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Hot coffee and happy hearts at new inclusive cafe

Hot coffee and happy hearts at new inclusive cafe

🕔07:19, 18.Nov 2019

A local cafe is giving young adults in Windsor with developmental differences a chance to work and meet the community. Capaz Cafe opened at 1501 Howard Ave. to serve coffee, candies and baked goods to the Windsor community. “Come in

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Goodfellows are Windsor’s real Santas

Goodfellows are Windsor’s real Santas

🕔16:34, 8.Nov 2019

  The Windsor Goodfellows are set to dole out about 3,300 Christmas boxes this year to make the season special for families in need. The Goodfellows organization was started in 1910 in Windsor by Thomas May to raise funding to

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HEY! WHAT’S ON THE MENU TODAY

HEY! WHAT’S ON THE MENU TODAY

🕔11:40, 12.Apr 2019

  By Suraj Sasi Gone are the days when most people would sit and have proper breakfast, lunch and dinner. Cheap, low quality food surround us and busy lifestyles need faster solutions and less thinking. People leave their houses before

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Merry Maple Fest in March

Merry Maple Fest in March

🕔21:57, 10.Mar 2019

By Ryan Percy The first weekend in March saw re-enactors and educators turn the John R. Park Homestead into a maple-themed heritage weekend. More than 2,000 visitors from Windsor-Essex and abroad came to attend the event highlighting how pioneers and

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Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?

Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?

🕔13:39, 15.Feb 2019

By Eleanor Dhillon While some headlines have claimed breakfast is no longer important, others disagree and say skipping breakfast can have negative impacts on health. Recent studies have shown breakfast may not be a priority for many. A Statistica 2019

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Local bloggers hope to introduce permaculture to city

Local bloggers hope to introduce permaculture to city

🕔13:01, 1.Feb 2019

By Kamryn Cusumano Jan. 27, 2019 A Windsor couple is hoping to inspire a cultural shift in the city with their new blog. The Border City Hippies blog was launched two weeks ago by Jessica and T.J. Bondy. The self-proclaimed

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A Week of Winter Bites

A Week of Winter Bites

🕔12:17, 25.Jan 2019

Windsor residents have taken advantage of a local event to get a three course meal for a low price. In 2019 WindsorEats celebrated two anniversaries; the 15th year of operation and the 10th year of Winter Bites. Winter Bites takes

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New Year, new food guide

New Year, new food guide

🕔13:27, 22.Jan 2019

Canada’s Food Guide changes recommendations for to how eat healthy. Canada’s Food Guide released a long-awaited updated version on January 22. The last version of the guide was released in 2007. The new Canada’s Food Guide recommends eating plenty of

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Beating the holiday food rush

Beating the holiday food rush

🕔13:51, 7.Dec 2018

By Ryan Percy With less than a month until Christmas, do you have your holiday food prepared? While holidays are always a busy time for getting food from vendors, Christmas is one of the worst when it comes to wait

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Even with the USMCA looming, Windsor-Essex dairy industry continues on

Even with the USMCA looming, Windsor-Essex dairy industry continues on

🕔12:59, 30.Nov 2018

By Ryan Percy At five in the morning, the alarms begin to go off and Vicky Morrison starts her day. Morrison, 42, has lived around cows her entire life; she grew up on an Irish farm, studied ruminant nutrition and

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Is rbST just a really big scary term?

Is rbST just a really big scary term?

🕔12:56, 26.Oct 2018

By Ryan Percy Canadians are being told to relax and have a glass of milk, whether it comes from Canada or the United States. The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement is expected to give the United States access to up to 3.6

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Inaugural Hummus Festival a celebration of diversity

Inaugural Hummus Festival a celebration of diversity

🕔14:20, 18.Oct 2018

By Yasmina Elasfar The first Hummus festival in Windsor and Essex County brought three religions together in celebration. ”It’s an amazing festival. The girls have been excited all morning to come, and the music is wonderful, and to see many

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Downtown Windsor farmers’ market season extension

Downtown Windsor farmers’ market season extension

🕔10:25, 5.Oct 2018

By Amos Johnson For the first time ever, the Downtown Windsor Farmers’ Market is extending its season. “This was a very busy year. Not only did we increase our (number of) vendors but we increased attendance,” said general manager Steve

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Windsor’s First Hummus Festival

Windsor’s First Hummus Festival

🕔10:54, 28.Sep 2018

By Joyce St. Antoine A crowd of all ages enjoyed their taste of Windsor’s first Hummus Festival at Catholic Central High School. On Sept. 23, the school’s lobby was filled with restaurant vendors, cooks and visitors. A variety of different

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WE Box is getting locally-grown food onto Windsor tables

WE Box is getting locally-grown food onto Windsor tables

🕔14:56, 30.Mar 2018

By Angelica Haggert In a small backyard in the Devonshire Heights neighbourhood in Windsor, Bishops Urban Farms is busy planting, growing and harvesting microgreens. Microgreens are young vegetables, harvested early and used in salads and juices or as a garnish.

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Windsor-Essex business competition winds up

Windsor-Essex business competition winds up

🕔14:45, 23.Mar 2018

By Ryan Percy Windsorites are voting on which local business will get a marketing makeover. A popularity contest for Windsor-Essex businesses will see the top three brands win a marketing makeover by Generator Design. The winner will be awarded $15,000

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A breakfast to remember

A breakfast to remember

🕔13:11, 23.Mar 2018

By: Jessica Moore Maria’s restaurant in Amherstburg has been voted the number one best breakfast special in Windsor-Essex. An online poll was held in February 2018 for residents of Windsor and Essex County to vote on which local restaurant has

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Reducing waste with reused space

Reducing waste with reused space

🕔13:14, 2.Mar 2018

By Ryan Percy Shoppers in Devonshire Mall’s food court in Windsor will no longer find bins being used to collect garbage. The mall managers began the new waste reduction process Feb. 12 when they unveiled a new “training waste sorting

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Windsor introduces a subscription box for produce

Windsor introduces a subscription box for produce

🕔11:36, 2.Mar 2018

By Cassidy McNea Windsorites will now have the opportunity for fresh produce to be delivered to their door. WE Box, a local food share program through Border City Urban Farms, works with farmers and producers in the area to source

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Young CEO finds importance in Hockey

Young CEO finds importance in Hockey

🕔12:51, 16.Feb 2018

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

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