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Students’ feelings on post-secondary school

Students’ feelings on post-secondary school

🕔13:29, 21.Apr 2023

  An informal study conducted at the MediaPlex looked at student’s feelings about their time in post-secondary over the last year. With the 2022-23 academic year coming to a close, students from across Windsor and elsewhere in the country reflected

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Minimum wage increase impacts businesses and employees

Minimum wage increase impacts businesses and employees

🕔13:13, 14.Apr 2023

As of April 1st, 2023, Canada’s minimum wage has increased from $15.50 to $16.65 per hour. This is the latest development in the country’s efforts to support its workforce, particularly those who are struggling to make ends meet in the

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‘Warm moist air’ responsible for sunny days this winter

‘Warm moist air’ responsible for sunny days this winter

🕔12:11, 3.Mar 2023

Ever wonder why you are experiencing spring-like temperatures this winter season?    Meteorologist and CTV reporter Gary Archibald said it is due to southerly moist and warm air.    “One of the reasons why it’s been so warm is the

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Life with Cerebral Palsy: One woman’s story

Life with Cerebral Palsy: One woman’s story

🕔16:14, 15.Dec 2022

Mackenzie Caradonna is a 23 years-old college student at St. Clair with cerebral palsy.  Around 2019, when Caradonna was 18 and near to finishing high school. Just like any other teenager she was focusing on her schoolwork.   But slowing Mackenzie started

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Transit Windsor still running on enhanced schedule

Transit Windsor still running on enhanced schedule

🕔13:52, 22.Apr 2022

Since Transit Windsor changed its schedules due to staff shortages, several riders have had to accommodate.   Some buses start earlier than before and others don’t have as many stops. The enhanced schedule was put in place after the city experienced

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Canada’s updated travel rules

Canada’s updated travel rules

🕔13:38, 8.Apr 2022

As of Friday, April 1, fully vaccinated travellers are no longer required to show a negative pre-entry test to enter Canada. Proof of vaccination will still be needed to board federally regulated air, rail and marine transportation, with the government

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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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Grocery bills rise with inflation rates

Grocery bills rise with inflation rates

🕔12:58, 11.Feb 2022

Grocery store employees are noticing how the inflation rate increase is affecting Canadians.  According to Canada’s Food Price Report, food insecurity will be a big issue for Canadians in 2022 with the food prices rising. Families and grocery store employees

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Canada’s first National Truth and Reconciliation Day

Canada’s first National Truth and Reconciliation Day

🕔14:04, 15.Oct 2021

Canada has been increasing awareness about issues surrounding Indigenous people and the history of residential schools. Part of that awareness is a new national holiday, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is dedicated

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Collectibles with a cause

Collectibles with a cause

🕔14:11, 5.Feb 2021

A Windsor charity and store are working together to give back. The owners of a cartoon toy store have donated thousands of dollars in merchandise to Easter Seals. Cartoon Kingdom on Walker Road has donated a large variety of high-end

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Breaking virtual barriers for youth support

🕔13:51, 5.Feb 2021

Experts say young people are struggling with living life online and not being able to have the face-to-face interactions that most humans need.   In Canada, there is an estimated 1.2 million youth who suffer from a mental illness. Up to 70 per cent of all mental health problems occur

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The effects of the pandemic are straining young adults

The effects of the pandemic are straining young adults

🕔13:34, 5.Feb 2021

Ever since being sent home from school in March 2020, many young adults say they are struggling with transitioning from high school to post-secondary education. Students who had to finish their last year of high school online said they find

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Independent bookstores are running business as usual

Independent bookstores are running business as usual

🕔13:48, 13.Nov 2020

Independent bookstore owners in Windsor Essex are pushing through difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic while trying to run their businesses as usual. The pandemic uprooted many lives and businesses to accommodate social distancing and proper health protocols. Many independent

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Zoom fatigue – a new strain on students

Zoom fatigue – a new strain on students Updated

🕔09:27, 5.Nov 2020

Since the introduction of COVID-19, daily life has not been the same, particularly for workers and students. In order to adapt to the situation, many educational institutions have begun online classes and adapted their curriculum to better suit their new

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Halloween stabbing leaves 5 people injured and 2 killed

Halloween stabbing leaves 5 people injured and 2 killed

🕔22:30, 4.Nov 2020

At 1 a.m on Sunday, police arrested a young man for stabbing five people and killing two in Quebec City. The stabbing occurred in the historic Old Quebec neighbourhood near Le Chateau Frontenac Hotel. According to multiple media outlets, Quebec

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PHOTO FRIDAY: Severe storms impact the Great Lakes

PHOTO FRIDAY: Severe storms impact the Great Lakes

🕔12:26, 30.Oct 2020

A towering storm cloud in Windsor, Ontario on Friday Oct 23, 2020. Spring-like temperatures last week resulted in severe thunderstorms. A line of storms impacted areas from Michigan to southwest and central Ontario. One of the storms caused a tornado

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Young drivers distracted by phones

Young drivers distracted by phones

🕔19:43, 27.Oct 2020

Studies show that ages 18 to 24 make up 71 per cent of drivers that check their phone while driving. This week is National Teen Driver Safety Week and people are encouraged to look at lists of tips to be

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Pumpkin drive-through raises Halloween spirits

Pumpkin drive-through raises Halloween spirits

🕔19:42, 27.Oct 2020

With Covid 19 affecting many people’s Halloween plans, the Optimist Club of Riverside decided to hold a pumpkin drive-through lane at the Average Joe’s parking lot to help spread some joy. The club and volunteers handed out a total of 125 pumpkins and

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Experts voice opinion on current Canada-China relations.

Experts voice opinion on current Canada-China relations.

🕔13:59, 23.Oct 2020

The current atmosphere of tension shared between Canada and the People’s Republic of China have caused concern to some experts.  Sino-Canadian relations were strained in December 2018 when Canada extradited Meng Wanzhou, a Chinese national and chief financial officer of Chinese-based telecom giant

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PHOTO FRIDAY: Out and about with the family

PHOTO FRIDAY: Out and about with the family

🕔12:18, 30.May 2020

A family out for a stroll in Reaume Park, on Tues. May 26, 2020. Windsor experienced summer-like weather this week, with sunny conditions and temperatures reaching the upper 20s C. It seemed many residents did not want to be kept

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