By Todd Shearon The GECDSB signed a new protocol agreement Dec. 11 to implement Indigenous culture in their curriculum. In an effort to protect and enhance Indigenous culture in public schools, the agreement states the GECDSB will hire more Indigenous
By Elle Remington Ontario is leading the way with new legislation in health care. The Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017 puts the care of patients and families first. The intention is that the public will now receive
By Millar Hill Pot smokers will soon be lighting up province wide. New legislation, which passed today is designed to ensure a safe transition toward the legalization of recreational cannabis. The law will come into effect by the July 2018
It was chilly as the first snow of the year fell, but at the WFCU Centre it was cozy and happy on Dec. 9. The First Annual CC’s Christmas Gift show provided a wide variety of Christmas gifts options with
by Dawn Gray Almost 900 Windsor families will be receiving some extra help this holiday season through a program at the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society. The Holiday Program allows individuals, organizations and businesses to adopt families during the season
By Bernard De Vaal Ontario wants to close the gender wage gap by getting mothers with young children back into the workforce. A persistent problem around making this happen is setting these parents up with quality and affordable day care
By Todd Shearon The holiday season got a little brighter this weekend for Windsor residents. The much anticipated Bright Lights Windsor opened at Jackson Park with an inaugural tree lighting ceremony on Friday night. Mayor Drew Dilkens was excited to
One would like to think that with current technology we’d at least be able to forecast what the weather will look like a month in advance. That however, is not the case. Peter Kimbell, meteorologist with Environment Canada warns that
By Prabsimar Kaur Santa Claus traded in his boots and suspenders for swimming trunks at Adventure Bay this past weekend. The Windsor waterpark hosted its fourth annual Swim with Santa, sponsored by Blackburn Radio and Snapd Windsor. The event had
By Angelica Haggert A self-proclaimed “ribbon master” gleefully made elegant bows. One participant added socks, gloves and a scarf to a basket while another cut cellophane to wrap around it. Another participant’s job was to move the completed baskets from
Watching a decorated tree catch fire or falling from a ladder while hanging holiday lights all sound like scenes from a bad Christmas movie. But, as temperatures drop people tend to spend more time at home and real holiday disasters
For seven generations, Palestinians have been without a place they can call their homeland. Many of them have never met their relatives from what most of the Muslim world considers occupied territories. On Dec. 11, President Donald Trump’s announcement of
Blackburn Radio’s Country 95.9FM and the Salvation Army are operating their first annual Windsor Wonderland Toy Drive. They were asking people to bring in unwrapped toys for all age groups to the Best Western hotel on Riverside Drive. Staff from
The Windsor Goodfellows’ newspaper drive has exceeded its fundraising goal for the 2017 season. The group had hoped to raise $275,000. As of Monday afternoon they had reached over $287,000. The annual newspaper drive was started in 1914 by two
The City of Windsor is introducing a Pay for Parking app for both street meters and city-run surface lots. Users can download the app through their smart phone and pay for parking by clicking a button. Signs on the meters
Local artists were going for the “wow” factor at the largest local art show in the region this fall. More than 200 paintings were on display at the Windsor Crossing outlet mall from Oct. 20 to Nov. 12 – all
By Ryan Percy Hundreds of Windsorites will find good meals waiting for them at the Downtown Mission this holiday season. Every day the Mission serves more than 700 meals to anyone who comes in looking for something warm to fill
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: Jordan Ferris MLS The 2017 MLS Cup final is being played on Dec. 9 at BMO Field in Toronto. Toronto received home field advantage for having the better regular season record. The game is a rematch of last
By Noah Gecelovsky The newly-elected leader of the New Democratic Party Jagmeet Singh visited his hometown of Windsor, Ont. on Dec. 1. Singh met with MPs Brian Masse and Tracey Ramsey and talked about both Windsor’s problems and potential. He
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