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Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week

🕔10:51, 23.Feb 2024 Teammates of the Windsor Spitfires OHL hockey club are seen skating on the Lanspeary Park ice rink during the team’s community practice event on Friday, February 16, 2024. Photo by Ken Pastushyn. Read Full Article
Deerr Does Numbers

Deerr Does Numbers

🕔11:33, 9.Feb 2024

It is not every day you see a milestone get hit, let alone be part of one. While that may be true for some, St. Clair’s men’s basketball team star guard Jesiah Deerr remains an outlier.  Deerr became the tenth

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Surge of online sports betting

Surge of online sports betting

🕔11:59, 14.Apr 2023

By Jessie Larouche   According to figures released by iGaming Ontario, more than $20 billion in wagers have been placed in online sports gambling. With the convenience of having a sportsbook on an app in your pocket and new betting

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Blitzing across the pond

Blitzing across the pond

🕔11:34, 24.Mar 2023

By Kameron Seguin and Jessie Larouche Back Home With three people in the stands, players change on the sidelines, not a locker room in sight. Players are still arriving just 20 minutes before the game – not in uniform –

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Cerebral palsy didn’t stop a local Windsor man from being an athlete

Cerebral palsy didn’t stop a local Windsor man from being an athlete

🕔12:37, 10.Jan 2023

By: Dale Cabuquin and Saloni Chauhan Michael Barei was born with cerebral palsy. When he was ten years old, a friend introduced him to sledge hockey. Since then, Barei has been playing para-ice hockey. Now, he wants to spread the

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Windsor pool player on the rise

Windsor pool player on the rise

🕔21:15, 10.Dec 2021

The entire room concentrated on the cue ball. A couple of enemy balls tightly guarded the pocket. The player stooped over the table with his cue loaded. Having trialled every scenario in his mind, he chose the only angle –

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Trans youth face adversity when signing up for sports teams

Trans youth face adversity when signing up for sports teams

🕔10:04, 25.Nov 2021

 Some U.S States have introduced laws that include requiring high schools, and Universities to designate sports teams according to biological sex. The question at hand would be whether or not this could restrict trans and cis gender rights. The Mississippi

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Teachers and parents team up to keep their kids in shape

Teachers and parents team up to keep their kids in shape

🕔13:07, 26.Mar 2021

Teachers and parents team up to keep their kids in shape. It has been a full year since COVID-19 has gripped all aspects of life in Canada, but gym teachers are picking up the pace. Last March, COVID-19 shut down

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Cancelled sports leave young people struggling

Cancelled sports leave young people struggling

🕔13:17, 5.Mar 2021

With youth sports cancelled due to COVID-19, young people are experiencing a variety of challenges.  Market research company Ipsos found 74 per cent of children were feeling lonely due to cancelled youth sports, and 72 per cent of parents also reported

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Is there a future in the cards?

Is there a future in the cards?

🕔21:44, 17.Apr 2020

Once upon a time, there was a thrill of riding bikes to the corner drug store, buying packs of wax and ripping them open in the parking lot. Many children were on the hunt for the Donruss Ken Griffey Jr.

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Home for the playoffs

Home for the playoffs

🕔16:49, 28.Feb 2020

 After a strong regular season the St. Clair Saints Men’s Basketball team will host their first playoff game in six years at the Sportsplex at St. Clair’s main campus.  The Saints are third in the west division of the Ontario

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WESPY Awards a ‘tough job’ every year

WESPY Awards a ‘tough job’ every year

🕔15:00, 24.Feb 2020

The 15th annual Windsor-Essex Sports Person of the Year Awards are coming up and nominations are out in 35 categories. WESPY Awards founder, Domenic Papa said he’s looking forward to this year’s ceremony. “It’s a tough job every year to

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Toronto Maple Leafs lose to zamboni driver goalie

Toronto Maple Leafs lose to zamboni driver goalie

🕔14:54, 24.Feb 2020

Hockey fans are reeling after the Toronto Maple Leafs lost to a Carolina Hurricanes team that was backed by the Toronto Marlies zamboni driver David Ayres. The wild game in Toronto saw both Hurricanes’ goalies leave the ice with injuries

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‘A long way to go’: Ron MacLean, Tara Slone on women in sports

‘A long way to go’: Ron MacLean, Tara Slone on women in sports

🕔14:53, 24.Feb 2020

Sports is still a male dominated industry, but big names are speaking out to break down barriers. Tara Slone, former singer in the band Joydrop, sits alongside Ron MacLean every Sunday and hosts Hometown Hockey. While she is not the

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Cricket night in Canada

Cricket night in Canada

🕔13:14, 21.Feb 2020

  Not every St. Clair College student from India watches the Punjabi edition of Hockey Night in Canada. Some SCC students prefer to spend their Saturday nights inside the college’s classic gym participating in a 12-team intramural cricket league. These

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Giving bullied victims a brighter future through sport

Giving bullied victims a brighter future through sport

🕔13:47, 14.Feb 2020

Children who have been bullied many times often lose their confidence, but experts say engaging in a sport can help and support in rebuilding it. Many people have experienced bullying which has affected them either physically or emotionally and weakened

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Betting against all odds

Betting against all odds

🕔07:52, 3.Feb 2020

A decade of work later, NDP Member of Parliament Brian Masse thinks he might be close to getting single-sports betting legalized in Canada. Canadian cities lose out on millions of dollars when  illegal betting takes place during major sporting events,

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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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Collecting 28 years of customer service

Collecting 28 years of customer service

🕔12:21, 23.Nov 2019

It’s easy to miss the treasure trove of collectibles hidden between a Chinese restaurant and a service market on University Avenue West. It’s only about 10 feet wide and runs about 30 feet deep. Boxes collecting dust are stacked 10

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St. Clair Saints men’s basketball team off to a historic start

St. Clair Saints men’s basketball team off to a historic start

🕔15:43, 8.Nov 2019

 The St. Clair College men’s basketball team has been named October’s  team of the month by the school. They are building off this achievement with a win over the Lambton Lions to bring their record to 5-0. This came after

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