The Year in Review in Windsor News – Winter 2011
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January 2011
CITY NEWS
Firefighters are on the scene at Abars on Riverside Drive and Lauzon where they are working to extinguish a small fire in the bar’s crawlspace area. Fire broke…MORE
MUSIC
Last night at Phog lounge was an awesome celebration of the celebration of the arts in Windsor. Four years ago to the day the first ever Harvesting the F.A.M. festival…MORE
CITY NEWSThe downtown is full of the sights, sounds and smells of a major fire in the 400 block of Ouellette Avenue. The fire, which has been burning since…MORE
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Will You Let It Slip Away? by Moe Malik from the windsoriteDOTca flickr pool
With just minutes left before the 11:00pm cut off time for City Council, the issue of the…MORE
February 2011
CITY NEWS
If you didn’t know it was there to start, good luck finding it now.
Only two hours in of what may be the storm of this Winter, curbs, road lines, and even…MORE
ARTS
Media was invited to a last-minute tour of the Capitol Theatre with Mayor Eddie Francis this past Monday to survey the damage caused by years of neglect. From minor paint…MORE
CITY NEWS
For anyone who’s driven down the stretch of Huron Line between the E.C. Row Expressway and Cabana Rd. over the past year, it’s no secret that the roadsides have become quite lonely.
In…MORE
CITY NEWS
Windsor cleaned up its streets after the snowstorm and it was business as usual downtown.
All major streets have been cleaned after roughly 26 centimeters of snow fell Sunday, and the…MORE
CITY NEWS
Traveling Windsorites can look forward to new flight options this spring.
Porter Airlines has announced today they will be servicing Windsor Airport starting April 27.
Porter will offer flights from…MORE
CITY NEWSWelcome to Ford City by jodelli from the windsoriteDOTca flickr pool.
The Ford City neighbourhood is made up of many diverse religious and cultural institutions, and to promote them, they hold…MORE
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All photographs taken by Chris Richards
With the greatest amount of snowfall in quite some time, no one can argue that this winter hasn’t been true to the full extent of…MORE
March 2011
CITY NEWSToronto Police Service release this photo of Nicodemo Catenacci, a Windsor man who set fire to a police cruiser during G20 protests last June.
A Windsor man pleads guilty to arson…MORE
CITY NEWS
Enveloped in the delicious aroma of freshly baked honey bran muffins, I am warmed by the steaming cup of fresh coffee that sits before me on the old, refurbished table,…MORE
MUSIC
Windsor’s very own Michou was named artist of the year in XM satellite radio’s Verge Music Awards March 1.
The band will walk away with $25,000 and a celebration show…MORE
CITY NEWS
Did you know you could make maple syrup right in your backyard? When the night temperatures dip into the 20s and the day temperatures soar into the 40s,…MORE
CITY NEWS
Windsor is unique in that it has a variety of cityscapes. A great way to experience these cityscapes is to take a drive from the Banwell area to Downtown Windsor….MORE
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Windsor Fire and Rescue Services are in the final pre-construction stages, preparing to replace the very dated Station 7 located out on Lauzon Road.
Designed by Norr Architects,…MORE
CITY NEWS
Construction of a new stage on Windsor’s Riverfront is progressing along for completion in time for this summer’s festival season.
The design of the new stage comes to us from…MORE
CITY NEWS
More and more buildings along the new border route are looking bare and empty, the newest will be Heritage Park Alliance Church when its new location opens later this year.
Purchased…MORE
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Windsorites do not have to look far to find reminders of businesses that once thrived in the Downtown core. Restaurants, book shops and many others closed down for a number…MORE
CITY NEWS
Much of the world’s attention this week is focused on a nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan. But did you know we had a…MORE
SPORTS
The Windsor Lancers women’s basketball team won the CIS championship game over the Saskatchewan Huskies with a final score of 63-49 Sunday…MORE
CITY NEWS
On February 15th of this year, fire destroyed a large warehouse in Walkerville, home of The Clean Depot and Party Warehouse. The fire burned for more than 24 hours and…MORE
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