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Spitfires promote Bomber’s birthday and local businesses

Spitfires promote Bomber’s birthday and local businesses

🕔16:02, 8.Apr 2022

Windsor Spitfires mascots Bomber, Spike and Ace made an appearance at the What’s Poppin’ Popcorn Factory last Saturday, interacting with customers and promoting Spitfires Mix popcorn. On the next day, What’s Poppin’ presented a generous cheque for $2,000 to the Windsor

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Voter pick top local spots

Voter pick top local spots

🕔14:25, 8.Apr 2022

Nearly 11,000 locals voted between February 14 and March 6 to identify the Best of Windsor-Essex. Their favorite places to go and things to do in the area. Fort Malden, Kings Navy Yard Park, Pelee Island Winery and Bright Lights

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Greener Farms (and home gardens) with composted soil

Greener Farms (and home gardens) with composted soil

🕔13:54, 8.Apr 2022

A pair of regenerative farmers are hosting a workshop about soil for your garden at The Cheese Bar in Lakeshore.  Dane and Alley cultivated everything they know to develop the Gardening For (And With) Your Soil, workshop, which is what they

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Female entrepreneurs are kickstarting their careers

Female entrepreneurs are kickstarting their careers

🕔13:24, 8.Apr 2022

Sarah Haefling, the founder of Elevate Podcast Co. and host of Made it Happen Podcast, is offering advice to future entrepreneurs – chase your dreams and go for it.  Haefling is one of the many guest speakers involved in the

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ALL ABOARD!!! The Spirit of Windsor Engine 5588

ALL ABOARD!!! The Spirit of Windsor Engine 5588

🕔14:34, 1.Apr 2022

The Spirit that keeps on going.   Did you know down at the Windsor riverfront you can see a steam locomotive which is dedicated to the memory of steam train railroading? Train number 5588 was built in Montreal, Quebec and was

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Rock Your Socks Walk raises awareness for Down Syndrome

Rock Your Socks Walk raises awareness for Down Syndrome

🕔14:05, 1.Apr 2022

Adults and children with wacky socks and big smiles gathered at Bert Weeks Memorial Park for the Rock Your Socks Walk last weekend to raise awareness for Down Syndrome.  Participants walked from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, March

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A Dragon in Windsor

A Dragon in Windsor

🕔13:49, 1.Apr 2022

St. Clair College’s Student Representative Council held a night with Arlene Dickinson March 10 at the Chrysler Theatre.  Dickinson is the General Partner of District Ventures Capital, which is a venture capital fund focused on helping the market, fund as

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Did you know? Geese eat fish    

Did you know? Geese eat fish   

🕔14:44, 25.Mar 2022

Canadian geese are eating out of their comfort zone.   This is not a fact that you would associate with Canada Geese who are known for eating plants and berries, but did you know that these geese have an appetite for

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March break activities in Windsor

March break activities in Windsor

🕔21:08, 13.Mar 2022

By Kenneth  Pastushyn. For the third year in a row, the City of Windsor’s Adventure Bay Family Waterpark is closing their doors during the March break. The facility is currently working at half-strength, making recalling existing staff and hiring additional staff their

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What is Heritage week in Ontario?

What is Heritage week in Ontario?

🕔14:24, 4.Mar 2022

Windsorites are starting to learn about Heritage Week, the history of Windsor and how it affects them. Sophia Hinch, the Education & Public Programs Coordinator with the Art Gallery of Windsor, said we think of the well-known things around here,

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NFTs are the Future of Investing

NFTs are the Future of Investing

🕔14:21, 4.Mar 2022

Investors of all ages and economic backgrounds are partaking in a new and growing investment platform, NFTs. Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) are a specific or unique piece of art or collectible such as a domain link or a virtual property which

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Remembering Black History Month in Windsor

Remembering Black History Month in Windsor

🕔14:16, 4.Mar 2022

Windsor is celebrating Black History Month and the city’s critical role in the Underground Railroad Movement. During the month of February, we look back and understand the history of Black descendants in our community. Irene Moore Davis, president of the

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Windsor Humane Society rescues animals in the weather

Windsor Humane Society rescues animals in the weather

🕔13:59, 4.Mar 2022

During the frigid months, the Windsor Humane Society has been offering safe refuge for animals in need. Since 1926, WHS has been providing stray and abused animals with help during the winter, when the freezing temperatures can pose many threats

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Libraries continue to help the community

Libraries continue to help the community

🕔13:56, 4.Mar 2022

The Windsor Public Library is continuing to offer physical services as well as e-services during the pandemic. The world’s dependence on technology gets bigger by the day. However, our technological dependence has not affected libraries as drastically as some may

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St. Clair Students are becoming entrepreneurs

St. Clair Students are becoming entrepreneurs

🕔12:07, 28.Feb 2022

An increasing number of St. Clair students are becoming entrepreneurs.  For many students’ college is a way to find your calling and get a job, but for some this is a way to start careers as business owners.   Kobe Kilner,

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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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Windsor residents “happy” Tecumseh Road is open

Windsor residents “happy” Tecumseh Road is open

🕔14:22, 25.Feb 2022

West-Windsor residents are celebrating the partial opening of Huron Church Road after nearly a two-week shutdown. North America’s busiest international border crossing, which carries more than $450 million worth of daily trade, had been blocked by demonstrators and police since

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ERCA’s contributing highlights to World Wetlands Day ’22

ERCA’s contributing highlights to World Wetlands Day ’22

🕔13:50, 11.Feb 2022

By Kenneth Pastushyn The Essex Region Conservation Authority is raising awareness for World Wetlands Day and encouraging  the restoration and conservation of local habitats.  Restoring of earthen dykes to protect five kilometres of trail around two wetland cells inside the Hillman

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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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Windsor businesses prepare for Valentine’s Day rush

Windsor businesses prepare for Valentine’s Day rush

🕔13:00, 11.Feb 2022

Love is in the air, and that means businesses are stocking up on the top gifts for the holiday.  Valentine’s Day is the one designated day a year where everyone around the world takes time to show their love and

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