By Tate Harris The Vancouver Canucks have called up former Windsor Spitfire and Amherstburg native Michael DiPietro on emergency basis. The Canucks need for goaltending came after their current goalie, Thatcher Demko, suffered a lower body injury before yesterday’s game
By Tate Harris Forest Glade Arena is down to one ice pad after a cooling issue. The arena, which normally has two pads, will only be able to use one for the next three weeks. A problem with the rink’s
By Tate Harris The head coach of a local prep school hockey team believes the school’s program offers a new route for Ontarians to reach higher levels of hockey. A21 Academy is a Windsor prep school that offers sports
By Tate Harris Officials with NBL of Canada continues to do their part in what has been a group effort to help grow the game of basketball nationally. According to worldatlast.com, basketball is ranked as the seventh most popular sport in
By Tate Harris A Detroit Red Wings legend has retired after playing 15 seasons and serving six as captain. Henrik Zetterberg played 1,082 games for the Wings and was ranked fifth all time in scoring for the franchise. Being fifth has him ranked with
Security guard Brad Drouillard holds a picket sign during the Caesars Windsor‘s strike. Employees at Caesars walked off the job at 12:01 a.m Friday April 6. Unifor Local 444 said 59 per cent of the workers voted against the tentative agreement that Unifor reached on April 3.
By Tate Harris A local hockey player is expected to be a high draft pick during the Ontario Hockey League priority selections on April 7. Matthew Maggio, 15, is eligible to be drafted by an OHL team. Maggio is from Tecumseh and played ‘AAA’ midget minor hockey for the Sun County Panthers in the Alliance League.
By Tate Harris The retail manager at Devonshire Mall expects new additions will be completed this June, including Mandarin Buffet and a new separate food court. A new food court is part of the current $70-million renovation and is expected to be open June 27. The old food court had 550 seats and the new
By Tate Harris A young CEO is seeing the importance of hockey in his life while trying to balance his business and the sport. Ameen Fadel is 18 and started his own company, Cedar Valley Selections, when he was 16 after he heard about a $3,000 grant from a government program for young entrepreneurs. Fadel
By Tate Harris A former Windsor Spitfires’ captain had a storybook night after scoring the overtime winner for the Barrie Colts to defeat his old team. Aaron Luchuk was part of the Spitfires organization for almost five years and was named captain at the beginning of the 2017-2018 season.
By Tate Harris Special teams helped the St. Thomas Stars keep the LaSalle Vipers away from a sixth straight victory. It was a big game for LaSalle on Feb. 7 as they tried to add to their five-game winning streak and remain second in the standings. The Vipers started the game strong having six shots
By Tate Harris Detroit Pistons have made a blockbuster trade to push towards the playoffs and establish Detroit as a free agent destination. The Pistons traded Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjonavic, a 2018 first round pick and a 2019 second round pick to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Blake Griffin, Willie Reed, Brice Johnson. Griffin, former 2009 first pick, played seven full seasons with the Clippers and had
By Tate Harris The Leamington Flyers have moved into second place in the Western Conference of the GOJHL, with a win against the Komoka Kings Thursday night. Leamington scored five goals against Komoka, while keeping the Kings at three goals of their own, resulting in a score of 5- 3. The Flyers struggled in the first period, but
A local entrepreneur is continuing to use the skills he learned in his teens to find success in the night-life business. Andrew Corbett, 28, started a company called Corbett Productions at the age of 14. Corbett had an interest in music and entertaining people inspiring him to become
By Cody Wall Of the 23 players on the Kingsville Kings roster, this season 19 of them live with a billet family. The Kingsville Kings sit in first place of the Greater Metro Hockey League standing, having lost only four
By Tate Harris Catholic Central High School defeated E.J Lajeunesse Secondary School 50- 31 in the opening game of the WECSSAA senior boys basketball season. Lajeunesse lead by two points going into the second half after Catholic Central struggled to capitalize on opportunities in the first half. Catholic Central coach, Paul Gebrael, said the team’s composure allowed them to keep the game close. “We are really working on this whole idea of
By: Tate Harris Kingsville restaurant owners are using dining trends and the support of each other to find success in what is typically a tough industry. The town, known for its wineries, has started to offer more dining options and
Holy Names High School overcame adversity to defeat the number one ranked football team in Canada to win OFSAA Western Football Bowl. Holy Names High School defeated the London South Collegiate Insitute 21- 17 in a comeback win. After being
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