New lithium batteries could be used in future industry

New lithium batteries could be used in future industry

🕔09:48, 7.Apr 2018

Students are always looking for new advancements to ensure we’re not depleting our planet’s natural resources. A group of researchers from the University of Windsor may have found one answer in lithium batteries. “I think in the next 50 to

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Windsor becoming a draw for trans community

Windsor becoming a draw for trans community

🕔09:32, 7.Apr 2018

Windsor-Essex Trans Support celebrated its first Transgender Day of Visibility. The day has been recognized on March 31 since 2010. It started as a way to celebrate the accomplishments trans people have made around the globe, according to U.S.-based Trans

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Easter egg hunting at the Chimczuk Museum

Easter egg hunting at the Chimczuk Museum

🕔09:14, 7.Apr 2018

The second annual Easter egg hunt at the Chimczuk Museum last weekend gave children a chance to hunt for hidden eggs throughout a museum. “I only found three eggs and if I give them to the front desk, I’ll get

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Celebrating 100 Years of Chinese community in Windsor

Celebrating 100 Years of Chinese community in Windsor

🕔08:39, 7.Apr 2018

It has been 100 years since the first Windsor Chinese organization was founded in 1918. Last Saturday on March 31, a special 100-year celebration was held in Windsor at the Giovanni Caboto Club with three local Chinese groups. The event

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Serving up Great Soup at St. Clair College

Serving up Great Soup at St. Clair College

🕔07:25, 7.Apr 2018

By Ioana Iota The St. Clair Centre for the Arts brought people from all over Windsor to eat soup recently. Sponsors, volunteers and a lot of people around Windsor came to the Great Soup Kitchen event to taste more than

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City of Windsor launches Walk Wheel Windsor

City of Windsor launches Walk Wheel Windsor

🕔12:12, 6.Apr 2018

The City of Windsor is launching Walk Wheel Windsor, an Active Transportation Master Plan for the city. It includes any form of human-powered transportation, i.e walking and cycling two of the most popular and well-known forms of active transportation. It

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Ninth annual Marche Du Nain Rouge celebrates Detroit

Ninth annual Marche Du Nain Rouge celebrates Detroit

🕔16:18, 30.Mar 2018

Marche Du Nain Rouge is a celebration of all things good in Detroit. Hundreds paraded through Midtown, Detroit for the ninth annual Marche Du Nain Rouge March 25. The legend of Nain Rouge has been around since the time of Detroit’s

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Windsor’s 36th Easter Seals Telethon a huge success

Windsor’s 36th Easter Seals Telethon a huge success

🕔15:53, 30.Mar 2018

The 36th annual Easter Seals Telethon blew past its fundraising goal of $145,000 raising more than $176,000 this year. The telethon brings in about 70 per cent of Easter Seals’ funds for the year. It takes about 40-50 volunteers and

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Black Oak Heritage Park is reopening

Black Oak Heritage Park is reopening

🕔15:47, 30.Mar 2018

After being closed to the public since 2015, Black Oak Heritage Park is reopening. The only public entrance, on the north side of the woods, has been closed during construction of the Gordie Howe Bridge plaza near the park. The

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Chimczuk Museum welcomes children and families

Chimczuk Museum welcomes children and families

🕔15:33, 30.Mar 2018

  By Ioana Iota The Chimczuk Museum was offering free crafts and art activities for children and their parents last weekend. Maria Pacheco is from Mexico and is new in Windsor. She came with her two children. “We are here

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Work Week Wakeup contest surprising workers on Monday mornings

Work Week Wakeup contest surprising workers on Monday mornings

🕔15:11, 30.Mar 2018

By Todd Shearon There’s a new reason to wake up on Monday mornings and start the week in style. But somebody needs to provide the coffee and doughnuts. You could be the office hero and Blackburn Radio’s Mix 96.7fm could

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Transit Windsor replacing 24 buses

Transit Windsor replacing 24 buses

🕔15:05, 30.Mar 2018

Transit Windsor has a good news for people who use public transportation: it has received funding to purchase 24 new buses to replace its aging fleet. These new buses come with a price tag of $12.5 million. Riders hope this

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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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There’s help for parents to better understand their young children

There’s help for parents to better understand their young children

🕔14:03, 30.Mar 2018

By Ennis Liu The early education of the child is very important, but many new parents will not know how to correctly guide the child’s behaviour. The Windsor-Essex County Children and Youth Planning Committee is promoting WEE Start, a free

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Windsor celebrates the 2018 Earth Hour by shutting off the lights

Windsor celebrates the 2018 Earth Hour by shutting off the lights

🕔08:31, 30.Mar 2018

The lights went out last weekend. The City of Windsor held an Earth Hour event on March 24 at Charles Clark Square, as all non-essential lights in the downtown area were turned off for one hour starting at 8:30 p.m.

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You don’t see this every day – exotic animals at Tecumseh Mall

You don’t see this every day – exotic animals at Tecumseh Mall

🕔07:41, 30.Mar 2018

In the middle of Tecumseh Mall over March Break, a man would bring out a snake and encourage people to touch it. Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo was giving people a chance to get closer to owls, snakes, tortoises and more

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Windsor artist looking to reclaim Ford City

Windsor artist looking to reclaim Ford City

🕔15:12, 26.Mar 2018

By Millar Hill Deserved or not – Drouillard Road has had a bad reputation. But that hasn’t stopped the neighbourhood’s residents, businesses owners and the BIA’s collective effort to curb that stereotype. “The roots down here are so strong and

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UWindsor’s renovated Armouries building now officially opened

UWindsor’s renovated Armouries building now officially opened

🕔16:34, 24.Mar 2018

The School of Creative Arts at the University of Windsor is finally renovated fully and officially opened for public viewing. Students began using the downtown building in January, but the official grand opening was delayed until this past week because

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Easter Seals Telethon 2018 is here

Easter Seals Telethon 2018 is here

🕔16:23, 24.Mar 2018

Windsor-Essex’s Annual Easter Seals Telethon is this weekend. CTV Windsor will broadcast the 36th Easter Seals Telethon live on Sunday, March 25 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Central Park Athletics- 3400 Grand Marais Rd E. The funds

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‘Black Lives Matter’ going unheard in Canada, says local student organization

‘Black Lives Matter’ going unheard in Canada, says local student organization

🕔15:53, 24.Mar 2018

The Travyon Martin shooting sparked the Black Lives Matter movement six years ago, but it has not been limited to the United States. Donneyha Ellis is one of the members of the Caribbean African Organization of Students (CAOS), a student

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