Sincere thanks to all our friends and neighbours from LaSalle, Amherstburg and the Knights of Columbus of River Canard for supporting our Charity Vegetable Garden again this year.  Your support encourages us to continue to work hard and remain committed to this project.  A donation of $3,200 has been delivered to the Windsor Cancer Centre Foundation to fund breast and prostate cancer programs in our local community. We couldn’t do it without you, and we appreciate your genero

Once a long time Amherstburg resident, I have always marveled at the beauty of our town’s position on the Detroit River. Its passing ships and location at the Lake Erie entrance creates views we have always taken for granted, while visitors are in awe. A God-given natural asset few towns can match. It has created jewels like the Navy Yard Park lined on shore with shops, museums and tourist attractions.  Duffy’s Tavern on the water’s edge was once a gold mine with its marina a

As to why housing costs are so high - cost of new builds drives higher prices for existing housing.  The assumption that the lumber prices alone should lead to lower housing prices isn’t true. There are other factors such as labour costs, developer charges, building permits, etc. Building is not a precise science, it is an art.  The application of new types and grades of materials requires highly skilled labourers.  Changes in the building code are also a factor. Building has

Uncertain times are nothing new for Amherstburg.  The area was initially settled by merchants following the military when it left Detroit in 1796 to establish Fort Amherstburg (later Fort Malden). The Town was the centre of activity in Essex County.  Prosperity lasted until 1846 when Great Britain abolished colonial preferences thereby causing a depression in Canada.  Prosperity returned in 1854 when Canada negotiated the Reciprocity Treaty with the United States enabling goo

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

On Wednesday, October 1 at approximately 6 p.m., I shopped at our local No Frills store.  After scanning my groceries through, I...