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Victory Housing

February 17, 2006
Today’s Photo Du Jour covers Victory homes. In Canada theses homes were built and owned by Wartime Housing Ltd. The crown corporation bought materials and land and followed through with orders for homes across the country. Victory Homes came in two models: a two-room bungalow or a four-bedroom, one-and-a-half storey house. They were tiny by today’s standards – and without…
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January 23, 2006 - Election Day

January 23, 2006
Well, one of these clowns have to win…. All my Canadian Brothers and Sisters, today is election day, don’t forget to go out and vote! I’m praying for a Conservative Minority. I’m praying that the NDP carry Windsor once again. I’m praying that…
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Photo Du Jour - January 3, 2006 - 2005 The Year In Review

January 3, 2006
Well, another year is gone, and so is more of our history. Here is a look back at what we lost in 2005… The Hotel Madison-Lenox fell for a nice parking lot. Here it is absorbing water. Nice abatement. A painful reminder of the preservation battle in Harmonie Park. Over in Windsor the former Police Headquarters fell to make way for a parking lot. As demolition progressed, the original…
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Photo Du Jour - December 5, 2005 - Major. Fred Tilston, V.C.

December 5, 2005
While serving as the commander of ‘C’ Company of the Essex Scottish Regiment (of Windsor) in WWII, Fred Tilston was badly injured. His courage in the face of adversity earned him the Victoria Cross, the higest military honor in the British Empire. Click here for the radio report from 1945. Major Tilston’s Uniform is still in the possesion of the Regiment. Because of his…
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Photo Du Jour - December 2, 2005 - Mural Unveiling

December 2, 2005
Yesterday Morning saw the final mural in the “Postcards From Home” mural project unveiled in Downtown Windsor. The mural is on the South Wall of the Windsor Star Building. Star Columnist Karen Hall is seen in the foreground with the blond hair. She served as…
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Day Without Art/World AIDS day

December 1, 2005
December 1 A Day Without Art AIDS Awareness Day In Memory of All Artists Who Died of AIDS On December 1, 1989, loss prompted artists in New York to organize the first “A Day Without Art.” Some galleries closed their doors in mourning for the day or shrouded…