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This is Halloween – Then and Now

🕔20:36, 20.Oct 2013

By Jolene Perron Ghosts, goblins and witches, oh my! Halloween is nearly upon us. The festive children’s holiday filled with costumes, candies and junk food. Take away all of those things and what is left? This tradition we have been

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Downtown stabbings leave one dead, five injured

Downtown stabbings leave one dead, five injured

🕔16:32, 19.Oct 2013

Updated Oct. 27, 2013 By Sean Previl Five men are injured and one dead from stab wounds after an early morning incident downtown Oct. 19.  The Windsor Police Service was called to Pelissier Street near University Avenue around 2 a.m.

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Riverside Reunion digs up memories

Riverside Reunion digs up memories

🕔17:30, 18.Oct 2013

By Sandee Nho Twnety-five years ago students at Riverside Secondary School buried a time capsule filled with memories and letters. On Oct. 12 they dug up their past. Graduates filled the cafeteria as the contents of a time capsule were

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How to eat clean

🕔15:15, 18.Oct 2013

By Mandy Matthews The fresh aroma from heirloom tomatoes simmering into a colourful combination of peppers, mushrooms and onions may be defeated by a single slice of chocolate cake. However, for a collection of people living and eating clean every

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Arts conversation examines Windsor’s cultural future

🕔14:27, 11.Oct 2013

By Y. Murad Erzinclioglu Arts leaders from throughout the community gathered to discuss culture in Windsor. The Windsor Arts Conversation hosted by the Ontario Trillium Foundation was held at the Windsor Pride Community office on Pelissier Street Oct. 10. The

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Windsorites devour the zombie virus

🕔14:18, 11.Oct 2013

by Hailey Trealout The rank smell of rotting flesh filled the air as chaos lifted in all corners of the earth. The undead were unleashed on Malden Hill, taking mercy on no soul who entered. A morning rain fell, leaving

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Harvest and Horses Festival at the John R. Park Homestead

🕔13:19, 11.Oct 2013

by Alice Hewitt Visitors got a rare look at early pioneer life when the John R. Park Homestead held its first annual Horses and Harvest Festival Sunday October 6. The event combined two of the Homestead’s popular annual festivals to

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Kitchen Fire Safety

Kitchen Fire Safety

🕔12:57, 11.Oct 2013

  Kitchen Fire Safety By Dan Gray Windsor Fire and Rescue Services is reminding citizens during national Fire Prevention Week to be careful while they are cooking. In front of more than 300 people outside City Hall Oct. 7, fire

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Villains Beastro comedy night

🕔14:53, 4.Oct 2013

By Chandesha Thompson It was a big night for Villains Beastro downtown as they held their monthly comedy night. A little over forty people came out to support and hear some jokes from local comedians along with a few comedians

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Enrolment on the rise with fire and fashion

Enrolment on the rise with fire and fashion

🕔13:31, 4.Oct 2013

By Y Murad Erzinclioglu Students learning about high fashion and saving lives are helping to increase enrolment at St. Clair College. In September the college introduced two new programs – fashion design technician and pre-service firefighter education and training. Both

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Downtown core prospected by racers

Downtown core prospected by racers

🕔23:41, 22.Sep 2013

  By Rick Dawes A local college student has organized a scavenger hunt that challenges participants to brave the city’s core. Participants took to the streets of downtown Windsor Sept. 21, equipped with maps, checklists and brown paper bags and

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CJAM celebrates its thirtieth anniversary

CJAM celebrates its thirtieth anniversary

🕔16:07, 22.Sep 2013

  By Clara Musca A local radio station has turned 30. CJAM 99.1 FM Campus-Community Radio  celebrated its thirtieth anniversary with legendary Windsor reggae/ska band Contradance Sept. 21. at FM Lounge. Contradance reunited for one night only after a 20 year

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Cadets host final recruitment opportunity for youth

Cadets host final recruitment opportunity for youth

🕔12:34, 19.Sep 2013

by Hailey Trealout Storm clouds that rumbled in the distance were ignored by each smiling face as Windsorites young and old entered the doors of the HMCS Hunter building Sept. 11. Members of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet corps program

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Bikers come together in memory of veteran

Bikers come together in memory of veteran

🕔00:28, 19.Sep 2013

By Hailey Trealout   Rumbling motorcycle engines rode in memory of a young Windsorite killed in combat. Cpl. Andrew Grenon was a 23-year-old veteran who was killed during his second tour in Afghanistan. He died September 3, 2008, two weeks

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The Red Bull bus is coming to town

🕔23:21, 18.Sep 2013

By Hailey Trealout The wheels on the Red Bull bus are parking at their final destination on the corner of Ouellette Avenue and University Avenue Sept. 20. Downtown Windsor will be hosting a concert from the side of a 1967

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Run for your (better) life

🕔18:51, 24.Jul 2013

By Sean Previl Do you have what it takes to outrun the undead? Undead Unleashed, a five-kilometer zombie run, will take place Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. at Malden Park. Co-owners of Scarehouse Windsor, Shawn Lippert and Dario Silvaggi, teamed

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Downtown Mission thanks volunteers

Downtown Mission thanks volunteers

🕔13:39, 12.Apr 2013

By Maureen Mariampillai The Downtown Mission will be hosting an appreciation dinner on April 16 for its volunteers during National Volunteer Week. The mission is a non-profit organization which provides services to those who are in poverty and are struggling

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St. Clair celebrates athletics

St. Clair celebrates athletics

🕔13:34, 12.Apr 2013

By Maureen Mariampillai St. Clair College athletes traded in their uniforms for suits and dresses for one special night. The 46th annual awards banquet for the varsity and intramural athletes and coaches celebrated their achievements at the St. Clair College

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Concert Band Celebrates 15th Anniversary

🕔10:07, 12.Apr 2013

By Jamie Adam Fifteen successful years have gone by for the Greater Windsor Concert Band and they celebrated by doing what they do best, playing a concert. The band played 15 songs to celebrate 15 years, ranging from “The Carnival

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Run for Rocky kicks off

Run for Rocky kicks off

🕔12:01, 6.Apr 2013

By Adam El-Baba The Windsor Pride Education and Resource Centre kicked off their Run for Rocky campaign April 4 at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts. Partnered with Rocky Campana’s parents, Rob and Nancy, the event is geared toward

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