The Collavino Family made a $1 million donation to the new Fancsy Family Hospital, which is to be built at the corner of County Road 42 and Concession 9. The donation sees the family get naming rights to the Collavino Family Cardio-Pulmonary Diagnostic Lab. Motivated by personal experiences with heart and lung health concerns, members of two Collavino families have made a $1-million gift toward the Fancsy Family Hospital to support vital equipment and technologies needed at t

Poets Erik E-Tomic Johnson (left) and Paulina O’Kieffe appeared at “Voices and Verses” at the Amherstburg Freedom Museum Feb. 22. “It doesn’t matter how we get here, we all know Middle Passage all too well.” Middle Passage was considered to be the hardening journey for slaves when they were put on ships and sent across the ocean to North America. It has a great deal of meaning for the poet Paulina O’Kieffe who wrote the words and read them during “Voices and Verses” last Sund

Grandparents and their grandchildren recently gathered for the annual “Grandparents Day” event at École St.-Jean Baptiste in Amherstburg. Students and their grandparents did a craft together and then had lunch with each other. Valentine’s Day was celebrated over the weekend, but just before that, a local school celebrated the love between grandparents and grandchildren. École St.-Jean Baptiste presented “Grandparents Day” again this year, and once again it was held near Valen