PPS Media Release final May 29 May 29, 2023 Proposed Provincial Planning Statement will bulldoze Ontario’s heritage, ACO warns: Still reeling over Bill 23’s changes to the Ontario Heritage Act, which make it almost impossible to save many Black, Indigenous, racialized, and 2SLGBTQIA heritage sites from harm, heritage advocates are appalled at the proposed new …
ACO comments on the Proposed Provincial Planning Statement. Read More »
Did you see our Jane’s Walk 2023 Digital Submission, “Skirmish at Sturgeon Creek” with author and historian, Chris Carter? It’s still up. Check it out and if you’d like to check out Chris’ work, visit touressex.ca .
The Essex County Weekend is in the books and May 5 – 7, 2023 is all about Windsor/Tecumseh. Check out the full schedule at windsorjaneswalk.ca and look at Windsor/Tecumseh in a new way! Picture of “Tree to Table” walk at John R. Park Homestead.
The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario is proud to be a partner in Windsor Jane’s Walk 2023. Windsor Jane Walk will open on April 28, 2023 with county walks in Leamington, Kingsville, Amherstburg. Starting May 5, 2023, Windsor and Tecumseh will be the focus. To see a full schedule, visit windsorjaneswalk.ca. We’d love to see you …
Windsor Arena was once the Madison Square Garden of Essex County. There was a time when the Arena was full of laughter, cheering, and life. Children would haunt the doors of the building hoping to get a glimpse of their favourite hockey players, musicians, and wrestling stars. Greats of sports and music graced the floor of …
Who remembers roller skating at Windsor Arena in the summer? Thinking back to my childhood, roller skating was probably the most 70’s experience I had. Every week of summer vacation, I’d walk over and pay the quarter or fifty cents and head out on the floor. The music was loud and people would dance and …
Mark your calendars! This year Windsor Jane’s Walk is back and expanding to the County! County tours will be held on April 28 – 30th with Windsor tours May 5 – 7. This will be the ACO Windsor/Essex’s third year taking part in this festival and it will be our biggest. I’ve had a sneak …
I loved shopping at the N&D. I’d spend hours there talking to friends and neighbours doing their weekly shop. The girls at the cash registers were all so sweet. You didn’t see the changing faces so much like you do today and the girls would ask after families or people you knew in common and …
Windsor’s Emancipation Parade was always my favourite event of the year. We didn’t see a lot of people who looked like ourselves outside of our community and to be honest when we stepped outside of that bubble, it wasn’t always a lot of fun. Once a year we were celebrated. There were people who didn’t …
It was a rite of passage for Amherstburg kids to work on Boblo. By the time I was old enough to work, we’d moved to Windsor but we’d go back multiple times in a summer and take the boat from the Boblo Dock. It was always a great time to walk through and see all …
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