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🕔13:28, 21.Feb 2014

by Evan Mathias Canadian women strike gold! The Canadian women’s hockey team made an incredible comeback from a 2-0 deficit to eventually win 3-2 in overtime capturing their fourth straight Olympic gold medal against their rival American counterparts. Marie-Philip Poulin

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Solar panels to be installed at Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre

Solar panels to be installed at Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre

🕔12:56, 21.Feb 2014

by Justin Prince The City of Windsor is installing solar panels on the roof of the Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre after approving a proposal. Windsor City Council approved plans to build a solar power plant on the roof

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McDonald shows for olympic celebration

McDonald shows for olympic celebration

🕔12:53, 21.Feb 2014

  by Kenneth Bullock Children’s love for the Olympic Games is shared by the man in the big red shoes. Ronald McDonald, played by Brad Lennon, came to a local McDonalds Feb. 19 to celebrate the restaurant chain’s tenth year

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Suburban Zoos – Domesticating Dangers

🕔12:47, 21.Feb 2014

by Hailey Trealout For centuries humans have tried to tame nature, tried to predict weather, plowed trees for homes and controlled the levels of the sea with dams. The attraction to the call of the wild has brought newscasts to various

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Pot possession sparks mild sentences

🕔12:44, 21.Feb 2014

by Tecumseh MacGuigan The Ontario Court of Justice has decided against convicting two local marijuana users. Richard Hodare and Denny Cranston appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice Feb. 13. Hodare was represented by Frank Miller, while Cranston represented herself.

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Scholarship winners recognized

Scholarship winners recognized

🕔12:36, 21.Feb 2014

by Sean Previl St. Clair College has recognized this year’s scholarship winners at an evening celebration. The Windsor college held its scholarship awards nights Feb. 19 and 20 for more than 400 students. The celebration is held every year in

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Griff’s Gone Geeky

Griff’s Gone Geeky

🕔12:20, 21.Feb 2014

by Kenneth Bullock A college bar is mixing more into the lineup than just alcohol. Griff’s Tavern held the Game Vortex pub from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. at St. Clair College on Feb. 20. The animation club came with

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Comedy pub produces twice the laughs

🕔12:11, 21.Feb 2014

by Kenneth Bullock A local pub is sending audience members home chuckling by bringing comedians to town each week. The Rockhead Pub brought in Gad Holland, a comedian from Detroit and Michael Harrison, a comedian from Saskatchewan to entertain Windsorites

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Miss Universe Preliminary Competition begins

🕔12:05, 21.Feb 2014

by Shelbey Hernandez Fifteen women from the Windsor and Essex County have made it through the Miss Universe Canada Western Ontario Preliminary Competition. According to Sonny Borrelli, the regional director and executive producer for the preliminary competition, this is the

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Red Lounge offers LGBT alternate venue

Red Lounge offers LGBT alternate venue

🕔15:08, 14.Feb 2014

by Sean Previl One of Windsor’s only primarily gay nightclubs may have closed, but there are still places nearby for the LGBT community to dance the night away. Often considered by many in the LGBT community as a safe space,

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Law students subject to price hike

🕔14:24, 14.Feb 2014

by Alice Hewitt For law students in Canada taking the bar exam is the result of three years of hard work. But it now comes at a large price. The Law Society of Upper Canada recently announced a fee increase

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Students succumb to tuition debt

Students succumb to tuition debt

🕔13:17, 14.Feb 2014

The rising cost of tuition is forcing students to become more financially responsible. According to Statistics Canada, more than one- half of all Ontario college students graduate with student debt. The study concluded that between 1995 and 2005 the average

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Growth in movie piracy but bigger growth in box office sales

🕔12:41, 14.Feb 2014

by Justin Prince For the past decade, movie piracy has been on the rise across the world. Despite the rise, movie studios and cinemas are continuing to thrive in both Canada and the U.S. According to websites such as WIRED.com

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Those who stood on guard now stand in protest

Those who stood on guard now stand in protest

🕔12:34, 14.Feb 2014

by Clara Musca Local military veterans are upset with the Canadian government and held rallies last month in an attempt to make their voices heard. The Conservative government announced last month they would be cutting the Veteran’s Affairs offices out

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Artist makes a statement at Art Speak Gallery

Artist makes a statement at Art Speak Gallery

🕔12:17, 14.Feb 2014

by Shelbey Hernandez A local artist is hoping her recent exhibit, Urgency for Metanoia, will make people more aware of the struggles women face with gender role stereotypes. Amy Thomson, 21, presented her art work at the Art Speak Gallery

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Proposed medical marijuana facility could be first of many in Windsor

Proposed medical marijuana facility could be first of many in Windsor

🕔12:14, 14.Feb 2014

by Justin Prince Windsorites could soon have access to medical marijuana without leaving the city after a start-up company showed interest in opening a new facility. A notice of intent was filed by Medical Marihuana Patient Relief to open a

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Photo exhibit evokes memories of Windsor’s past

Photo exhibit evokes memories of Windsor’s past

🕔11:45, 14.Feb 2014

by Y. MuradErzinclioglu Windsorites are being given the opportunity to connect with their automotive past through photographs on display at the Art Gallery of Windsor. The exhibit features portraiture works of the late Yousuf Karsh, who was commissioned by the

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Comedy Pub produces double the laughs

🕔11:25, 14.Feb 2014

by Kenneth Bullock A local pub sent audience members home chuckling after bringing two great comedians to town. The Rockhead Pub brought in Gad Holland, a comedian from Detroit and Michael Harrison, a comedian from Saskatchewan to entertain Windsorites Feb.

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Family Day

🕔11:03, 14.Feb 2014

Many Windsor Residents are are getting ready to enjoy a long weekend as the province marks its second statutory holiday of the year. On Feb.17, many businesses will shut down to allow for the seventh consecutive Family Day. In 2008,

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Adventure Bay to close temporarily

🕔14:00, 7.Feb 2014

by Justin Prince The Adventure Bay Water Park will be temporarily shutting down after receiving complaints about having slippery floors. According to Don Sadler, the project manager for the Family Water Complex, there have been multiple complaints about the floors

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