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Windsor City Councillor Al Magneigh has found himself in quite the pickle. In recent days, we have seen a rather tedious and monotonous story evolve from a few thousand dollars charged to a library credit card to the city councilor stepping down from his role as chair of the Windsor Public Library board and as spokesperson for the Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board. Magneigh first disclosed that he had spent $3,000 on personal expenses using the library’s corporate credit card. That number soon grew to $5,000 and eventually settled at $8,490. But the story wasn’t finished; not even by...
Daniel Victor musician, neverending white lights Dear Windsor, When I think about my hometown, it always brings warm memories and pride. It’s my favourite place to go back to when I’m travelling or on the road, not just because I grew up here, but because it genuinely feels like no place else. Today, I wanted to share some ideas that could potentially make this city even stronger. What could Windsor benefit from? 1. An art film theatre I’m a movie lover, and I can tell you there is an increasing demand to see movies that are critically acclaimed, limited released...
Dan MacDonald Copywriter / On Air Personality at CHUM Radio Windsor Pride is doing great things right now for this city. Huge things. We need to cultivate things like this. Take just one block, think small and let it grow. Let’s take one small block: the 400 block of Pelissier. It’s right near the MediaPlex, so there are students. It’s right downtown. It’s NOT on Ouellette. There sits the Windsor Pride Community Centre. Seeing the flags and the posters and the activism out in public, to me that says progress because it is something we never would have seen in...
Privacy’s Obituary A Place of Seclusion (Beginning of Time – Facebook IPO), known by her shortened name Privacy, was truly the quality of being apart from company or observation. She was raised in a time when there were secrets and freedom from unauthorized intrusions. Privacy enjoyed a life that began when there were no boundaries; there was absolutely nothing and infinite ruled the day. Although cave paintings and the petroglyphs of prehistoric peoples threatened her existence, the advent of writing systems and writing implements changed her destiny. Stone tablets, clay tablets, wax tablets, vellum, parchment, paper, copperplate, styluses, quills, ink...
Re: University of Windsor Student Bus Pass Proposal Dear University of Windsor students, The Windsor Essex County Environment Committee (WECEC) encourages you to vote in favour of the bus pass proposal that has been negotiated between Transit Windsor and the University of Windsor Students’ Alliance. WECEC is a committee with representation from City and County Council, as well as various environmental, educational, health, labour and business organizations dedicated to supporting and advocating for environmental issues in Windsor-Essex County. Please visit our website for more information: wecec.org. Public transit is a strategic element of Windsor’s transportation system and provides transportation options...
RE: Brain Drain, Feb. 15, 2012 I left Windsor almost four years ago to take a job in Toronto as a software developer. I had just been fired from a job I had had since my time at the University of Windsor as a bioinformatics student, where I had been telecommuting for a small start up company out of my apartment in downtown Windsor. I spent some time looking for a job within Windsor, and had even considered starting my own business there, but ultimately I found that Windsor didn’t offer me the things I want. I wanted to compete...
Is a post-secondary education a choice? It starts with that moment in life when you’ve made a choice. You’ve chosen the direction your life is going to take. It might be in high school, but that commitment will consume anywhere from two to six years of your life; maybe even longer. You might get work when you’re done, but you might not. What am I describing? Your immediate thought, education, right? Maybe, but it could also be to commit a crime. The major difference is, if I commit a crime I’m guaranteed three hots and a cot and no interest...
WHERE IS THE SPIRIT? On Saturday night, Jan. 21, the basketball Lancers women and men played the Brock Badgers at the St. Denis Centre and handily defeated Brock. I live here in the west end and I support, read and follow University of Windsor sports. I’m a retired person and have no connection to the school. What I’m really surprised at was the crowd as I watched the games on TV Cogeco. I noticed that there were mostly older adults at these games, possibly parents, relatives, a few alumni and friends of the two teams. I did notice a group...
STEVEN PAGE A DISSERVICE TO MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK I think it’s important enough to be said, that Mr. Steven Page’s special appearance was a disservice to Mental Health Awareness Week. The evening started with a very professional introduction by the dean of students, this was the highlight of the evening. To qualify my interest: I am a 41-year-old man, who in 2005 abandoned my career as an engineering/estimating manager and my family. I purchased a costly non-viable business and lost money, which cripples my family’s finances to this day. I am Bipolar. I went manic in 2005 and my...
TIM HORTONS IN THE CAW STUDENT CENTRE: WHY THEY NEED TO GO Don’t get me wrong, I love Tim Hortons. This isn’t about the multi-billion dollar industry we all know and love. This is only about one in specific; the Tim Hortons in the CAW Student Centre. In my first year at the university, I used to wait in the line every morning for 15 minutes just to get my tea. Being a new student, I thought the long lines were only due to the morning rush of the 8 a.m. classes when students and professors need their caffeine fix....