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Kingsville’s Ethan Phillips Selected For Olympic Talent Search National Final

Two area athletes were named Thursday as two of 100 finalists in RBC Training Ground, the Canadian Olympic Committee’s official cross-country talent search. Both participated at the program’s first visit to Windsor last April. Kingsville’s 14-year-old Ethan Phillips was identified for a sport he’d never considered — Skeleton. “Ethan was […]

Canadian News

CUPW Launches National Strike That Will Cause Postal Delays

Postal system will shut down during national strike; mail and parcels will not be processed or delivered The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has launched a national strike following today’s government announcement on Canada Post’s transformation. The Corporation is disappointed that the union chose to escalate their strike activity, which […]

Canadian News Indigenous News

Honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation September 30, 2025

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30 recognizes the tragic legacy of residential schools, the missing children, the families left behind and the Survivors of these institutions. The first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was held in 2021. The day coincides with Orange Shirt Day, which was first […]

Ontario News

Ontario and United Kingdom Sign Groundbreaking Clean Energy Partnership

Agreement will leverage the province’s nuclear advantage to support fusion energy innovation On September 22, 2025, at the International Tritium Conference, Minister Lecce announced that Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Ontario to work toward […]

Books

49th Shelf: He Did Not Conquer — Benjamin Franklin’s Failure To Annex Canada

He Did Not Conquer Benjamin Franklin’s Failure to Annex Canada by (author) Madelaine Drohan Throughout his long and illustrious career, Benjamin Franklin nursed a not-so-secret desire to annex Canada and make it American. When he was not busy conducting scientific experiments or representing American interests at home and abroad, Benjamin Franklin […]

Indigenous News Town & County News

Kingsville and Caldwell First Nation to Host Orange Shirt Walk September 30

Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led grassroots initiative that raises awareness of residential schools’ individual, family and community inter-generational impacts while promoting the truth that Every Child Matters. The first observance of a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was September 30, 2021, following the identification of unmarked burials at former Indian Residential […]

Health

Clinical Trial Could Help People With Kidney Failure Live Longer

Researchers at London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI) and Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry have launched a clinical trial that is evaluating a new type of dialysis filter called Elisio HX™ that may significantly improve outcomes for people living with kidney failure across Canada. Unlike standard […]

Ontario News

Ontario Investing $1.5 Million to Protect and Train Home Builders

Skills Development Fund investment will help construction workers build homes faster and smarter On September 19, 2025, the Ontario government announced an investment of $1.5 million through the Skills Development Fund (SDF) Training Stream to help 100 experienced construction workers become mentors and train others in emerging home construction technologies and modern […]

Town & County News

County Council Highlights for September 17, 2025

Warden praises ‘informative, educational and inspiring’ Outdoor Accessibility Fest-for-All in Amherstburg Warden Hilda MacDonald in her opening remarks to Council praised organizers and volunteers for making the 2nd Annual Outdoor Accessibility Fest-for-All such a success. This year’s event took place last Friday at the Libro Credit Union Centre in Amherstburg. Free to the […]

Health

Health Unit Launches New Food Safety Inspection Dashboard

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) has launched a new interactive Food Safety Inspection dashboard. This dashboard is a public-facing online platform that has consolidated food safety inspection results for all food premises in Windsor and Essex County, making it easier for the public to view inspection outcomes. Key features include: Searchable […]

Books

49th Shelf: Rufous And Calliope

Rufous and Calliope A Novel by (author) Sarah Louise Butler In this stunning tale of love and loss, a middle-aged cartographer, suffering from memory loss and claustrophobia, hikes through the interior of British Columbia in search of a treehouse where he spent one memorable summer on the run with his four […]

Policing News SIU News

SIU Investigating Police-Involved Shooting In Windsor

The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding a police-involved shooting yesterday in Windsor, leaving a 58-year-old man seriously injured. Preliminary information suggests that at approximately 2:45 p.m. on September 18, 2025, a man reported to police that he wanted to harm himself.  Officers attended a residence in […]

Town & County News

Leamington Launches Major Road Work On Seacliff Drive West

The Municipality of Leamington is undertaking a major road and infrastructure project along Seacliff Drive West. This work will modernize underground services, improve road safety, and prepare the area for future residential growth. The road and infrastructure project includes: Reconstruction of 350 metres of Seacliff Drive, including a new one-lane roundabout Construction […]

Town & County News

Leamington Continues To Enhance Waterfront With New Projects

The Municipality of Leamington is pleased to share updates on exciting enhancements to its waterfront, including the extension and twinning of the Seacliff Beach boardwalk, the installation of a new landmark archway sign, and the construction of the Waterfront Market Plaza. These enhancements deliver on the Leamington Waterfront Destination Master […]

Indigenous News Ontario News

Ontario Investing $8M to Support First Nations Opportunities and Jobs

Investment will help First Nations communities and entrepreneurs create good-paying jobs. The Ontario government is providing $8 million to the Ontario First Nations Economic Developers Association (OFNEDA) over the next three years to support their work delivering training, mentorship and professional networks for First Nation economic development officers and entrepreneurs. […]

Health

ESHC Board Of Directors Issue Report For September, 2025

The following items were presented during the ESHC Board of Directors Public Meeting held on September 11, 2025. Addiction Services Expansion (Partnership with HDGH, CMHA & weCHC) Erie Shores HealthCare (ESHC), in collaboration with Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare (HDGH), CMHA Windsor-Essex County and the Windsor-Essex Community Health Centre (weCHC), is expanding […]

Ontario News

Ontario Helping Students Learn About Rewarding Careers in Skilled Trades

Level Up! Career fairs will help over 50,000 students and jobseekers learn about good-paying, in-demand jobs The Ontario government is launching its annual Level Up! career fairs to introduce a record number of students, educators and jobseekers to in-demand careers in the skilled trades. Through multi-day events, open house sessions and over […]

Town & County News

New Programs Coming to Community Centre in Cottam this Fall

Exciting new programs are coming to the new Gosfield Communications Community Centre in Cottam this upcoming Fall season, with some programs open now for registration.  For teens and tweens, a new Learn to Babysit course that will teach the fundamentals of caring for children and build their confidence as a babysitter. There will also be a two-hour themed hangout just […]

Organizations

Migrant Worker Festival of Guest Nations — Sept. 14 in Leamington

FESTIVAL OF GUEST NATIONS Celebrating Migrant Worker Communities and Connecting them with Services and Supports in the Community The highly anticipated Festival of Guest Nations will be taking place on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at Seacliff Park in Leamington. This annual celebration honours the diversity, dedication, and contributions of migrant workers […]

Business Business Announcements

Essex Home Hardware Wins Walter J. Hachborn Store Of The Year Award

Home Hardware Stores Limited proudly announced the recipients of the annual Proud of My Home Achievement Awards at the 2025 Homecoming event in Toronto. The highest honour of the evening, the Walter J. Hachborn Store of the Year Award, was presented to Essex Home Hardware Building Centre in Essex, Ontario. The Store of the Year […]

Books

49th Shelf: The Pugilist And The Sailor

The Pugilist And The Sailor by (author) Nadia Ragbar The Pugilist and the Sailor follows conjoined twins, Bruce and Dougie. Dougie is an ambitious amateur boxer, having dragged his brother into the ring since childhood. Bruce is a bookkeeper who has become smitten with Anka. Unaware of the facts of the twins’ […]

Ontario News

Ontario Boosting Training for Entrepreneurs

Applications are now open for the $5-million 2025-26 RAISE grant program The Ontario government is protecting workers and small businesses by investing $5 million to provide free business development training, coaching, networking support and a $10,000 grant to racialized and Indigenous entrepreneurs. “Our government is proud to invest in Indigenous-led economies […]

Organizations

ERCA To Meet Thursday, September 11, 2025

The Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) will hold its regularly scheduled Board of Directors’ meeting at the Essex County Civic and Education Centre on Thursday, September 11 at 6:00 pm.  Agenda items include: Proposed CASO Greenway Trail – Community Consultation  Updated to Proposed Disc Golf Course at Holiday Beach Voluntary alignment […]

Ontario News

Ontario Breaks Ground on New St. Clair Transmission Line

Province powering economic growth and job creation in Southwestern Ontario On September 9, 2025, the Ontario government announced that Hydro One is breaking ground on the St. Clair Transmission Line, a major infrastructure project that supports the province’s plan to protect Ontario by securing provincial energy supplies, fuelling economic growth […]

Environment

Invasive Species Action Fund Empowers Local Groups

Thanks to an investment from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, the Invasive Species Centre is supporting 116 new projects across Ontario led by community groups, Indigenous organizations, municipalities, and conservation authorities on critical invasive species issues through the Invasive Species Action Fund. Invasive species are plants, animals, insects, and […]

Canadian News

1 in 3 Canadian Students Fear Sharing Differing Views In Class

As university students across Canada head back to campuses, a new Leger poll, commissioned for the Fraser Institute, shows 37 per cent of self-described right-leaning students and even 30 per cent of self-described left-leaning students fear formal consequences—including lower grades—if they express a viewpoint in class that conflicts with what […]

Announcements Obituary

Judy Calloway (September 25, 1941 – September 4, 2025)

Judy Calloway.  Age 83 of Taylor. Beloved wife of Gerald Calloway.  Loving mother of Catherine Foster, Carol (Garrett) Probst, Donna Foster, the late Gerald (Rose) Calloway and Kelly McCreary.  Dearest grandmother of Robert Little, Jessica Probst (Jon Crosson), Jeremy Probst, Shelby Little, Lily McCreary, Evan McCreary and Sebastian Foster.  Preceded in […]

Canadian News

Canada Post Stamps Highlight Importance Of Fungi To Ecosystems

Growing awareness of biodiversity and traditional Indigenous knowledge has renewed Canadians’ fascination with fungi and lichens Canada Post has issued five new stamps highlighting the beauty of fungi and lichens and their importance to Canadian ecosystems. Fungi, most of which are microscopic, are important decomposers that break down dead plants […]