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It was a busy Saturday, May 2 at the Pollinate Kingsville Nature and Garden Show at the Grovedale Arts and Culture Centre.

Arizona pastor Nick Wirtz made his way out to the crowd after delivering the blessing for the riders. Nick is pictured with Jim DeVres (wearing a cap), providing an individual blessing for Jim and a safe riding season.

A beautiful May 3rd morning greeted riders from all over southwestern Ontario for the annual Blessing of the Bikes gathering at Kingsville’s

Surrounded by student art are some of the award winners from the 28th annual Juried Student Art Show at the Leamington Arts Centre. Pictured, in the front row, from the left, are London Wray of Cardinal Carter Catholic Secondary School, Kanade Konishi of North Star High School, LAC Director/Curator Chad Riley, Rotarian Wendy Parsons, Lance Principe of Cardinal Carter Catholic Secondary School, Keira Leary of St. Anne Catholic High School and Victoria Booth of Sandwich Secondary School. In the back are some of the teachers who came out to support their students at the competition.

Art lovers had a busy first of May evening as exhibitions in all of the LAC’s galleries were celebrated.  The night kicked

Some 155 runners entered the timed 5k run.

A cool breeze was offset by rays of sunshine as the annual Run and Roll for the Erie Shores Health Foundation took

An Earth Day event hosted by EarlyON Chatham-Kent proved popular with the youngsters at Two Creeks Conservation Area on Wednesday, April 22.

Six-year-old Audrey Epp comes from a long line of artists and is pictured here with her grandma, artist/author Joan Epp. Audrey was working on a piece that incorporated tulips in a spring garden.

Over 90 pieces of youth art, an art market, live painting, a kids’ craft corner and musician Dave Wilson made their way

Pictured in the sunglasses is 10K women’s champ Liz Coxaj, along with, from the left, Jenn Johns, 10K sponsor from Leamington Chrysler Val Mascaro, Lucy Mascaro, Leamington Chrysler’s Tim Vida and Dave Campbell.

A morning in the single digits greeted a record 478 participants in a series of races at Point Pelee National Park this

The 2026 edition of the Leamington Fair will take visitors back to a time not long ago when everything was simpler. Armed

Bill Buskirk, sitting centre on the bench, was surrounded last year by former students — all from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. Buskirk and his colleague Jim Cope — both professors at Earlham — began bringing students to Point Pelee National Park in the 1970s.

The annual Festival of Birds returns to Point Pelee National Park this week with visitors from all over the world descending upon

Camryn Barnewall, Eliana Perciballi, Katie Desborough and Carina Perciballi perform a St. Patrick’s Day–themed number during Skate Wheatley’s A Symphony of Seasons carnival on April 11 at Wheatley Arena.

The Skate Wheatley annual skating carnival returned to the ice at Wheatley Arena on April 11, delighting audiences with a vibrant showcase

A panel was present to answer questions at the public information session for the proposed University of Windsor outdoor forensic laboratory to be located in Kingsville. From the left, Haley Linklater, Manager, Body Bequeathal Program and Anatomy Lab, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University; Dr. Dan Mennill, Associate Dean of Science-Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Science, University of Windsor; Dr. Shari Forbes, Professor/Program Chair, Forensic Science, University of Windsor; Town of Kingsville Chief Administrative Officer John Norton; Kingsville Mayor Dennis Rogers; and Inspector Jamie Smith, a Superintendent for OPP Essex County Detachment.

What began last spring as a proposal for an academic institute to be located in Kingsville made its way to the residents

TONY DESANTIS

After almost 24 years of dedicated service to the most vulnerable in the community, Tony DeSantis worked his final day at Community

Pictured is Shelley Ingratta in line for her first of three soups for the day. On the right is longtime Bridge volunteer Colleen Quinlan ladling some delicious chicken taco soup for Shelley.

“We come together to pay it forward,” was a most appropriate motto said by the Soup Guru, Bill Dunn, at this year’s

Sebastian Black challenged Tee Schwarz to a game of Mario Kart, while Carrie Lacroix and Starry the Starlight Foundation mascot, cheer them on.

Children at Erie Shores HealthCare will now have a new weapon to help them battle long days being hospitalized, after a generous

Experience the excitement of waterfowl banding.

The Jack Miner Migratory Bird Sanctuary has officially launched Jack Miner Experiences, a new immersive visitor program that opened to guests on

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