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LaSalle Fire Service marks Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 4 to 10) with NFPA's Charge into Fire Safety theme. Right charger, hard surface, unplug when full, e-bikes outside away from exits. School visits and smoke-alarm door knocks planned.
Windsor's week ahead looks like a postcard: sunny Monday and Tuesday at 18°, then 22° Wednesday. One catch: Environment Canada flags a risk of frost Monday night, low of 3°. Bring in the tomatoes and patio plants.
The BIG Motorcity car, motorcycle and truck show is at the Fogolar Furlan Club on Sunday, Oct. 4, from 10 AM to 2 PM. It is free to attend and raises money for Big Brothers Big Sisters Windsor Essex.
Saturday downtown: Windsor’s Zombie Walk is back, free & family-friendly, with donations for Downtown Mission. Zombies gather 4 to 6 PM at Ouellette & Elliott; horde leaves about 6:30 down Ouellette. BIA + ScareHouse.
Bert Kreischer brings his Permission to Party tour to The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 8 PM.
The Windsor Symphony Orchestra plays a free concert on the main level of the Pelissier Street parking garage on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 6 to 7 PM. Registration is required.
Urgent needs include emergency blankets and dog and cat food. In-person drop-offs at 636 Goyeau St., 4 to 9 p.m.
The Soup Shack says it is the only organization serving food downtown after 5 p.m. It gets no government funding, CBC reported.
Eleven pizzerias were listed for the Sept. 26 festival, noon to 5 p.m. or until the pizza sold out.
Windsor Public Library's new Central Branch opened to the public Sept. 24 after a four-day move.
The City says the Peace Fountain replacement is in its construction phase. windsorite.ca reports a Sept. 21, 2027 target.
Developers present preliminary plans for vacant Wildwood Drive land next to Seneca Park on Sept. 21, before any formal City planning application.
The ERCA and Holiday Beach Migration Observatory festival ran Sept. 19 and 20, with raptor shows, the Hawk Tower and banding.
Central closed Sept. 20 to 23 for its move and reopens Sept. 24 at 400 City Hall Square, Windsor Public Library says.
An official CFIA survey confirmed a live spotted lanternfly in Windsor. Movement restrictions apply to regulated plant materials.
