreation facilities for Windsor, said public skate nights have been around in our Windsor community since

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The reason behind moving garbage collection to curbside: it might not be what you think

The reason behind moving garbage collection to curbside: it might not be what you think

🕔11:23, 8.Mar 2024

by Joelle Brassard City Council voted in the majority last week to move all residential garbage and yard waste collection from alleys to curbs wherever possible starting April 2025.   This has caused backlash from Windsorites due to the overwhelming belief

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New pottery studio coming to Ford City

New pottery studio coming to Ford City

🕔11:23, 8.Mar 2024

by Joelle Brassard Two local women, Lisa Gabriele and Gisele Bick, are opening a new pottery studio in Ford City.  “What inspired us both to open the studio in Windsor was that there isn’t one right now,” said Gabriele. “There’s

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The Correlation Between Art and Sports

🕔13:41, 8.Dec 2023

According to a paper titled Confluences between Art and Sport published in Scientific Research: An Academic publisher by Danny Shorkend, it can be argued there are indeed overlaps between the world of the arts and sports and suggests “a complimentary

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Canada Seeing a Rise in Over Representation of Indigenous Persons in Adult Provincial Custody

🕔13:38, 8.Dec 2023

The overall rate of Indigenous persons being held in provincial custody is rising according to Stats Canada.   Indigenous women are more overrepresented in provincial custody than Indigenous men. With Indigenous women being incarcerated at a rate 15.4 per cent higher

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Designs by Sav: a growing local clothing brand

Designs by Sav: a growing local clothing brand

🕔12:24, 1.Dec 2023

By: Joelle Brassard  Known simply by their artist name Sav, this young local artist has grown and thrived in Windsor’s arts scene, finding recent success with textile design which led to the birth of Designs by Sav.  “It all began

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Colours of Resilience: a passion project helping the homeless

Colours of Resilience: a passion project helping the homeless

🕔12:13, 1.Dec 2023

By Joelle Brassard  Known to the public as Batoolio, she is a 24-year-old artist and activist that has launched a passion project which donates art supplies to homeless artists and displays their artwork in gallery style exhibitions.  Batoolio is an

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Uma sessions live concert series: showcasing Windsor talent, one show at a time

Uma sessions live concert series: showcasing Windsor talent, one show at a time

🕔12:08, 10.Nov 2023

By Joelle Brassard Kamryn Cusumano, a local photographer, has created a project that displays local talent through a show on Bell’s FibeTV1 streaming service.  Uma Sessions Live Concert Series is a produced television series where local artists will come to

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Tom Lucier and Phog Lounge: A Staple in the Windsor Community

Tom Lucier and Phog Lounge: A Staple in the Windsor Community

🕔12:07, 10.Nov 2023

By Joelle Brassard It can sometimes be hard to be an entrepreneur, but it’s certainly a lot easier with the support of an entire community behind you. Windsor’s art and music scene has rallied around local venue owner Tom Lucier

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Windsor’s mural festival gives new life to the city

Windsor’s mural festival gives new life to the city

🕔12:27, 27.Oct 2023

By: Joelle Brassard and Saloni Chauhan  Windsor was recently given a makeover when the Free for All Walls project came to town.  Windsor held its first and largest public display of art of its kind when, from Oct. 3 to

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Local band Cons of Jupiter is on the rise

Local band Cons of Jupiter is on the rise

🕔12:16, 27.Oct 2023

By Joelle Brassard Windsor’s local music scene is growing all the time and two young men involved are growing in popularity with new music releases.  Ian Joseph Pattison and Luke Philip Drouillard, who work together under the band name Cons

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Stephenville: Newfoundland’s Most Vibrant Hidden Gem

Stephenville: Newfoundland’s Most Vibrant Hidden Gem

🕔14:18, 13.Oct 2023

By: Joelle Brassard   Surrounded by what could only be described as the freshest air I had ever encountered, the sights around me were filled with incredible hues of lush green scenery and a beaming blue sky. In the distance you

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Young Local Artist Gains Popularity with Upcoming Art Show at Phog Lounge

Young Local Artist Gains Popularity with Upcoming Art Show at Phog Lounge

🕔13:09, 13.Oct 2023

By: Joelle Brassard   Windsor’s popular art and music venue Phog Lounge is hosting a new and upcoming artist who plans to make a big splash in Windsor’s art scene.  Milos Main, more commonly known by his stage name of

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New additions to the mission with the hope of cleaning up the downtown area.

New additions to the mission with the hope of cleaning up the downtown area.

🕔11:49, 3.Mar 2023

 By Joelle Brassard City councilman Renaldo Agostino of Ward 3 has proposed some new additions to the outside area of the Downtown Mission to improve the overall quality of the area.   New additions include portable washrooms, lighting, fencing and

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Vertical forests to be an exciting addition to downtown

Vertical forests to be an exciting addition to downtown

🕔12:34, 19.Nov 2022

Goyeau Green Towers which will be located at 727 and 777 Goyeau St., will be a vertical forest which is a building covered in plants and greenery.  “These vertical urban forests in the place of the (concrete) buildings, give off oxygen,

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