Guests can get up close and personal with a variety of bird species at the Holiday Beach Festival of Hawks. Photo supplied by ERCA. All eyes will be on the skies this September as Holiday Beach Conservation Area becomes one of the best places in North America to witness the fall raptor migration, with tens of thousands of hawks and other birds of prey soaring overhead on their annual journey south. As communities across Canada celebrate the natural places that make this country strong, the...

“Latin Fest” returned to the downtown streets of Amherstburg Aug. 28-30 as those who turned out to the Open Air Weekends event got to enjoy music, dancing, food and more. The cultural event was presented all three days. The final weekend of 2026 for Open Air Weekends is this coming weekend. Latin Fest

Blanding’s Turtles are one of the species-at-risk found at the Collavino Conservation Area. Photo courtesy of ERCA. The trail at Collavino Conservation Area in Amherstburg has fully reopened following a temporary partial closure to protect turtles through the nesting season. Throughout the nesting period, turtle researchers monitored the site. Collavino Conservation Area, located in the Detroit River watershed in River Canard, has a high concentration of Species-at-Risk, including...