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Did You Know: Belle Vue House

Did You Know: Belle Vue House

🕔12:13, 2.Feb 2024

by Zachary Balogh Sitting along Dalhousie Street in Amherstburg is a rectangular two-story house with a symmetrical façade built in the mid 1800s, called the Belle Vue house.    According to the Belle Vue Conservancy, in 1812, Britain ordered the evacuation

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Abolish COVID darkness with Amherstburg ‘River Lights’

Abolish COVID darkness with Amherstburg ‘River Lights’

🕔10:54, 26.Nov 2020

Last year, I got a chance to attend River Lights festival in Amherstburg. It was a great experience for me and whenever I recall that night, it reminds me those days, when there was not such a thing as ‘COVID’.

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Celebrate the holidays in Amherstburg

Celebrate the holidays in Amherstburg

🕔00:14, 16.Nov 2020

Come down to Amherstburg to witness the lighting of the town tree and accompanying River Lights festival! Every year, Amherstburg spends thousands to decorate the town to create a dazzling display of holiday-themed lights. These lights span from Toddy Jones

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Amherstburg doctor’s office changes how they do visits

Amherstburg doctor’s office changes how they do visits

🕔00:11, 16.Nov 2020

Staff at one doctor’s office in Amherstburg have completely changed the way their patients visit with their physicians by bringing almost everything they do online.   Dr. Tim O’Callahan said they broke up into groups with one doctor going into the office

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Amherstburg collision

🕔01:01, 9.Nov 2020

Patrol officers were called to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of County Road 20 (Front Road North) and Kingsbridge Drive on Wednesday around 5:30 p.m. Upon arriving, officers of the Windsor Police Service Amherstburg Detachment observed the vehicle involved

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Dance Studio Stands Strong in Pandemic

Dance Studio Stands Strong in Pandemic

🕔12:49, 23.Oct 2020

Dancers and athletes are just some of the people impacted by COVID-19 restrictions. Sports teams and clubs are finding sanitization and social distancing can cause strain on the overall experience of a practice.  Before reopening, Rivertown Dance Academy in Amherstburg

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Detroit River ducks survey event

Detroit River ducks survey event

🕔16:36, 28.Feb 2020

  Volunteers associated with Birds Canada and the Essex County Field Naturalists Club will be counting ducks as part of their annual winter survey in part of the lower Detroit River designated as an important bird and biodiversity area. “It’s

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Recognition of Black history rising

Recognition of Black history rising

🕔13:50, 14.Feb 2020

Local historians and groups working to promote Black history say their efforts are paying off.   Windsor-Essex County is part of a growing interest in the subject across North America. Harriet Tubman’s birthplace, located in Dorchester County, Md., drew 100,000 visitors

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PSW shortage in Ontario

PSW shortage in Ontario

🕔14:55, 31.Jan 2020

  In Ontario there are more than 100,000 personal support workers, but the province is in need of more.  There is a big shortage of PSWs in the province according to Ontario Health Coalition. The issue arises from the lack

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Amherstburg Admirals’ Meloche in tight race for scoring title

Amherstburg Admirals’ Meloche in tight race for scoring title

🕔09:08, 28.Jan 2020

This year’s Junior C scoring title in the Bill Stobbs division is far from decided when it comes to local hockey. With only four games remaining in the regular season, there is a three-way tie for first place with 23 goals. In addition,

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Holidays promote community activity

Holidays promote community activity

🕔13:29, 29.Nov 2019

    The importance of a community coming together is shown in Amherstburg year after year around the holidays. With the upcoming Amherstburg Freedom Museum-hosted Christmas concert, along with the town’s Christmas open house and second annual cookie exchange fundraiser,

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Tiny homes coming to Amherstburg

Tiny homes coming to Amherstburg

🕔16:08, 8.Nov 2019

     City council has approved a new by-law allowing tiny homes to be built in Amherstburg.    The new bylaw would allow people to build a tiny home, whether it be on their existing property or on smaller lots. Tiny homes

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‘The only thing I knew I had to do was fight’: Coach teaches kids to take a different approach

‘The only thing I knew I had to do was fight’: Coach teaches kids to take a different approach

🕔16:35, 22.Oct 2019

While needing to throw a few punches growing up black in Kentucky, one basketball coach is encouraging youth to find another way and changing how they approach life. Dwane Casey, the former University of Kentucky basketball standout, said the growing up

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Amherstburg festival aids local business

Amherstburg festival aids local business

🕔10:51, 8.Oct 2019

AMHERSTBURG – The Amherstburg Uncommon Festival has been able to provide more than just an outlet for steampunk and “Harry Potter” fans. It also creates exposure for local business. Bakery and café Caffeine and Company was one such business on Sept. 28 as attendees and

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Taking a break – from school

Taking a break – from school

🕔15:39, 1.Mar 2019

A former student in Amherstburg wants students to know they can take a year off, if they want to. Samantha Gibb, 19, began the school year at St. Clair College in 2018, enrolled in the Human Resources Business Administration program.

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Nurses’ Perspective

Nurses’ Perspective

🕔11:39, 15.Feb 2019

Amherstburg nurses are expecting competitive change due to the opening of a new clinic. According to Brittany Lewis one of many nurses at the Home Health Care Clinic in Amherstburg, the new clinic being built could be an issue. “It’s

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The Montreal Canadiens Alumni face off with A’Burg’s Rotary “Hockey Heroes”

The Montreal Canadiens Alumni face off with A’Burg’s Rotary “Hockey Heroes”

🕔13:26, 7.Dec 2018

By Kenneth Pastushyn The Montreal Canadiens Alumni Tour came to Amherstburg to play a charity hockey game against the Rotary Club’s “Hockey Heroes” home team. The fundraiser took place at the Libro Credit Union Centre next to the Miracle League

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Paint the town

Paint the town

🕔12:28, 16.Nov 2018

By Miranda Monahan Over the past decade, alleys and walls around Windsor-Essex County have become decorated with large murals, also known as street art. The town of Essex and several communities in Windsor, including Ford City, Riverside, Olde Sandwich Towne

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Windsor Police sign contract to police Amherstburg

Windsor Police sign contract to police Amherstburg

🕔13:18, 15.Oct 2018

Amherstburg residents should expect a “seamless transition” when the Windsor Police Service takes over the contract for policing in the town, officials said at a signing ceremony Friday. Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens and Amherstburg Mayor Aldo DiCarlo were all smiles

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A breakfast to remember

A breakfast to remember

🕔13:11, 23.Mar 2018

By: Jessica Moore Maria’s restaurant in Amherstburg has been voted the number one best breakfast special in Windsor-Essex. An online poll was held in February 2018 for residents of Windsor and Essex County to vote on which local restaurant has

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