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Paczki Day 2022

Paczki Day 2022

🕔14:03, 4.Mar 2022

Windsorites are lining up out the door at local bakeries eager to purchase paczkis, traditional Polish baked goods. Steimar Bread, an Italian bakery in Windsor, has been serving baked goods since 1959. While paczkis are a hallmark of Polish culture,

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Fresh-baked charity opens the door to new bakery

Fresh-baked charity opens the door to new bakery

🕔14:25, 25.Feb 2022

A Windsor bakery is busy preparing for their opening day by donating bread to Windsorites in need. Cobs Bread has donated about $5,000 worth of baked goods for every day they have trained their bakers. In preparation for their grand

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Eased provincial restrictions allow restaurant owners to open to 50 per cent capacity

Eased provincial restrictions allow restaurant owners to open to 50 per cent capacity

🕔13:02, 11.Feb 2022

On Jan. 20, Premier Doug Ford announced that indoor dining would resume with a 50 per cent capacity limit. Earlier this year, the province implemented restrictions on businesses due to a spike in Omicron cases. This included a ban on

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Touchless tech and safer facilities coming to Windsor

Touchless tech and safer facilities coming to Windsor

🕔13:44, 1.Oct 2021

Touchless technology is coming to a washroom near you.  Windsor will be receiving massive upgrades to municipal infrastructure, thanks to funding from other levels of government. The COVID-19 Resilience Stream grant will provide a combined $3.2 million in funding, to make Windsor’s municipal building entrances and washrooms safer.  Amidst the current pandemic,

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New pizzeria opens in Cottam

New pizzeria opens in Cottam

🕔12:09, 16.Apr 2021

Cottam has no stoplights and only around 2100 residents, but its 14 main street businesses are set to welcome a new kid on the block. An area franchise is rolling into Cottam.  It has been over six years since Cottam

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City of Windsor waives fees for sidewalk again

City of Windsor waives fees for sidewalk again

🕔13:22, 9.Apr 2021

Last year’s on-street patio program will be in effect again this year, as the City of Windsor has waived the fees associated with opening an outdoor patio for restaurants and bars. On Feb. 22, City Council announced that businesses intended to open curbside

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Virtual Classes: One Year Later

Virtual Classes: One Year Later

🕔11:39, 26.Mar 2021

    On March 23 2020, St. Clair College moved all classes online for the remainder of the winter semester due to COVID-19. More than a year later, many of the courses offered at the college are still taught online.

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Cancelled sports leave young people struggling

Cancelled sports leave young people struggling

🕔13:17, 5.Mar 2021

With youth sports cancelled due to COVID-19, young people are experiencing a variety of challenges.  Market research company Ipsos found 74 per cent of children were feeling lonely due to cancelled youth sports, and 72 per cent of parents also reported

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How CERB and EI benefits will affect taxpayers

How CERB and EI benefits will affect taxpayers

🕔12:54, 5.Mar 2021

Canadian citizens who collected CERB or EI benefits in 2020 can expect their tax returns to look different this year. With over $81 billion distributed through CERB and EI from March 15 to Oct. 3 2020, many people will owe money on

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Art gallery hosts support program despite being temporarily closed 

Art gallery hosts support program despite being temporarily closed 

🕔12:53, 12.Feb 2021

The Art Gallery of Windsor is putting its programming online.  This year, the AGW will be hosting multiple events online.  One of them being Thrive: A Drop-In Arts Programming for Youth which is funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.   According to the AGW website, the Ontario

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Windsor funds art community with $60,000

Windsor funds art community with $60,000

🕔21:37, 17.Apr 2020

The City of Windsor has announced a $60,000 grant to fund and support the art community during the COVID-19 pandemic. The city has relaunched the arts, culture and heritage fund allowing local artists who have been affected by COVID-19 to

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Coffee with a cop

Coffee with a cop

🕔12:10, 6.Mar 2020

Potential police officers converse with cops over coffee.  St. Clair College brought police officers in from around Ontario for Coffee with a Cop on Feb. 25, 2020.  Nada Saad, a second year protection, security and investigations student at St. Clair

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Website for rosacea patients launches new campaign

Website for rosacea patients launches new campaign

🕔10:37, 8.Nov 2019

Rosacea patients are having a burden lifted off their shoulders with a new campaign that aims to close the gap between those living with the disease and their doctors. Face up to Rosacea provides a one-stop shop website for patients,

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Spitfires keep the streak alive

Spitfires keep the streak alive

🕔14:41, 4.Nov 2019

The Windsor Spitfires are climbing their way up the standings, one win at a time. A 10-2 blowout over the Sault-Saint Marie Greyhounds on Saturday has extended the Spits win-streak to six games, their longest since November 2013. While the

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Chris Lewis wants to be a voice for the people

Chris Lewis wants to be a voice for the people

🕔13:06, 11.Oct 2019

If you live in LaSalle, Amherstburg, Essex, the western/central part of Lakeshore or Kingsville, conservative candidate Chris Lewis believes he is the perfect candidate because of his ability to give a voice back to the people. “Four years ago, we

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Film is not dead.

Film is not dead.

🕔13:29, 28.Apr 2019

“The report of my death is an exaggeration,” – Mark Twain Over the past decades, technology has been improving at a rapid pace and scale. Each year, a new smartphone gets released with a more powerful battery and camera, and

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The effects of cannabis on the brain before the age of 25

The effects of cannabis on the brain before the age of 25

🕔12:21, 5.Apr 2019

To some the drug is seen as a medicine used to help with pains and aches they may have. However, there are many health risks associated with cannabis use. Eric Nadalin, manager at Windsor-Essex County Health Unit says the drug

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Recognizing the importance of budgeting

🕔13:51, 29.Mar 2019

When an individual sets a budget they will look at the total for the month, they then make sure they have enough income to cover bills such as mortgages, food and house supplies but what they have left over can

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Stress Less Fest

Stress Less Fest

🕔12:32, 29.Mar 2019

St. Clair College is acknowledging exams are a stressful time for students and are offering relaxing activities to help alleviate the stress. In 2014, the amount of stressed Canadians ages 15 and older is more than double the population of

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Dancing into the Industry

Dancing into the Industry

🕔16:15, 1.Mar 2019

Wishes waltz as a woman dances her way into the industry as Windsor’s first and only commercial drop-in dance studio opens its doors to the public.   Modernizing an old concept, Industry Dance Co. offers drop-in dance classes that require

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