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About three weeks after moving her father into a Windsor, Ont., retirement home, Joanne Vandereerden didn’t expect she’d get a call telling her that the 80-year-old had been rushed to hospital after falling out of his third-storey window. Nearly two years later, the family is still looking for answers.  “HowContinue Reading

Windsor Amanda Hodgkins, a disability support worker with Community Living Essex County, says she’s had to work long overtime hours and once put in 35 hours straight. The union’s local president calls it a “persistent” staffing issue, while Community Living’s executive director says developmental service organizations across Ontario are strugglingContinue Reading

Windsor·Video Detroit Lions fans have been through years of hurt. Despite coming within three points of going to their first-ever Super Bowl, the Lions are now a team to be reckoned with. The Lions lost a chance to head to their first-ever Super Bowl, but the fans will be backContinue Reading

Windsor·Video Retired tight end Luke Willson played parts of eight seasons in the NFL, primarily with the Seattle Seahawks and one season for his “hometown” Detroit Lions. That was 2018, when they finished 6-10, in a season he doesn’t look back on fondly. The Lions play the San Francisco 49ersContinue Reading

Windsor For descendants of ground-breaking abolitionist and newspaper publisher Mary Ann Shadd, Tuesday’s unveiling of a Canada Post stamp featuring her image sparks “so much pride.”  Shadd was the publisher of the Provincial FreemanKathleen Saylors · CBC News · Posted: Jan 23, 2024 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: JanuaryContinue Reading

Windsor·Photos Windsor, Ont.-born photographer Brandon Broderick drives tens of thousands of kilometres each year, crisscrossing the backwoods of British Columbia and capturing photos of beautiful, but elusive, wild animals. All of that hard work has paid off, as he was named Canadian Geographic’s Photographer of the Year for 2023. Windsor, Ont.-born BrandonContinue Reading

Windsor Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet is among the most renowned ballet schools in the country — and 12-year-old Windsor twins Liam and Chase Wolfe hope to become students. Liam and Chase Wolfe of Windsor dream of careers in dance Dalson Chen · CBC News · Posted: Jan 16, 2024 12:23Continue Reading

Windsor It was a moment Miselle Gauthier’s dad had been waiting years for, right up to his death seven years ago — the Lions had finally made it to an NFL playoff game, on home turf at Ford Field in Detroit on Sunday.  Ronald Gauthier, daughter Miselle had season tickets for the NFL teamContinue Reading

Windsor A musician known as $2 Bill had built a following when he moved to an abandoned cabin on an island, leaving a trail of mystery. $2 Bill had built a following when he moved to an abandoned cabin on an island Josiah Sinanan · CBC News · Posted: JanContinue Reading