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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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University of Windsor Think Tank event

🕔13:32, 12.Nov 2021

Chris Houser the Dean of Science at the University of Windsor says that the majority of reported drownings at beaches in Canada are usually men under the ages of 30.   Beach safety was just one of the topics discussed during the seventh virtual WE Spark Think Tank event in October.  Other presentations discussed housing issues and the impact of homeless shelters in Windsor – Essex and medical imaging applications.   Lisa

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Canadians estimated to spend $70 on Halloween 2021

Canadians estimated to spend $70 on Halloween 2021

🕔13:16, 29.Oct 2021

Retired hydraulic technician, Tony Tiberia, takes Halloween decorating to the next level.  “To put the stuff out It’ll take about a week and a half or so, but then to do the final touches it takes a couple more days,”

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Scare season is back in Windsor

Scare season is back in Windsor

🕔13:50, 22.Oct 2021

Get your best zombie costumes and your bravery, because the annual zombie walk and ScareHouse are back in town. With Halloween coming up soon, Windsor residents are starting to get back into the spooky spirit. Every year, Windsor locals hold

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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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Frontline workers protest mandatory vaccinations

Frontline workers protest mandatory vaccinations

🕔13:30, 15.Oct 2021

Protests against Canada’s federal vaccine mandates are coming to a city near you, as frontline workers and business owners rally for their freedom of choice.  On Thursday, Oct. 7, a large protest was held outside of Devonshire Mall on Division Road between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Holding signs and standing

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Medical vs. Cotton Masks

Medical vs. Cotton Masks

🕔13:23, 15.Oct 2021

Rebecca Rudman has been making masks since the start of the pandemic. The founder of the Windsor Essex Sewing Force knows that there is a lot of confusion about masks and concerns about allergies. With cotton masks now being widely available, there could also be some confusion about the differences between cotton masks and

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Touchless tech and safer facilities coming to Windsor

Touchless tech and safer facilities coming to Windsor

🕔13:44, 1.Oct 2021

Touchless technology is coming to a washroom near you.  Windsor will be receiving massive upgrades to municipal infrastructure, thanks to funding from other levels of government. The COVID-19 Resilience Stream grant will provide a combined $3.2 million in funding, to make Windsor’s municipal building entrances and washrooms safer.  Amidst the current pandemic,

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WSO music in the park event

WSO music in the park event

🕔13:39, 1.Oct 2021

Amherstburg locals are back in tune with the way life used to be. With COVID-19 changing how people gather, live concerts and performances had to be put on pause for almost a year and a half. But there is good

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Downtown BIA to launch night market pilot project in October

Downtown BIA to launch night market pilot project in October

🕔13:37, 1.Oct 2021

With the continued success of the Downtown Windsor Farmer’s Market, the Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association (DWBIA) is commencing a pilot project, the Night Market, which will begin on Oct. 8. Executive Director of the DWBIA, Debi Croucher, said they

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Non-profit organizations struggle during COVID-19

🕔12:14, 16.Apr 2021

COVID-19 has impacted many people and workplaces, including non-profit organizations. One of the many impacts these organizations have had to deal with during these times is being hit with financial struggles and barriers.   Before COVID-19 most non-profit organizations had a budget set for each year, so they

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St. Clair educator may win at film festival

St. Clair educator may win at film festival

🕔09:08, 16.Apr 2021

A documentary produced by a St. Clair College educator may win big. Irene Moore Davis is the manager of continuing education at St. Clair College. She is also an executive producer of The North Was Our Canaan, a documentary chronicling

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Transit Windsor may change bus route

Transit Windsor may change bus route

🕔11:42, 26.Mar 2021

          Transit Windsor may change the route of Transway 1C over the next month. The proposed route change would remove the Transway 1C from the Rivard Avenue, Rose Street and Roseville Garden Drive areas it covers

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Local business’s roll into ‘red control’ zone

🕔14:04, 26.Feb 2021

Small business owners are grateful despite the rocky financial year caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Lockdown was lifted for most of the province this week besides four regions in the greater Toronto area. Windsor-Essex county made it into the “

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 A Windsor teen has won a global beat battle

 A Windsor teen has won a global beat battle

🕔13:24, 26.Feb 2021

From making beats in his bedroom to winning a global beat battle, a 16-year-old Holy Names High School student is making his way into the music world.    On Feb. 5, it was announced on a Twitch livestream that Windsor teen, Mesho Keryakoz, had beat out more than 1000 other musicians and declared winner of the JJ Lundin Beat Battle. Not

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Stay at home Super Bowl Sunday: what’s for dinner?

Stay at home Super Bowl Sunday: what’s for dinner?

🕔14:11, 5.Feb 2021

Super Bowl Weekend is one of the largest events of the year for  restaurants and bars, but this year, the province-wide stay at home order will have a large impact on profit. Instead of drawing in the usual crowds, restaurants and

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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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Students produce less paper waste while learning online

🕔13:40, 5.Feb 2021

Students may be contributing less paper waste since online school was implemented across the province last March. According to a study from the University of Waterloo, the average college student throws away 500 disposable cups and produces 145 kilograms of

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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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