Word of Mouth
Local Foodies Using Social Media to Support Restaurants amid Pandemic Restrictions
The life of a wartime president
Robert Gordon discusses the effect of the pandemic on University of Windsor students
Beachgrove
The sixteen Windsor area businessmen who gathered in the spring of 1921 to form a new golf club along the shores of Lake St. Clair would smile proudly at what has become Beach Grove Golf & Country Club in the 100 years since. Indeed, from the great golf offered across its Stanley Thompson–designed course, exquisite […]
For the Love of Music: (Nearly) 30 Years in Radio with Greg Gnyp
A changing industry, and the Gnyp who’d seen it all
Art in the world of D3N!@L
Windsor artist Daniel Bombardier’s paintbrush is his weapon
Miracle in the Pandemic Year
When tragedy struck a Windsor family, the community rallied
to make them whole again
Read Local: New Words from Windsor-Essex Writers
The Drive reached out to four prominent Windsor-Essex booksellers to unwrap a short stack of new reads from authors with local ties. If you’re looking to stuff a couple stockings or meet a new quarantine cuddle buddy of your own, keep reading to, well, keep reading. River Bookshop River Bookshop, a highly visible, intentionally designed […]
HISTORY DRIVE—Windsor Arena (1924): Wyandotte E. and McDougall St.
Originally called the Border Cities Arena, “The Barn” hosted the Detroit Cougars (Detroit Red Wings) for the 1926-1927 NHL season while Detroit’s Olympia Stadium was under construction. The arena, later renamed the Windsor Arena, opened in 1925 for a local junior hockey team. It was home for years to the Windsor Bulldogs (later renamed the […]
Putting one shoe in front of the other
Mehari Hagos is keeping kids off the street one set of sneakers at a time Growing up in Windsor’s Glengarry neighbourhood isn’t easy. For many teens, it means growing up too soon—forgotten children with a wretched destiny. Mehari Hagos is breaking the cycle with his program—MH100. By 18 years old, Hagos knew this life all […]