Growing up in Amherstburg since the early immigration days brings a lot to mind as to where we were and where we are. I remember the weekly ball games at town park, the smell of the distillery at Seagrams, the smell of the baking at Marra’s Bread, the blowing of the Brunner Mond horn indicating shift change and lunch times. Duffy’s Tavern was a buzz in the summer with American boaters. The huge Boblo Boats travelled the river from Detroit to Boblo Island resembling a m

The waterfront festival plaza, a.k.a. the King’s Navy Yard Park extension, could be open by the Civic Holiday weekend. Image is from the parks and recreation committee agenda package. Amherstburg’s parks and recreation advisory committee reviewed accomplishments made throughout the term, but also got an updated on a long-awaited downtown project. The committee learned during a presentation by director of parks, facilities and recreation Heidi Baillargeon that the waterfront p

An earthquake was reported below Amherstburg on April 26, 2026. Photo courtesy of Earthquakes Canada. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is reporting a magnitude 2.9 earthquake about seven kilometers SSE of Amherstburg about 10:32 a.m. last Sunday (April 26). Some residents in Amherstburg and surrounding municipalities report hearing a bang and feeling a rumble, though others did not feel anything. Earthquakes Canada says it was a 3.0 magnitude and 11 km southeast o

The Windsor Police Service says that last Saturday (April 25) at approximately 11:30 p.m., officers responded to a reported single-vehicle crash at the intersection of South Side Road and Creek Road. Upon arrival, police say officers located a vehicle that had overturned onto its side on the front lawn of a residence on Creek Road. No occupants were found inside the vehicle or in the immediate vicinity, police add. A K9 unit was deployed to assist in locating any individuals

Mason Hillier shows his “Captain America” artwork. Student art was on exhibit and the subject of judging in a friendly art exposition last week in McGregor. École Sainte Ursule held its second annual student art exposition last Thursday evening where the artwork was displayed and parents, grandparents, guardians and students went around with clipboards scoring the entries. Jessica VandenBrink, a Grade 6/7 teacher at the French Catholic elementary school, said the event stems

Stella Maris Catholic Elementary School donated $2,000 to the Windsor-Essex chapter of Autism Ontario April 23. The funds were raised during a special spirit week, where various special themes occurred each day. The students on the autism spectrum and their educational assistants split into two groups for the photos. Stella Maris helps Autism Ontari Stella Maris helps Autism Ontario

Meghan Desjardins (left) and Cindy Lemieux from the River Bookshop were part of the Book Store Crawl that took place last weekend. The Amherstburg store joined other independent book stores for the crawl. Canadian Independent Book Store Day was April 25 and that meant open doors and lots of visitors to the regions bookstores. To celebrate, Amherstburg’s River Bookshop took part in the first ever Book Store Crawl that started Friday and wrapped up last Sunday. “A few of the st

Essex Mayor Sherry Bondy (front row, centre) and a group of volunteers gathered at the McGregor Community Centre last Saturday for a free book giveaway. Over 900 readers are estimated to have attended. Over 900 avid readers of all ages came to McGregor last Saturday morning to get stocked up on books. There were boxes and bags to carry them in, and according to organizers an estimated 10,000 volumes ranging from adult fiction and non-fiction, to, mystery, children’s, sports,

The Anderdon Public School boys basketball team went undefeated and won local and regional championships along the way. Front row (from left): Parker Reddam, Landon Pocock, Landyn Wigle, Maison Towns, Jovan Andjelkovski and Adriano Di Giovani. Middle: Cooper Lawton, Jeffrey Lamarche, Lucas Brouillette, Daniel Ilori, Liam Bratt, Carson Strangway, manager Stanley Rau. Back: coaches Stu Smith and Drew Middleton. The boys basketball team at Anderdon Public School have just comple

It was a week of mixed results for the boys and girls soccer teams at North Star High School. The Wolves boys team opened the week last Tuesday (April 21) at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg against the visiting L’Essor Aigles. It was a tough afternoon for the North Star squad, as they ended up on the short end of an 11-0 final score. L’Essor got off to a fast start and North Star was unable to gain much momentum after that and lost to the undefeated L’Essor team. “Obviously,