As we approach the Christmas season, the Amherstburg Food and Fellowship Mission is once again preparing to help local families in need.  Our Christmas Family Sponsorship Program is one of the most meaningful ways our community comes together each year.  Sponsors provide clothing, toys, and toiletries for children and a little extra joy for families who might otherwise go without. We are reaching out to individuals, businesses, churches, schools, and service groups to conside

There is a rumour in town about providing the newer area of the King’s Navy Yard Park (former Duffy’s property) with an Indigenous name, in which case it must be remembered that the area was Huron/Wendat territory of the Wyandot Nation of Anderdon, whose presence was shown by the Wyandot cemetery at Front Road North and County Road 10, the Assumption Parish (1740)  originally known as “Mission of Our Lady of the Assumption among the Hurons,” the Huron Church Road next to Assu

I’ve seen how the housing crisis has deeply affected our community.  More and more people are being pushed into homelessness, and it feels like everyone is falling behind.  We have to turn things around, and we have an opportunity in front of us with the upcoming federal budget on November 4.  The only way to unlock Canada’s full economic potential is if our governments take leadership to end homelessness and solve the housing crisis once and for all.  Recently the federal go