December 2011 Archives

• August 2012
  • Thu., 30 – Pan Fried Trout with Sprout Salad
     
  • Wed., 29 – Coming up, using the "voices" of the Round Goby to reduce their numbers in the Great Lakes.
     
  • Mon., 27 – Two new murals paying tribute to the War of 1812 are going up in Sandwich Town.
     
  • Fri., 24 – A county councillor is calling for a ban on exotic animals.
     
  • Thu., 23 – A Windsor composer has written a piece about General Brock and the War of 1812.
     
  • Wed., 22 – Windsor's basketball team is in search of a floor to play on.
     
  • Tue., 21 – A lone coyote found himself trapped in downtown Windsor.
     
  • Mon., 20 – The raid on Dieppe might have been a cover for a top secret operation.
     
  • Fri., 17 – Tony Orlando comes to Caesars Windsor for a show.
     
  • Thu., 16 – Fresh Summer Vegetarian Pasta
     
  • Thu., 16 – It's practically every illustrators dream...to illustrate Batman for DC comics. For a Harrow artist that dream has come true.
     
  • Wed., 15 – How does a Windsor company make money by developing free online games?
     
  • Tue., 14 – Three drummers, one great song. Host Bob Steels speaks with a music professor about the beats behind "Love Me Do."
     
  • Tue., 14 – Guitar alert! Host Bob Steele speaks with three finger style guitarists.
     
  • Fri., 10 – Premier Dalton McGuinty visits a local school while a teacher strike looms.
     
  • Thu., 9 – It's a recipe for fun - or disaster. Ride around Windsor on bicyles, stopping along the way to refresh your spirits with beer.
     
  • Wed., 8 – Book panel review "The Red Breast".
     
  • Tue., 7 – 1812 Food
     
  • Thu., 2 – A summer recipe from our chefs Nav and Rita.
     
  • Wed., 1 – We continue our series on home grown research.
     
• July 2012
  • Tue., 31 – A local Ballerina has just landed a dream spot with the Royal Winnepeg Ballet.
     
  • Mon., 30 – Windsor poet Mary Ann Mulhern is reading from her latest collection of poems, Brides in Black.
     
  • Fri., 27 – Our passionate gardener Mary Jo Rusu will be showing us how to liven up salads and vinegars with herbs.
     
  • Wed., 25 – we continue our series on home grown research. I'll talk to a university of Windsor professor to find out what he's studying.
     
  • Tue., 24 – Mike Jones arrived back in Windsor this morning after covering 6300 kilometres on his bicycle.
     
  • Mon., 23 – Windsor's Civic Space for artists has it's first Artist In Residence.
     
  • Mon., 23 – Delivering babies may change at Windsor Regional.
     
  • Thu., 19 – Herb enthusiast Mary Jo Rusu shows us how we can use herbs to ditch the salt from our diets.
     
  • Wed., 18 – It's almost taken for granted that chosing locally grown produce is the right thing to do if you care about the environment, but do people buy it??
     
  • Tue., 17 – The Book Mobile wants to hear your cross border stories.
     
  • Mon., 16 – Recipes from Mary-Jo Rusu
     
  • Mon., 16 – A new publishing machine is unveiled at the Windsor Public Library.
     
  • Thu., 12 – The Bluesfest gets underway this weekend at the Festival Plaza in downtown Windsor. We'll get a primer from Kelly Hoppe.
     
  • Thu., 12 – Tracking sharks in the Sudan. Guest host Sara Elliott chats with a marine biologist from the University of Windsor.
     
  • Tue., 10 – Guest host Sara Elliott checks out some 1812 art.
     
  • Fri., 6 – Tragically Hip "Super Fan" Jeff Reid
     
  • Thu., 5 – Pink Canoe Portage Across Ontario
     
  • Wed., 4 – Day Trip "Niagara Butterfly Conservatory"
     
• June 2012
  • Fri., 29 – Todd Newton of the Price Is Right Live!
     
  • Thu., 28 – State of Canada's Birds
     
  • Wed., 27 – Making Seniors Stronger
     
  • Tue., 26 – The Bridge's Book Panel discusses Paul Vasey's "A Troublesome Boy"
     
  • Mon., 25 – Photography Display at the Art Gallery of Windsor
     
  • Thu., 21 – We'll tell you about a local history buff who's setting the stories of war of 1812 to music.
     
  • Wed., 20 – We'll talk about social behaviours.... not with humans. But with fish.
     
  • Tue., 19 – We'll take a step back in time with Walkerville Publishings' latest book, "500 Ways To know Your from Windsor".
     
  • Mon., 18 – A Windsor man's bicycle will be inducted this week into an Ohio Museum.
     
  • Fri., 15 – A stamp commemorating Chief Tecumseh was released by Canada Post today.
     
  • Thu., 14 – Some residents in Belle River want trains to sound off their horns less when they pass by.
     
  • Wed., 13 – I'll chat with Mike Jones. He's on a three and half month cycling trip from Dawson City Yukon to Windsor.
     
  • Tue., 12 – The war if 1812 is on full artistic display at the Gibson Gallery in Amherstburg.
     
  • Mon., 11 – A crew of dedicated volunteers is keeping the Spirit Of Windsor Locomotive looking good.
     
  • Fri., 8 – Sunday night you'll have the chance to see and hear Kenny G. in concert at the Carousel by the River Festival.
     
  • Thu., 7 – Many people make their own jam. But have you ever made jam out of roses? Mary Jo Rusu has...she'll be my guest .
     
  • Wed., 6 – The history of roller derbies in Windsor. The Border City Brawlers are looking for women who played roller derby back in the forties and fifties.
     
  • Tue., 5 – It's a program that gives underprivileged kids an opportunity to play hockey every weekend. And it's founder...Knobby Knudsen... was honoured for that and his many other contributions to youth hockey with the Mark Messier Leadership Award.
     
  • Mon., 4 – There's a celestial show happening Tuesday that you won't want to miss.
     
  • Fri., 1 – We'll meet one of the actors from Theatre Windsor's production of The Beverly Hillbillies.
     
• May 2012
  • Thu., 31 – I'll chat with Mike Jones. He's on a three and half month cycling trip from Dawson City Yukon to Windsor.
     
  • Wed., 30 – In just over a week, Carousel of the Nations takes over the city with events through most of June.
     
  • Tue., 29 – Former Broadcaster and author Paul Vasey has a brand new book.
     
  • Mon., 28 – The Windsor Public Library board held it's first meeting today as a full board. We'll get an update .
     
  • Fri., 25 – It's a place where homeless teens can go to at night for a hot meal and support, The Windsor Youth Centre.
     
  • Wed., 23 – The Sam Roberts band comes to the Colosseum at Caesars Windsor Friday night .
     
  • Tue., 22 – For the first time in its history, Point Pelee National Park may be on its way to having a family of Beavers.
     
  • Fri., 18 – Four baby falcons got banded this morning including Twitter...the name given to one of the chicks by CBC listeners.
     
  • Thu., 17 – we'll find out what American and Canadian students learned together about the war of 1812
     
  • Wed., 16 – We'll get an update on the 4 peregrine falcon chicks that are nesting under the Ambassador Bridge.
     
  • Tue., 15 – A move to rename the bridge over the River Canard has hit a snag.
     
  • Mon., 14 – The Bridge's book panel comes together this afternoon to tell us what they thought of Paulo Coehlo's Veronika Decides To Die.
     
  • Fri., 11 – He will take his final bow this weekend with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor John Morris Russell.
     
  • Thu., 10 – Windsor Light Music theatre's production of Legally Blonde goes into it's second run of performances this weekend. Our theatre reviewer Mark Lefave takes a look.
     
  • Wed., 9 – Local "Stiltz Guy" Mark LeFave made a pitch to the Dragon's Den.
     
  • Tue., 8 – An interview with singer songwriter Emm Gryner.
     
  • Mon., 7 – We'll meet a 13 year old Windsor girl who's won a summer scholarship to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
     
  • Fri., 4 – Local playwright Chris Rabideau is one of the artists receiving an Arts Infrastructure Grant.
     
  • Wed., 2 – We talk with Scotish Canadian singer Johnny Reid.
     
  • Tue., 1 – We'll get an update on plans to turn a former bank in Leamington into a theatre.
     
• April 2012
  • Mon., 30 – The Windsor Jewish Film festival kicks off tonight. We'll hear about some of the films being presented.
     
  • Fri., 27 – I'll chat with Mike Jones, he's getting ready to do a three and half month cycling trip from Dawson City Yukon to Windsor.
     
  • Thu., 26 – I'll talk with Aruna Koushik she's being honoured with the Herb Gray Harmony Award .
     
  • Wed., 25 – The library board held a meeting this afternoon to try to get to the bottom of the Al Maghnieh scandal . We'll chat with board member Hilary Payne.
     
  • Tue., 24 – An evening of poetry and fiction at the Phog Lounge tonight, I'll talk with author Mike Barnes.
     
  • Fri., 20 – An exhibition of weavings by renowned weaver Ted Hallman is on display at Assumption University Chapel.
     
  • Thu., 19 – Before Lady Gaga and Madonna there was Sarah Bernhardt...at one time the most famous woman in the world.
     
  • Wed., 18 – Guitarist Rik Emmitt brings his expertise as a guitarist and as a songwriter to students at St. Clair College in Chatham this weekend.
     
  • Tue., 17 – We'll meet one of two local recipients to receive a Caring Canadian award from the Govenor general in Ottawa.
     
  • Mon., 16 – A few weeks ago, we drew our winner for our "Win a Gourmet Dinner" contest. We'll get a review from our winner.
     
  • Mon., 16 – An exhibiton of weavings is on now at the Raw Meet gallery....I'll talk to the organizer of Sunrise Twills With titles by world reknowed textile artist Ted Hallman.
     
  • Fri., 13 – Steve Smith also known as Red Green is bringing a truck load of duct tape to Dearborn and Macomb Michigan this weekend.
     
  • Thu., 12 – Kevin Costners band is called the Modern West and he's got a show at Caesars Coloseum Friday night.
     
  • Tue., 10 – Stuart McLean is coming to the Chatham Cultural Centre this weekend.
     
  • Thu., 5 – Jim Scott is just wrapping up another trip to Haiti to help the people there.
     
  • Wed., 4 – We'll tell you about the very special dinner being presented to mark the Titanic anniversary.
     
  • Tue., 3 – The history of one of the most renowend musical venues in North America has now been captured in a new documentary.
     
  • Mon., 2 – The author who brought you the Watson Family and Bud Not Buddy has a new character to introduce to you...the Mighty Miss Malone.
     
• March 2012
  • Fri., 30 – Community arts groups met with the Windsor Symphony last night...a chance for potential users of the Capitol theatre to have a conversation with the new owners.
     
  • Wed., 28 – We'll tell you about the Titanic exhibition happening at The Henry Ford Museum that opens soon.
     
  • Tue., 27 – The Windsor Symphony announced it's line up for the 2012 - 2013 season this morning.
     
  • Mon., 26 – Theatre Alive's production of Chicago opened last weekend at the Chrysler Theatre. We'll have our reviewer take a look.
     
  • Thu., 22 – A rising young pianist from Algeria performs with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra in two performances.
     
  • Mon., 19 – CBC Win a Gourmet Dinner Contest
     
  • Mon., 19 – Windsor's Poet Laureate Marty Gervais.
     
  • Fri., 16 – Mathematics can be intimidating.But I'll be talking to a University of Windsor student who says that's all a misconception and she's one of just 16 women from across the province invited to take part in a summer school for women in Math.
     
  • Thu., 15 – A slice of Windsor's history has been turned into a play that's getting a dramatic reading next week.
     
  • Wed., 14 – Comedian Danny Bhoy Performs in Windsor
     
  • Tue., 13 – Windsor Actor Films Role in Isreal
     
  • Mon., 12 – March Break "Things to do in Ontario"
     
  • Wed., 7 – "Interrogation" A new play centering on the victim of a hate crime
     
  • Fri., 2 – A local actor is heading off to Israel for a role in a National geographic film. We'll find out what helped him land the role.
     
  • Thu., 1 – St.Clair College buys Chathams Capitol Theatre.
     
• February 2012
  • Wed., 29 – War of 1812 Treasure Hunt.
     
  • Tue., 28 – Our Theatre Reviewer Mark Lefebvre will be by with his review of the Phantom Of The Opera by the Walkerville Centre for Creative Arts.
     
  • Mon., 27 – I'll chat with Jaclyn Miles. She was crowned Miss Canada last month and she's using that role to speak out against abuse.
     
  • Fri., 24 – We'll meet one of the recipients being honoured with a community service award from Windsor's Black Community
     
  • Thu., 23 – A team of seamstresses create period costumes to mark the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812
     
  • Wed., 22 – Walkerville's Centre for the Creative Arts takes on the Phantom of the Opera this weekend and next.
     
  • Tue., 21 – If you've ever wanted to take part in a flash mob, there's a chance for you to do that.
     
  • Fri., 17 – Windsor's community Museum is opening a new exhibit that explores what it was like living in the region in 1812.
     
  • Fri., 17 – A lot of people are talking about Freddie and Voltaire...the two peregrine falcons living under the Ambassador Bridge.
     
  • Thu., 16 – Poet Laurie Smith and her book "The Truth About Roller Skating"
     
  • Wed., 15 – "What is love?" talking to an expert for the science behind the emotion
     
  • Tue., 14 – Walnut Stuffed Figs in Rum Sauce with Frozen Banana Cream Recipe
     
  • Tue., 14 – Valentine's Day Aphrodisiacs
     
  • Mon., 13 – Madison Violet Interview
     
  • Thu., 9 – Windsorites will have the rare treat of seeing one of Canada's best songwriters perform at the Loop on Friday night...Ron Sexsmith
     
  • Wed., 8 – The Windsor Canadian Music Festival is underway all this week.
     
  • Tue., 7 – Documenting Windsor's music scene over the past 60 years...that's the subject of a new documentary called 4 On The Floor.
     
  • Mon., 6 – Review of Emma by the University of Windsor Players.
     
  • Thu., 2 – A new documentary on the Underground Railroad is airing next Monday night.The William Still Story looks at the triumphant yet harrowing journey of runaway slaves coming to Canada.
     
• January 2012
  • Tue., 31 – Friendships are something some people take for granted. But for people with disabilities, friendships are something many of them have a hard time maintaining.
     
  • Mon., 30 – we'll get an update on the Family Aquatics Centre slated for downtown Windsor.
     
  • Fri., 27 – Be prepared to hear some stunning new music this weekend as the Windsor Symphony Orchestra performs new works for jazz piano and orchestra with guest pianist Ron Davis and his trio.
     
  • Thu., 26 – The WFCU center is hosting an event this Saturday and it's called the "Awesomness Summit".
     
  • Wed., 25 – Just how much of your donations toward breast cancer research go to fight that disease? And how many of those products sporting pink ribbons actually walk the talk? You might be surprised.
     
  • Tue., 24 – Pulled Pork with Green Apple Slaw
     
  • Tue., 24 – Windsor's Capitol theatre has a new tenant and new management...the Windsor Symphony .
     
  • Mon., 23 – The man who created the TV show The Polka Dot Door passed away last week. he came from Essex county and developed a world famous childrens show.
     
  • Fri., 20 – Your childhood and healthy relationships.
     
  • Thu., 19 – Changes are coming to your local cable channels. In a few weeks, Cogeco Cable will be digitizing all of it's channels. And that will mean changes for you.
     
  • Wed., 18 – Conspiracies are dangerous to democracy according to the author of Conspiracy Rising - University of Windsor Associate Dean Martha Lee.
     
  • Tue., 17 – A veteran of the Canadian music scene comes to the Mary Webb Centre in Highgate this Saturday night.
     
  • Mon., 16 – Steven Page, the former lead singer of the Barenaked Ladies, is giving a talk at that University of Windsor tonight
     
  • Fri., 13 – A performance of music by Stravinsky and Strauss this Saturday night by the Windsor Symphony Orchestra.
     
  • Wed., 11 – Cirque du Soleil ..You have no idea what's involved in bringing that show to Windsor.
     
  • Tue., 10 – If "YOUR" math homework has you taking a tantrum, there's one on one help available to help you out.
     
  • Tue., 10 – There's a new CBC Television show about to air that gives a second chance in business to ex convicts.
     
  • Fri., 6 – Windsor and the world but few know who he is?Denial. We'll talk to to the artist.
     
  • Thu., 5 – Millions of people have joined Facebook. But to many seniors it is a foreign language. We'll talk to an instructor who's helping them.
     
  • Wed., 4 – People have been talking a lot about a "Great Gray Owl" spotted near Kingsville. I'll talk with an expert to find out why he's here.
     
  • Tue., 3 – The City of Windsor is considering a new partnership with the arts.
     
• December 2011
  • Fri., 23 – Nav and Rita from Atmosphere Fine Foods will be by once again with another recipe for a unique, tasty and easy appetizer to serve your guests over the holidays.
     
  • Thu., 22 – Our dinner party chefs will tell us another recipe for a unique, tasty and easy appetizer to serve up over the holidays.
     
  • Wed., 21 – We're going to have some great appetizer recipe's for you to try out over the holidays...created by our Dinner Party chef Nav Sehmbi.
     
  • Tue., 20 – A visit to an new artist co-operative that's attracting more artists than it can handle.
     
  • Fri., 16 – The Windsor band Elliott Brood is in town for a special show tomorrow night at Villians.
     
  • Thu., 15 – New CBC TV show searches for Canada's Smartest Person.
     
  • Wed., 14 – A new C.D. of christmas music for you this year courtesy of local musicians Jody Raffoul and Jeff Burrows.
     
  • Tue., 13 – Walkerville High School presents "The Christmas Truce".
     
  • Mon., 12 – Rita McNeil is back on the road with a performance coming up this Wedsnesday night at Migration Hall in Kingsville.
     
  • Fri., 9 – Just in time for Christmas, Sara Elliot tries to learn to play the bells.
     
  • Thu., 8 – How a video about bullying compelled a 17 year old teenager from Amherstburg to reach out with a video of his own.
     
  • Wed., 7 – Windsor artist Stephen Mueller has a new exhibit at the Art Gallery of Windsor.
     
  • Tue., 6 – we'll tell you about the Essex Region Conservation Authorities Podcast Project.
     
  • Mon., 5 – New Co-Op Art Gallery opens in Windsor
     
  • Fri., 2 – The Endangered Paw Paw Tree
     
• November 2011
  • Tue., 29 – Here's something the arts community will like a lot....the naming of the city's poet laureate.
     
  • Tue., 29 – Should Hospital Parking Fees be Abolished?
     
  • Fri., 25 – World renowed Windsor pianist Daniel Wnukowski and his wife Marta Potulska come home for a recital tomorrow night at MacKenzie Hall.
     
  • Thu., 24 – Nickelback-lash. A petition is going around expressing outrage that Canadian rock band Nickelback is this year's entertainment at the Lions game, and why their music sells so well.
     
  • Wed., 23 – We talk to rock legend and host of CBC Radio's Vinyl Tap Randy Bachman! He's written a new book about the stories he's told on that show...and the people and places behind them.
     
  • Tue., 22 – Technology is a wonderful thing..it makes our lives easier. Local musicians are collaborating with others around the world.
     
  • Fri., 18 – The Art Gallery of Windsor and the Central Branch of the Windsor Public Library sharing the same space.
     
  • Tue., 15 – We'll tell you how local songwriters are busy commemorating the war of 1812 in song.
     
  • Mon., 14 – We'll find out about a talk at the university that will explain why we need pets in our lives.
     
  • Thu., 10 – The Grand Opening of this year's International Film Festival in Windsor.
     
  • Wed., 9 – It may have looked like hundreds of teens all skipped out of school on the same day to go watch movies at the Capital Theatre in downtown Windsor. But in fact, it was a bonafide field trip, a project to let high school students, see Canadian films.
     
  • Tue., 8 – On Thursday night Windsor's Phog Lounge will be swarming with American comics.
     
  • Mon., 7 – We're going to hear all about the dinner Larry and Sue Vellinga won!
     
  • Fri., 4 – Windsor Cultural Summit
     
• October 2011
  • Wed., 12 – Win a gourmet dinner!
     
  • Thu., 6 – It happened 200 years ago, but it's not forgotten. The War of 1812 gets a closer look in a PBS documentary. We'll speak with one of the producers, coming up.
     
  • Mon., 3 – Bob at the Canada South Blues Museum
     
• September 2011
  • Fri., 30 – He began his musical career as the front man for the rock and roll band White Heat. Joe Coughlin returns to sing with the WSO.
     
  • Thu., 29 – Short stories are being celebrated at the Phog.
     
  • Mon., 26 – Imagine making a living drawing comics? Well that's what locals David Finch and Jason Fabok are doing.
     
  • Tue., 20 – Windsor now has a manager of Cultural Affairs. We'll meet Cathy Masterson.
     
  • Mon., 19 – A cycling tour from Windsor to Niagara....that trail was piloted by a group of people last week.
     
  • Wed., 14 – Phog Fest 3 is on this weekend...a festival of music and art hosted by the best live entertainment lounge in Canada.
     
  • Tue., 13 – The Rick Mercer Report is back with its new season.... I'll chat with Rick Mercer .
     
  • Mon., 12 – Two Windsor brothers were in Toronto over the weekend performing at a party for the Toronto International Film Festival party for Breakaway starring Russell Peters and Rob Lowe.
     
  • Fri., 9 – A Canadian version of the reality television show "Intervention" debuts tonight. Tonights episode features two Windsorites.
     
  • Tue., 6 – When you were in school, did you like math? We'll get you some advice for your student at home.
     
  • Fri., 2 – The Detroit Jazz Festival runs this weekend - today right thru labour day monday.
     
  • Thu., 1 – We meet Windsor's Mike Cerveni, a singer songwriter who's music takes him from the aisleways of Shoppers Drug Mart to Eastern Europe.
     
• August 2011
  • Wed., 31 – CBC Win a Gourmet Dinner Contest
     
  • Wed., 31 – A feature interview with Gino Vannelli
     
  • Wed., 31 – The new school year is fast approaching, and with that comes great anxiety for many students
     
  • Tue., 30 – We'll hear about a guitar that links Canada because of how it's made.
     
  • Mon., 29 – I'll chat with Jim and Jordan Scott. They're back from a 10 day mission to help the people in Haiti.
     
  • Wed., 24 – Local woman in the finals for the $25000 Hot Dog
     
  • Mon., 22 – Jack Layton NDP leader died today, his friend and fellow MP Joe Comartin remembers him.
     
  • Fri., 19 – Singer Songwriter Ron Leary
     
  • Thu., 18 – Tomato Art!
     
  • Wed., 17 – "Ghost Bird" The Illusive Ivory Billed Woodpecker
     
  • Tue., 16 – New "It" Products for Kids Returning to School.
     
  • Mon., 15 – Roxi Delight Comes Home To Windsor
     
  • Wed., 10 – Four new exhibitions are opening this week at the Art Gallery of Windsor.
     
  • Tue., 9 – If you love alternative film we have some great news about a great way to see these films right here in Windsor.
     
  • Fri., 5 – Leamington Arts Centre is looking for a special kind of art for an upcoming exhibition.
     
  • Wed., 3 – The 10th Annual Smogfest Art Exhibition begins this week.
     
  • Tue., 2 – Love to experience new restaurants but not sure you want to pay full price to take your chances. We'll tell you about a way to check out area restaurants at discounted prices.
     
• July 2011
  • Wed., 27 – Visitors from all over North America are expected this weekend in Windsor. They'll be celebrating Emancipation.
     
  • Mon., 25 – Our book panel joins us with some suggestions for young adult readers
     
  • Fri., 22 – When fire destroyed a Comber church last March it seemed as if all the memories of the 120 year old building were gone forever. We'll talk to a man who's not only asking for your memories of the Mount Olivet Methodist church...but he also has time capsule
     
  • Wed., 20 – 16 Year old playwright at Fringe Festival.
     
  • Tue., 19 – A 19-year-old from Tecumseh is pursuing a country music career...in between studying French at York University.
     
  • Mon., 18 – The Windsor International Fringe festival continues this week. "Banjovial" is one of the events.
     
  • Fri., 15 – Sunsplash Festival Preview
     
  • Thu., 14 – Montreal Band "The Unsettlers"
     
  • Wed., 13 – 13 Year Old Disney Singing Sensation Jocelyn Meyer
     
  • Tue., 12 – Windsor is Getting an IMAX Theatre
     
  • Mon., 11 – Singer / Songwriter Amanda Mabro Interview
     
  • Thu., 7 – Another weekend in Windsor and another festival. Time for Festival Epicure.
     
  • Wed., 6 – We'll speak to CBC Radio 3 host Grant Lawrence about this year's shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize.
     
  • Tue., 5 – We'll hear about a pilot project launched today to get panhandlers off the street and get the help they need.
     
  • Mon., 4 – Barbecue culture: Canada versus the U.S. How does our country stack up to our neighbours when it comes to grilling?
     
• June 2011
  • Wed., 29 – Years of Ernest Band Interview
     
  • Tue., 28 – Fireworks Families
     
  • Mon., 27 – Elvis Fest
     
  • Thu., 23 – From All Right Now to Bad Company - from Satisfaction Guaranteed to The Show Must Go On. An Interview with Paul Rogers.
     
  • Mon., 20 – Plans are moving ahead to create a Work and Play Art Gallery.
     
  • Fri., 17 – Windsor Law Student Bikes down the West Coast of the U.S.
     
  • Thu., 16 – Drive-In Coming to Lakeshore
     
  • Wed., 15 – Tim Trembley Interview
     
  • Tue., 14 – Burt Weeks Statue Vandalized
     
  • Tue., 14 – Ray Parker Jr. Interview
     
  • Thu., 9 – We'll hear from the Windsor band "Stereo Goes Stellar", they have a new CD out.
     
  • Wed., 8 – It won't be music coming thru the doors of the Phog Lounge in Windsor tomorrow night...it'll be laughter.
     
  • Tue., 7 – Heather Geluk's second attempt at climbing Mount Everest is over.
     
  • Mon., 6 – A mission to help people in Haiti that began from a small project to collect used shoes.
     
  • Fri., 3 – A feature interview with Ashley MacIsaac.
     
  • Thu., 2 – We'll draw the winner of the original work by watercolour artist Mary Jane Gagnier
     
  • Wed., 1 – Coming up...a tour thru Windsor's new riverfront stage complex with the Senior designer of that project leading the tour.
     
• May 2011
  • Tue., 31 – Halifax singer songwriter Laura Peek performs at the Phog Lounge in Windsor.
     
  • Mon., 30 – The University's schools of music and visual arts will be moving into the Downtown Armouries. That was part of a big announcement this morning to revitalize the downtown.
     
  • Fri., 27 – Guitar heaven this weekend in Chatham.
     
  • Thu., 26 – We meet a 12 year old boy who's been accepted into a professional ballet company.
     
  • Wed., 25 – A new play by Windsor playwrite Joey Ouellette documents the life of female riveters during the second world war.
     
  • Tue., 24 – Chatham woman's song gives boost to Telus and local charity
     
  • Tue., 17 – How confusing is it for birds when they hear mating calls from a cell phone?
     
  • Mon., 16 – A screening tonight of the documentary film, Just Because I Am...it's about homophobia and youth and it was made in Windsor.
     
  • Fri., 13 – A math conference is currently underway for educators.....but tomorrow it's math for parents and kids. I'll chat with one of tomorrow's keynote speakers.....mathemagician Arthur Benjamin .
     
  • Thu., 12 – Professor Louie and the Crowmatix are being inducted into the Canada South Blues Museum in Windsor.
     
  • Wed., 11 – Culture days is a cross Canada movement aimed at raising awareness about the arts.
     
  • Tue., 10 – A psychology researcher at the University of Windsor is looking for kids between the ages of 4 and 10 to take part in a study on the cognitive advantages of growing up with more than one language.
     
  • Fri., 6 – Raising money by hitting the skins....local drummer Jeff Burrows is gearing up for his annual 24 hour drumming marathon.
     
  • Thu., 5 – We'll hear about a new performance piece by Windsor's Gina Lori Riley.
     
  • Wed., 4 – When the Windsor Light Theatre's production of The Drowsy chaperone opens this Friday night, it'll be a homecoming of sorts for one of the actors.
     
  • Mon., 2 – The Windsor Jewish Film Festival gets underway tonight.
     
• April 2011
  • Fri., 29 – Matt Gallagher, Windsor filmmaker, poker documentary "Grinders" premiering at Hot Docs Festival.
     
  • Thu., 28 – After taking home five awards from the Western Ontario Drama League Theatre Windsor is remounting it's winning production of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolf.
     
  • Wed., 27 – She's called a modern day troubadour...travelling around the world singing songs about ordinary people...Maria Dunn brings her show to MacKenzie Hall on Saturday Night
     
  • Tue., 26 – Comedian Lorne Elliott is coming to Chatham this Thursday to do a show at the Capitol Theatre.
     
  • Thu., 21 – We check in with Mt. Everest adventurer...Heather Geluk . She's now at the Base camp and the weather isn't good.
     
  • Wed., 20 – A performance by the Windsor Symphony Chorus features Durefle's Requem and a brand new choral work by Jeff Enns...I'll talk with chorus Master Joel Tranquilla .
     
  • Tue., 19 – World famous boys choir "Libera" performs in Chatham.
     
  • Fri., 15 – I'll chat with author Richard Zurawski. He has a beef about how science stories are covered in the media.
     
  • Thu., 14 – The city of Windsor is 119 years old today ...we'll get a bit of a history lesson.
     
  • Wed., 13 – There was a meeting in Windsor of local religious leaders as to how different faiths view organ donations.
     
  • Tue., 12 – Heather Geluk is in Kathmandu getting ready to make her second attempt at climbing Mount Everest. We'll hear what it takes to prepare for a climb of this magnitude....and we'll get a little lesson on acclimatization from one of the guides.
     
  • Mon., 11 – Art Gallery of Windsor is screening a film about the Salton Sea...it was supposed to be the Californian Riviera but now is considered an ecological disaster.
     
  • Fri., 8 – A conversation with nature photographer Kingsvilles' Ethan Meleg.
     
  • Thu., 7 – Windsor has it's own Pawn star...that's pawn...p-a-w-n.
     
  • Wed., 6 – Vinyl Cafe musical guests are Luke Doucet and Melissa McLelland
     
  • Tue., 5 – We chat with a woman on the other side of the earth as she prepares to climb mount Everest.
     
  • Mon., 4 – A good and happy childhood..that's how Roger Bell describes his upbringing in Port Elgin during the 1950's.
     
  • Fri., 1 – A windsor woman known for her recordings of Hindustani music is joining forces with the World Jazz Group Dave Sharp's Secret Seven.
     
• March 2011
  • Thu., 31 – The University of Windsor's Writer in Residence has a new book titled Kalila.
     
  • Wed., 30 – We'll hear about an effort today by the group Save Our Symphony.
     
  • Tue., 29 – I'll be talking with flamenca guitarist Jesse Cook.
     
  • Mon., 28 – Students at Ridgetown high school will be experiencing a Mount Everest climb through a former alumnus. Heather Geluk will tackle Mount Everest in a couple of weeks....but before that, she flew in from England to talk with students at her old high school.
     
  • Fri., 25 – I'll chat with the author of a book who says to succeed in life, you need a plan.
     
  • Wed., 23 – Theatre Alive mounts its production of Hair Spray this weekend.
     
  • Mon., 21 – A Windsor Theatre company has come away with some big honours from the Western Ontario Drama League.
     
  • Fri., 18 – The very first song writers festival in Windsor is taking place next weekend.
     
  • Thu., 17 – The Bellevue house in Amhurstburg was built in 1816, but it's been neglected and now needs alot of work.
     
  • Wed., 16 – A local mom has written a book chronicling her second pregnancy, it's a memoir entitled "Laughing through a second pregnancy"
     
  • Tue., 15 – If you remember the play Julius Caesar from high school, you might think of today as a somewhat unlucky day. We'll chat with a historian about the Ides of March.
     
  • Mon., 14 – One of the best new board games on the market is actually centuries old and a man from chatham is responsible for reviving it's popularity.
     
  • Fri., 11 – We'll get a preview of a film being shown in Detroit this weekend that chronicles the city of Detroit from it's heyday to it's present day decline. "Detroit:Ruin of a City"
     
  • Thu., 10 – Math teacher uses music to educate kids.
     
  • Wed., 9 – Coming up, a fun way to learn about heart health where you may actually remember what you've learned.
     
  • Tue., 8 – Local entrepeneurs and inventers are polishing their pitches...hoping for a chance to go before the Dragon's Den in Windsor on Thursday.
     
  • Mon., 7 – A musical mystery was solved last week and the solution came with a big bonus...we'll hear how two fellows from Michigan tracked down the title of an old song and how they got more than they asked for.
     
  • Fri., 4 – 20 Year Old Musical Mystery Solved
     
  • Thu., 3 – An exiled author who grew up in Iran is in Windsor this week to read from her book.
     
  • Wed., 2 – Juvenile Arthritis. We'll meet one man who's been dealing with it since he was 18 months old.....and we'll find out what you can do if you suspect your child may be suffering.
     
  • Tue., 1 – A researcher is looking for the stories of Italian Canadians who were interned during World War 2
     
• February 2011
  • Mon., 28 – Vincent Georgie is a film Marketing Expert at the Odette School of Business at the University of Windsor.
     
  • Fri., 25 – U of W Professor Vincent Georgie is in Hollywood for the Academy Awards.
     
  • Thu., 24 – Black History Symposium Tour.
     
  • Wed., 23 – There was a small earthquake near Wheatley on Wednesday morning.
     
  • Tue., 22 – Ten Years as music director for the Windsor Symphony Orchestra and there's an anniversary party planned for this weekend featuring a host of home grown talent.
     
  • Fri., 18 – The history of Windsor's music scene is now on exhibit at Windsor's Community Museum.
     
  • Thu., 17 – Bullying in the workplace, how prevalent is it, and what you can do about it.
     
  • Wed., 16 – A Windsor woman shares her story of delivering aid to Ghana
     
  • Tue., 15 – Interview with U of W Professor Richard Frost on computer versus humans on TV show Jeopardy
     
  • Mon., 14 – We'll hear about a high school dance party organized for students
     
  • Fri., 11 – Denis Coffey of the Funk Brothers Interview
     
  • Fri., 11 – Interview with CBC's David Jaeger on the WCMF 2011
     
  • Thu., 10 – Bob Monks Archive Interview
     
  • Wed., 9 – Multiple Choice Workshop
     
• December 2010
  • Sun., 12 – Welcome to The Bridge
     
  • Sun., 12 – Get Ready To Work