Some Windsor families may not wake up Christmas morning to a tinsel-covered tree and presents, and the Children’s Aid Society wants to avoid that. The CAS wants no child to be left behind this holiday season. It has asked the
By Precious Alasa Sutherland Global Services is giving back to the community by partnering with organizations including the Downtown Mission, United Way and the Mickey Renaud Memorial Scholarship Fund. Sutherland Global Services opened in 1986 and had a branch in
By Ryan Jones For the second year in a row, the Windsor Goodfellows have exceeded its fundraising goal. Every year near Christmas, around 600 Windsor Goodfellows volunteers take to the streets for three days, newspapers in hand, to
By Shirley Feng. A new sculpture has been placed on the Windsor riverfront. The sculpture was installed on Oct. 20 and was donated by Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama‘at, a fast-growing Muslim group in Windsor’s Islam community. The sculpture consists of four
By Amy Bao Sport 4 All is one of the Downtown Windsor Community Collaborative programs which contains four neighbourhood renewal organizations working in urban areas across Windsor. It aims to create barrier-free opportunities for sports and physical activities to
By Angelica Haggert Members of Riverside Baptist Church, along with community participants were led down the path by Mayor Drew Dilkens, in support of a 75-year-old Sara Anne Widholm, a grandmother who was brutally attacked on the trail on the morning
By Kaitlynn Kenney People who are struggling and need help will soon be able to access more services at New Song Church. A food club will be opening at 999 Drouillard Rd. People can get items that would not be
by Maryam Fang St. Clair College has broken the 10,000 student ceiling in enrolment this year. The College announced it had enrolled 10,539 students by the end of the first week of the new academic year. This represents a 12
By Kacie Cooper As summer draws to a close, Windsorites were enjoying one of the last hot and sunny days this season will have to offer. People came on foot, bicycle, skateboard and even rollerblades at the Open Streets
By: Chelsea Girard Following the aftermath of violent protests in Charlottesville, Va. an activist group in Toronto will gather together to rally against white supremacy. Activists are gathering in Toronto from across the province, including Windsor, to rally against white
By Chelsea Girard VegFest Windsor 2017 Have fun and become inspired! Come to at the WFCU Centre on Sunday, Oct. 1 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the second annual VegFest event. VegFest Windsor is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to celebrate kindness towards animals and living a healthy life. Experience a presentation by Ingrid
This year’s Pride Festival will mark its 25th anniversary in Windsor-Essex and showcase an array of events. With various events, diversity projects and speaking engagements, the Windsor-Essex Pride Fest is a weekend-long event with several different locations. Kicking off Pride Fest is the raising of the Pride flag on Aug. 9 at
By Chelsea Girard In an unscientific online survey conducted among people between the ages of 18 and 65, all 34 participants said they believe mental illness affects a person’s physical capability. Almost 45 per cent said they believe those
By Chelsea Girard Inspired by Vancouver’s annual Canadian Individual Poetry Slam, The Windsor Poetry Slam group hosts a poetry competition every fourth Tuesday at Phog Lounge. The group aims to craft a friendly competition with a goal of sending
KiA Windsor Essex County support team is going the extra mile for children who are suffering life-threatening illnesses. Little Hands Kids for a Cause was established in July 2014. The organization is focused on helping families financially and emotionally and they have
The activist movement Black Lives Matter may have started far from Canada, but there are people in Windsor who also feel very strongly about it. The movement began after the man who shot and killed African-American teen Trayvon Martin was acquitted.
The Run for Rocky, will be holding the run for the last time in 2017. The Campana family, along with the Windsor Pride Community, Education and Resource Centre created the Run For Rocky, as the first of its
A local business owner continued his tradition of kicking off the season of giving by passing out free turkeys The Downtown Mission on Oct. 8. Andy Jun, owner of RENU Kitchen, has been donating the Thanksgiving turkeys to the Mission
By Alyssa Horrobin Windsor is home to thousands of entrepreneurs trying to make a living in a city with chronically high unemployment in Canada. The City Market in Windsor currently houses about 20 of the 20,000 small businesses in
by Dawn Gray Cards in the shape of pink butterflies are showing up across Windsor and Essex County as part of a social media campaign designed to increase awareness and support for local women experiencing poverty and homelessness.
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