Amherstburg Freedom Museum co-presents Windsor-Essex County joint kickoff event Teajai Travis plays the drums as part of the Windsor-Essex County Joint Annual Black History Month kickoff last Friday night. Black History Month is underway and a local museum had a hand in kicking it off in the region. The Amherstburg Freedom Museum joined the Essex County Black Historical Research Society (ECBHRS) and the Windsor-Essex Caribbean Association (WECA) in a Black History Month launc

The icebreaker “Judy Lamarsh” stopped at the Canadian Coast Guard base in Amherstburg Feb. 1. According to local resident Terry Hall, who sent in two of the photos, it was originally built in Romania as an icebreaking tug for Kazakhstan, later registered in Turkmenistan, and acquired by the Canadian government in 2021 to be named for the former federal Cabinet Minister Judy Lamarsh. It recently underwent a $34.3 million refit. Dave Cozens, who also submitted photos seen here,

Amherstburg fire chief Michael Mio gave an update on the new fire station, currently under construction along Simcoe St. on the Libro Centre property. Winter weather has had some impacts he said, but crews were on scene last Sunday morning when these photos were taken, including one photo from the front (above) and one from the rear (below). Amherstburg fire chief Michael Mio has given an update on the new fire hall plus other matters of interest he believes are for the safet