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WindsorEats turns green and chooses the best weapon against climate change

WindsorEats turns green and chooses the best weapon against climate change

🕔14:18, 28.Feb 2020

WindsorEats has become the first partner with the Essex Region Conservation Authority in a new sustainable initiative. WindsorEats will donate two per cent of their tour package tickets sales to support local tree planting efforts.  Along with donating, WindsorEats is also going to give a

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Fostering a better future for children in Windsor

Fostering a better future for children in Windsor

🕔14:07, 28.Feb 2020

With more than 400 children in care, the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society is looking to create 50 new foster homes. Currently, the 165 foster homes active in the region are becoming overcrowded as more care options are being needed. Since

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Dandelions, not so useless anymore

Dandelions, not so useless anymore

🕔13:54, 28.Feb 2020

  Researchers at the University of Windsor have brought the newest ingredient in the ongoing struggle against cancer to peer review. The dandelion has been considered a useless weed. It has spores that fly all over in the summertime giving

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Getting Windsor-Essex ready for the future

Getting Windsor-Essex ready for the future

🕔13:23, 28.Feb 2020

On March 12, an event held by WEtech Alliance called Getting Windsor-Essex Ready for the Future of Work and Learning will be held at St. Clair College Centre for the Arts. WEtech Alliance and a group of community partners, Workforce

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St. Clair College will offer full nursing degree

St. Clair College will offer full nursing degree

🕔13:00, 28.Feb 2020

  St. Clair College is working and discussing a pathway to develop an arrangement to deliver the full Nursing degree at the college with the University of Windsor.   By having a full nursing degree at the college, St. Clair officials

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ProsperUS initiative looking to end childhood poverty in Windsor

ProsperUS initiative looking to end childhood poverty in Windsor

🕔12:55, 28.Feb 2020

 Windsor-West has one of the highest child poverty rates in the country, 32 per cent according to an analysis by anti-poverty advocacy group Campaign 2000. A local youth-focused collective project is looking to tackle the issue.     According to the analysis

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#MenToo movement

#MenToo movement

🕔13:29, 21.Feb 2020

  #MenToo is a growing trend on social media where men are starting to speak out about being sexually assaulted early in life, according to CBC news. The movement is taking off in Ontario according to a CBC article and

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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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New Season of Capitol Theatre

New Season of Capitol Theatre

🕔12:40, 21.Feb 2020

The music director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra has launched the schedule for the 2020 season and announced free shows for people who cannot afford tickets. The musicians will travel around the community and play more than 100 concerts a

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Students, faculty show solidarity for Wet’suwet’en with walkout

Students, faculty show solidarity for Wet’suwet’en with walkout

🕔20:45, 20.Feb 2020

  University of Windsor Faculty of Law student, co-president of Windsor Law’s Shkawbewisag Student Law Society and walkout organizer, Valeria Kuri, attended wearing red face paint and a red dress earring as symbols of the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered

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The Chimczuk Museum Fashion exhibition

The Chimczuk Museum Fashion exhibition

🕔13:26, 18.Feb 2020

  By Precious Alasa Fashion never stops, there is always a new trend for the hip to hop. But over time, it has become clear, fashion is like history; it has a tendency to repeat itself.  The Gibson Girl –

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Nothing trumps safety

Nothing trumps safety

🕔13:59, 14.Feb 2020

  Walking alone in Windsor can be dangerous, but there are many ways to stay safe if you are on your own. Faith Paquette said as a young person she feels that her safety is extremely important. “I do not

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Bringing home the JUNO

Bringing home the JUNO

🕔13:56, 14.Feb 2020

Local teen and her band have just been nominated for a JUNO award. Windsor has been the source of many awards but now may have another one to add to the list. Windsor teen Krisalyn Bell has just received a

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Flowers, chocolates and financial consequences

Flowers, chocolates and financial consequences

🕔13:52, 14.Feb 2020

Lovers of all ages may be indulging more than usual on this romantic day, but they do not have to spend much to demonstrate their love for someone. Feb. 14 is Valentine’s Day.  This day has been celebrated for over

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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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Are teenagers putting their lives in risk?

Are teenagers putting their lives in risk?

🕔13:38, 14.Feb 2020

A new report from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health indicates that the use of steroids among teenagers is growing every year. According to CAMH, steroid use among teenagers had increased from 0.6 to 1.2 per cent between 2004

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Art Battle Windsor

Art Battle Windsor

🕔13:31, 14.Feb 2020

Spectators came out to watch artists in a paint marathon: Art Battle at the Walkerville Brewery on Feb. 11. A total of six artists competed in each round, cheered on by more than 100 art fans. Artist Kassandra Heath is

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Black history month

Black history month

🕔13:20, 14.Feb 2020

  A group of local Black youth are reviving their history and want Windsor to know all about their ancestors’ struggles in their an upcoming play. Forty-two young people from Black Kids in Action and the Youth Connection group are

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Downtown homeless centre needs help after cold weather hits

Downtown homeless centre needs help after cold weather hits

🕔13:10, 14.Feb 2020

  People who are homeless look for help at Street Help Homeless Centre during the winter.  Staff at Street Help on Wyandotte Street East give warm meals, clothing and a bed to those in need during the colder months. Street

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Feeding Windsor going an extra mile

Feeding Windsor going an extra mile

🕔13:04, 14.Feb 2020

People who get free meals from Feeding Windsor will now be able to learn to make the meals themselves. The Feeding Windsor program is starting a culinary program to help with the rapid rise of unemployment in the community. According

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