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In this special episode I sit down with all 12 Ward 7 Council By-election candidates to get to know their personal stories better. No platform, no debates, no scripts - who are the actual people vying to have a seat at the council table?
Albert Saba - albert-saba.ca
Angelo Marignani - Angelo Marignani
Barb Holland - barbholland.com
Ernie The Bacon Man Lamont - leloan1970@yahoo.com
Farah El-Hajj - farahforward7.ca
Greg Lemay - greglemay.com
Howard Weeks - weeksforward7.com
Igor Dzaic - igordzaic.ca
Jeewen Gill - jeweengill.com
Michelle Gajewski - michellegajewski.ca
Mike Malott - votemalott.ca
Therese Papineau - theresepapineau.com
We are back with a special live episode with the return of Richard Peddie along with Lori Wightman on location at the brand new River Bookshop in Amherstburg!
Check out River Bookshop:
riverbookshop.com
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Twitter - @River_Bookshop
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Twitter - @RichardAPeddie
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Twitter - @bookgirl1209
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John Bitove is a highly accomplished business leader as the founder of the NBA's Toronto Raptors, Chair of the Toronto Olympic Games bid and founder of SiriusXM Canada.
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Noelle Montcalm was one of the most successful track and field athletes to come out of the University of Windsor who competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics after graduating as a Registered Nurse.
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Twitter - @noellemontcalm
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Claudia den Boer is the CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association of Windsor and Essex County, which is the lead provider and advocate of specialized community mental health and addiction services integrated with comprehensive primary health care services.
Find Claudia and CMHA on:
Twitter - @ClaudiadenBoer2 or @CMHAWECB
Instagram - @CMHA-WECB
windsoressex.cmha.ca
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Paul Alofs is an award-winning innovator and author of Passion Capital, pulling from his experiences leading companies such as the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, The Disney Stores, BMG Music and HMV Canada.
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Twitter - @Alofs
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Lisa Gretzky has overcome and accomplished a lot on her journey to becoming MPP for the Windsor-West region since 2014.
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Twitter - @LGretzky
Instagram - @LisaGretzky
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Trevor Georgie is the President and General Manager of the St. John Sea Dogs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He earned his MBA at the University of Windsor Odette School of Business, where he and his brother Vincent are the title sponsors of the Georgie-Odette Leadership Symposium.
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Randy Gray is the lead singer of Ashes of Soma, a local band that has toured North America and just released their brand-new album, Novel 1 – available now on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and more. He is also the owner of Gray Development, a full-service custom home company serving Essex County.
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Facebook – Ashes Of Soma
Instagram - @ashesofsoma
Get the new album on Spotify
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Matt Boismier is a Windsor native, now living in Vancouver. He is a cartoonist that specializes in Character Design and Visual Development for the animation industry.
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YouTube - Matt Boismier
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Vasilios Filippakis is an actor and writer from Tecumseh. He has been featured in Shadowlands, Hudson & Rex and See No Evil. He is the creator and star of Fak Yasss, which was picked up on OutTV and available as a mini-series on YouTube now.
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Instagram - @vasiliosf
Twitter - @vfilippakis
Watch Fak Yasss on YouTube at - Fak Yasss The Series
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Bill Bowler is the General Manager and Vice President of Hockey Operations for the Windsor Spitfires, but is also the team's all-time leading scorer and has his jersey retired as a player in the WFCU Centre rafters.
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Rakesh Naidu is a chemical engineer by trade, whose professional career lead him to helping to support local businesses as the President and CEO of the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce and also an entrepreneur as the founder of the new app Ayework
windsoressexchamber.org
ayework.ca
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Rino Bortolin has represented Ward 3 as a Councillor for the City of Windsor since 2014 as well as serving as a Board Member for Windsor Police Service and Chair of the Windsor Public Library Board. He is a chef by trade and has been an entrepreneur in the restaurant industry for over 20 years.
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Arts Collective Theatre is a not-for-profit organization dedicated and committed to enhancing the well-being of the Windsor Essex community through theatre education, mentorship, and by bringing awareness to social justice issues in Windsor and beyond. Chris Rabideau is the founder and President, while Moya McAlister is the Vice-President and Project Coordinator.
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Facebook - @actwindsor
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Twitter - @actwindsor
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Brandon & Krista Kersey have over 30 years Martial Arts experience. Krista was named to the 1992 Canadian Olympic Tae Kwon Do team. Brandon & Krista represented Team Canada three years in a row at the World Championships, both bringing home gold medals. Kersey Kickbox Fitness Club incorporates cutting edge motivational, health & nutritional concepts in all kickbox and cardio classes.
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Michael DiFazio has been a large part of the Ford City revitalization and his shop, Michael DiFazio Reclaim Artistry is at the centre of it with their unique custom furniture creations out of older materials that no longer serve the purpose they were originally built for.
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michaeldifazio.ca
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Patti France started with St. Clair College over 30 years ago and has held several roles throughout as part of the progressive leadership team that has driven the College's growth over the last several years before becoming the College's sixth President and first female President.
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Crissi Cochrane is a soulful singer and songwriter with over 12 million listens on Spotify, her music has been played on CBC Radio stations across the country and has even had a song featured on the hit TV show Nashville. Her new album Heirloom is available on all streaming platforms now!
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Twitter - @crissicochrane
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Peter Kanis is the President of Tecumseh's Baron Championship Rings, North America's fastest growing company in the sector. Baron's has evolved from a small, local business to creating some of the most iconic championship rings of the past decade, including the Toronto Raptors NBA Championship ring this past year.
Follow Baron Championship Rings on:
Twitter - @baronrings
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Facebook - @baronrings
And get your own authentic Toronto Raptors replica championship ring at raptorschampionshipring.com
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Karolyn Hart is the Founder and President of InspireHUB, an international engagement solutions company that is revolutionizing the relationship between organizations and their supporters, which was born with a request from Nelson Mandela to assist him in a worthy project helping children in South Africa.
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Stubby Clapp not only has a street in Tecumseh named after him that leads to the baseball stadium, but he is arguably the most successful baseball player to come from our area since Reno Bertoia (if you don’t know, look him up!) but after winning back to back AAA League Championships and Manager of the Year Awards before becoming the 1st Base Coach for the St. Louis Cardinals in the MLB, now, he is quickly becoming the most successful Manager to ever come from our area!
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Derek Michaels is the founder of Happier Camper, which customizes retro campers for customers around the world based out of their shop in Los Angeles. Bryce May manages Happier Camper Canada based out of Amherstburg which supports many local businesses through their cafe and merchandise in the store.
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Instagram: @happiercamper
Twitter: @happiercamperc
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happiercamper.com
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Dan MacDonald is the host of the Dan MacDonald Show on AM800 weekdays from 9am-noon, which is a call-in talk show giving people the chance to voice their opinions on hot topics.
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Twitter - @danmac800
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Dave Dame is an expert is business agility, change management and leadership. As the Vice President and Global Head of Agile for ScotiaBank he oversees through leadership, coaching and training to create the behaviours, transparency, and collaboration needed to be able to reduce time to market and be able to react to new opportunities. He is a sought after keynote speaker and TedX presenter.
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Twitter - @ddame
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In this special 100th episode of the show, one of the most popular guests, Dr. Vincent Georgie takes over the show and reverses roles with Andy Sullivan to discuss the history of the show, Andy's real job with the YMCA, lessons learned after 100 conversations and views on Windsor today.
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Nour Hachem-Fawaz is the founder and President of Build A Dream, which introduces young women to female role-models by spotlighting exciting career opportunities in skilled trades, STEM, emergency response, entrepreneurship and advancing women in society.
webuildadream.com
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The Windsor Symphony Orchestra has been part of the cultural fabric of our community since 1947, inspiring thousands of audience members a year. At the front of the orchestra is Assistant Conductor Daniel Wiley and Music Director, Maestro Robert Franz.
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Facebook - @DanielWiley
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Bill Jones is an NBA veteran, alumni of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, head coach of the Windsor Express and was the keynote speaker at this year’s CMHA event, sharing his personal struggles with mental health.
The Windsor Express season kicks off on December 28th – tickets are available at windsorexpress.ca
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The annual Windsor Comedy Festival is coming up on December 27th and I sit down to discuss the origin story, entrepreneurship in Windsor, his background in the music industry and much more with founder, Shawn Talbot and Sponsorship Coordinator Sarah White.
Tickets available at:
windsorcomedyfestival.com
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In her first sit down interview, I sit down with the new Chief of Police, Chief Pam Mizuno to discuss her career, experiences, goals and her feelings on being the first female Chief of Police in the history of the Windsor Police Service.
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Meredith Finch is a comic book writer that has been behind the incredibly popular DC Wonder Woman series and Catowman as well as Xena: Warrior Princess, Justice League and her own creation the new, soon to be released Book of Ruth, which can be supported on Kickstarter to get your own copy here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/358946764/the-book-of-ruth-1
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This is a really cool episode!
Featuring the keynote speakers from the University of Windsor's Georgie-Odette Leadership Symposium with a diverse group of leaders across many sectors to dive deep into some great conversations about leadership.
Including:
Rory Capern, Vice President of Partnerships, Pelmorex Corp (The Weather Network), former Managing Director of Twitter Canada
Fiona Coughlin, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director, Habitat For Humanity Windsor-Essex
David Trepanier, Managing Director of Global Credit & Special Situations, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, New York
Donna Wellington, Chief Operating Officer of Behavioral Health Service, Henry Ford Health System
Trevor Georgie, President & General Manager of St. John Sea Dogs
Dr. Vincent Georgie, Executive Director of Windsor International Film Festival & Director of University of Windsor's School of Creative Arts
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Rosita Hall grew up in poverty in Harrow then went on to start a non-profit organization to help others before becoming a best-selling author and motivational speaker. She is the keynote speaker at this year’s Hope In The City
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Eric Wellwood was known as one of the best skaters as a member of the two-time Memorial Cup Champion Windsor Spitfires. He played for the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL before a life-threatening injury prematurely ended his playing career. He is now the youngest coach in the Ontario Hockey League as Head Coach of the Flint Firebirds.
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Mary Jo Haddad is the University of Windsor Chancellor. She is the former President and CEO of the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), current Board Director for both Telus and TD Bank and passionate about bringing new leadership opportunities to the students and alumni at the University of Windsor
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The two faces of Michael!
Also known as Aiden Prince, a professional wrestler and trainer at the Can-Am Wrestling School
Michael Lopaz is a graphic designer who creates logos, signs, posters and social media advertisements in between wrestling matches!
Find Michael/Aiden online at:
Instagram - @theaidenprince
Twitter - @aidenprince
Facebook – Michael Lopaz Design
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Erika McGee is one of the most popular tattoo artists in Windsor. Working out of Black Lotus Tattoo, she has built a dedicated following due to her creative style and fun personality.
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Black Lotus Tattoos
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The Scarehouse is Windsor’s premier haunted house attraction. Co-owner Shawn Lippert shares his story of what went into creating this creepy business, his previous ventures owning bars downtown during the heyday and the video that went viral and got him on ABC, CBS News and more.
Check out Scarehouse at scarehousewindsor.com
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Chantal Vallee is one of the winning-est coaches in Canadian Basketball History. As the Head Coach of the University of Windsor Lancers Women’s Basketball team she won the National Championship 5 consecutive years. This year she became the first female in history to be the General Manager and Head Coach of a professional men’s basketball team with the Hamilton Honey Badgers.
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Gavin Michael Booth is a director, producer, writer and editor with 39 films and over 100 music videos to his credit. His latest film, Last Call is set to make it's Canadian Premier on Saturday, September 21st at Chrysler Theatre.
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Cassandra Aarssen is the creator of the Clutterbug Philosophy, which helps people get organize by understanding their unique organizational style. With over 500,000 online followers from her popular YouTube channel, blog and podcast; Cassandra has built an incredibly successful business allowing her to live the lifestyle that she wants in the comfort of her own home.
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Rhys Wyn Trenhaile had already built up a successful real estate career as an agent for Manor Realty and the CEO of the Vanguard Team prior to even thinking about becoming an actor. Over the past few years, Rhys has established an impressive resume featured in movies and TV shows on ABC, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon.
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Brandon McBride is an Adidas sponsored athlete who competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics, won the NCAA DI title twice at Mississippi State University, is the Canadian 800-metre record holder and on his way to his quest of qualifying to represent Team Canada at the 2020 Olympics next summer.
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Join me at the Multiple Myeloma March on Sunday, September 29th by registering at myeloma.ca
Paul Dupuis is born and raised in Windsor, but left to travel and teach. His experiences eventually lead him to become President of a company in Japan and now the CEO of Randstad India, the largest Human Resources Company in the World.
On top of running this multi-million dollar company, Paul uses his passion for hockey to teach the game of hockey to youth in India!
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Ron Fellows is the winningest foreign-born driver in NASCAR’s top-three series. He has won multiple 24-hours of Le Mans Races, has been inducted into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame and the Corvette Hall of Fame. He owns the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, while running the Ron Fellows Driving School and even has a Chevrolet Corvette line named after him!
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Check out the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park at https://canadiantiremotorsportpark.com/
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Jenn Sadai is the author of multiple books including her first book called Dark Confessions of an Extraordinary Ordinary Woman, which was an autobiography of her struggle getting out of an abusive relationship and her newest book, Her Beauty Burns, which is available on Amazon now.
You can follow Jenn at:
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Susanne Craig started her career as a journalist for the Windsor Star. Moving on to the Globe and Mail and then the Wall Street Journal before eventually becoming an investigative journalist with the New York Times, which is where she spent 18-months researching for a story on Donald Trump’s long history of tax evasion, earning her the 2019 Pulitzer Prize.
You can read the story that won the prize here – NY Times
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Lisa Williams started as an 18-year old producer before going on-air with AM800’s Cam and Lisa Show and then transitioning to The Morning Drive with Mike and Lisa spanning a 32-year career as Windsor’s top morning radio show.
You can follow the Morning Drive with Mike and Lisa on Facebook and @mikelisa800 on Twitter
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Jeff Denomme is a serial entrepreneur and artist. He shares his story of starting his own clothing line, Fathom, while touring with the Vans Warped Tour. He learned how to utilize his artistic skills as a graphic designer and launched The Haunted Zoo collection and then launched his own hot sauce, Papa D’s. His latest venture is providing unique design work for local businesses with Hot Hive Studios
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Chris Taylor is a Juno nominated musician that went on to become an entertainment lawyer, where he helped discover Nelly Furtado and Sum 41 among others, before launching his own independent label, which he eventually sold to Entertainment One and became their Global President of Music.
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Richard Peddie is one of the most successful leaders to ever come out of our region! As the former President & CEO of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment (Toronto Raptors, Maple Leafs, Marlies & Toronto FC) he is an author, philanthropist and community builder, as demonstrated in his new role as President of the Amherstburg Community Foundation.
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Luis Mendez is a Venezuela native and the founder and CEO of True Fitness Windsor, which operates two successful fitness clubs in Windsor.
truefitnesswindsor.com
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Jaclyn Whittal has lived a few different lives. From growing up in Amherstburg to becoming a theatre actress and rock star to becoming a meteorologist with The Weather Network and storm chaser with a hit show Storm Hunters on Amazon Prime, she has one unique journey.
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The John McGivney Children's Centre is a special place that has helped thousands of families with children in need throughout Windsor-Essex.
Elaine Whitmore announced her retirement after 17 years as the Chief Executive Officer and she reflects on her career, while Joanna Conrad and Vince Laframboise are both Board members and clients of the Centre, utilizing the services for both of their children and their share their very powerful stories as well.
Find more information on the John McGivney Children's Centre at - jmccentre.ca
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Stacey Trottier-Mousseau is a retired Sergeant with the Canadian Forces whose career was cut short after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Stacey used her setback as motivation and represented Canada as an athlete at the Invictus Games.
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David Musyj has been the President & CEO of Windsor Regional Hospital since 2007, starting with the hospital in 2000 after a career as a lawyer. Yes, we will talk about the Mega-Hospital, but we also get to know his story and better understand David.
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Ed Jovanovski is a Windsor-born hockey player that didn’t even start playing until he was 11-years old. Playing for his hometown Spitfires, he was the first Spitfire ever selected first overall in the NHL Draft. With 500 career points in 1128 games he is a five-time All-Star that won gold at the World Juniors, gold at the World Cup and an Olympic Gold Medal representing Team Canada. Residing in Florida, Ed still gives back to his hometown with the third annual Ed Jovanovski Charity Golf Classic on July 12th – tickets available at jovogolfclassic.com
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Greg Monforton opened his firm in Downtown Windsor in 1981 and has been peer selected as a member of the Best Lawyers in Canada, served as President of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and is a Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation with the Law Society of Upper Canada, which is a designation fewer than 2% of all Ontario lawyers earn. Greg Monforton is definitely one of the most respected lawyers in Windsor-Essex and beyond.
Find Greg at gregmonforton.com and on Twitter @gregmonforton
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Dave Merheje is on the Netflix special Comedians Around the World. His special Good Friends, Bad Grammar won the 2019 Juno Award for best stand-up comedy album. He won the Just for Laughs Homegrown Comic Competition and was part of the NBC Stand Up for Diversity Tour. Dave has also got into acting with feature roles on CBC’s Mr. D and the new show Ramy on Hulu.
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Kortney Wilson has deep Windsor roots and along with her husband Dave, are the stars of Master of Flip, Meet The Wilsons, Music City Flip and The Wilsons Flip Out as well as the authors of the brand new book called Live Happy: The Best Ways to Make Your House a Home.
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Mike Brown and Bianca Oliverio along with James Lucier co-founded Spiritual Soldiers. They all struggled with drug/alcohol addiction, met through recovery and found help through a "spiritual solution". Along their road to recovery, they created the Spiritual Soldiers Coffee Compound; a safe-place and sober bar that helps end the stigma on addiction and smash the belief that once you're sober the party's over.
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Gary McNamara has been the Mayor of Tecumseh since 2003 after starting as a Town Councillor in 1991 while still an engineer by trade.
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Asaph Maurer has had one incredible journey.
He spent the first 28 years of his life in a cult before escaping
Struggling to find himself, he became an addict
On his road to recovery he decided to make a full-time career as a self-taught artist.
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Craig Pearson spent his whole career as a journalist until this past year when he became the Managing Editor of the Windsor Star where he sees every piece of news, entertainment and gossip from Windsor and Essex County come across his desk.
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The Blue Stones consists of Tarek Jafar and Justin Tessier; a power-duo that have rocked their way to the top of the Canadian Billboard charts with nearly 15 million downloads on Spotify alone!
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This is a powerful episode.
Chris Lori is a four time Olympian, competing for the Canadian Bobsled Team and later coaching the American Bobsled Team to Silver and Bronze Medals. Chris later became a self-made man as a foreign exchange trader in Singapore, where he learned about the children's sex-trade crisis in surrounding countries. Chris has gone undercover in many operatives and raids, which have gone on to save hundreds of girls. He is a real life superhero.
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Craig Ramsay is one of the most entertaining fitness experts on the planet. His knowledge combined with sense of humour is what makes him one of the leading trainers to the stars. He has been featured on reality TV shows such as Bravo's Thintervention and Newlyweds; The First Year. Craig is a ballet performer and Broadway actor that has also been featured in shows such as 2 Broke Girls and General Hospital.
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Graham Brown may be a Blenheim native, but he is an alumni of the University of Windsor, where he played for the football and basketball teams as well as being a founding member of the Men's Rugby Team. He went on to become the Executive Director of Ontario Minor Hockey Association, the CEO of Rugby Canada and eventually the CEO of USPORTS, the governing body of Canadian University Sports.
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In this week's Black History Month special, we sit down with Teajai Travis who shares his journey of tracing his ancestor's steps before settling in Windsor through the Underground Railroad. He talks about the inspiration for starting the Bloomfield House, his influences as an artist and views as an activist.
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In this special episode of the Straight Outta Windsor Podcast, we celebrate the life of Howard McCurdy and discuss how his daughter Leslie McCurdy has carried on his work as an actor featured on Detroit 187, Behind The Mask and more, a dancer on several plays including the Wiz and Tommy and the writer of The Spirit of Harriet Tubman and Things My Fore-Sisters Saw.
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Our second Black History Month special features the Honourable Madam Justice Micheline Rawlins who was the first black woman appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice serving this community as both a judge and lawyer for over 35 years.
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To kickoff our Black History Month features, we sit down to have a conversation with Charles 'Spider' Jones who shares his story of going from a gang member who served more than 5 years in jail, participated in underground fight clubs and dropped out of school in grade 4 who eventually won 3 Golden Gloves Tournaments, was a sparring partner for Muhammad Ali, became a highly popular radio personality and created his own non-profit organization that helps youth at-risk
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Jeff Casey is the owner of Snapd Windsor (windsor.snapd.com) who is the founder of 100 Men Who Give A Damn (100whocarewindsor.com) is hosting the Play For A Cure ProAm Tournament (playforacure.ca) and a cancer survivor who is dedicated to giving back and helping others. Listen to his story and the origins of these great initiatives in our community.
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President Christopher Pressey (Twitter) and CEO Arthur Barbut (Twitter) join forces to lead the Downtown Windsor Accelerator (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) to create a hub and community for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs in all sorts of industries throughout our community.
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Calling all Makers! Applications for the Windsor Mini-Maker Faire are now open at windsoressex.makerfaire.com
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Chief Al Frederick has been serving our community as part of the Windsor Police Service for 34 years, holding every rank along the way. As he prepares for retirement this year, he joined me in his first long-form interview to discuss his career, learning lessons, approach to leadership and to better understand the man behind the badge.
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Limitless is the perfect word to describe Paul McCrary. After breaking his neck and becoming paralyzed in a high school football game, Paul has defied the odds in the road to recovery and now helps young athletes and others with spinal cord injuries as the owner and trainer at Limitless Training Centre
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Our special New Year's edition of the Straight Outta Windsor Podcast features Marni Wasserman (Instagram), who left her career as a certified nutritional practitioner and natural chef as well as Dr. Jesse Chappus (Instagram) who left his career as a chiropractor to both become full-time podcasters with the Ultimate Health Podcast (website, Instagram, Facebook), reaching thousands of people around the world from their home studio here in Windsor.
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This special holiday edition of the Straight Outta Windsor Podcast features Lorraine Goddard (Twitter), CEO of United Way Windsor-Essex County (website, Twitter, Facebook) to discuss the role of the United Way in our community, history, programs and impact stories.
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Veronique Mandal (Twitter) is the author of Getting Off, The Don Tait Story, she is also Program Coordinator of St. Clair’s MediaPlex, with an MBA and Masters in Journalism, has worked in multiple media outlets, is the host of YourTV’s Scribes and Songsters, has been an actor, playwright, nurse, midwife, the author of 3 different books, the Chair for Windsor Hospice, the Windsor Star’s Woman of The Year and a Queen’s Jubilee Medal recipient. This is one accomplished woman!
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Join us for a high school reunion as I sit down to catch up with Tom Scully (Facebook) to discuss his military career, bartending in the Cayman Islands, becoming an entrepreneur as the co-owner of F&B Walkerville (website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) and The Grand Cantina (website, Facebook, Instagram) and lessons learned as a businessman in Windsor-Essex.
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This week's episode features Darren Banks who translated a 16-year professional hockey career including time with the Boston Bruins. We discuss his career, his experiences as a tough guy in the biggest enforcer era of all time, the impact of concussions and transitioning to his post playing career with the D Las Vegas Hotel and Casino (website)
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Corey Bellemore (Instagram, Twitter) is an Adidas sponsored Track and Field Athlete working towards the 2020 Olympics. He also happens to be the World Beer-Mile Champion!
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This week’s episode features Leamington’s favourite son, Jody Raffoul (website, Facebook) Jody is a popular musician throughout Ontario and Michigan that has opened for Collective Soul, Kid Rock, Nickelback, Joe Cocker, Blues Traveler, Counting Crows, The Allman Brothers Band, Uncle Kracker, Chris Isaak and Bon Jovi. Jody’s newest album 9 Wigle Street is available on November 30th.
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The Windsor Express Basketball season tips off on Saturday, November 17th at the WFCU Centre and I wanted to sit down with Express Owner, President & CEO to talk about what lead to him bringing the Express to Windsor, early successes, the challenges they have faced off the court and more.
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This week's episode features Maureen Lucas (Facebook), who is the founder and former President of LucasWorks, Co-Founder of 100 Women Who Care Windsor (Twitter, Facebook), member of the Windsor Rotary Club 1918 (Twitter, Facebook) and the Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Windsor's EPICentre (Facebook, Twitter)
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This week's episode features Hollywood actor, Steve Bacic who grew up in Windsor and left a successful career to establish a new career in Hollywood. With roles including movies such as Good Luck Chuck, X-Men 2, Stargate Continuum and the 6th Day. He has also been featured in TV series such as 21 Jump Street, the X-Files, Highlander, Smallville, Psych and Arrow, he has had a world of experiences.
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Dr. Vincent Georgie (Twitter) is one impressive person. He is the Executive Director and Chief Programmer for the Windsor International Film Festival (Twitter, Instagram), the Director of the University of Windsor's School of Creative Arts, Marketing Professor at the University of Windsor's Odette School of Business and the sponsor/organizer of the Georgie Odette Leadership Symposium (Twitter, Instagram)
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Part two of our Municpal Election Special features Matt Marchand (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook), who is running for the Mayor of Windsor. We sit down with Matt to learn why he is running, what his background and experiences are and better understand what type of persona and values he has.
Municipal elections are October 22nd - make sure you vote!
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Part one of our two part election campaign series features the City of Windsor's Mayor, Drew Dilkens (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook)
You can read the Mayor's platform at dilkensformayor.ca but on this week's episode I wanted to get to know the man behind the Mayor to learn about his journey and experiences
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Chris Oliver (Twitter, Facebook) came to Windsor over 13 Years ago when he took over the University of Windsor Lancers Men's Basketball Team, making an immediate impact winning the Wilson Cup in only his second season, earning the OUA Coach of the Year Award and the OUA Men's Basketball Coach of the Year Award three times.
He created Basketball Immersion (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) to help train and educate other coaches and is a great advocate for our City, recruiting new student-athletes to come here.
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This week's episode features one of the most successful writers our region has ever seen, Marty Gervais. From over 20 books he has authored to his long running column in the Windsor Star, being named Windsor's first Poet Laureate and even creating his own course in the English Department at the University of Windsor, Marty Gervais is extremely accomplished.
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This special episode features Amber Hunter, the Executive Director of Transition to Betterness (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) to discuss her personal experiences, passion for helping people with cancer in our community and the mission of T2B (t2b.ca)
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This week's episode features former Defensive Back of the CFL's Montreal Alouettes, Daryl Townsend (Instagram, Twitter) who discusses his childhood, life in the CFL, giving back to the community with Windsor's Finest Football Academy (Facebook) and starting the next chapter in his career as a Personal Trainer at Limitless Training.
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This week's episode features Brad Krewench, the founder and CEO of Adopt-A-Vet, a local non-rofit organization whose mission is to ensure that no veteran is forgotten in life or in death.
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Jordan Bolt is the Founder and Executive Director of a group called Not Just A Dad, commonly referred to as NJAD, which started here in Windsor as an online community for fathers but turned into a non-profit organization that has given out tens of thousands of dollars to youth in our community and inspired chapters across Canada all in a matter of months.
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This week's episode features Biz X Magazine Founder and Publisher, Deborah Jones on the creation of Biz X, the magazine's mission, entrepreneurship in Windsor and just some of the stories she has seen in her 20+ years publishing the magazine in our community.
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In our first father-daughter combination to appear on the show, Mackenzie Siddall (daughter of Dr. Tamara Siddall and Joe Siddall) shares her inspirational story of being born with one hand, yet going on to successfull hockey and softball careers, including captaining the University of BC Softball team.
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Angus MacInnes is an actor from Windsor, who moved to the United Kingdom to attend theatre school after graduating from the University of Windsor who has worked on movies such as Star Wars, Strange Brew, Hellraiser II, Superman II, Atlantic City and the Vikings tv series. I caught up with Angus over the phone from his home in Scotland.
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This week's episode features Ken Lewenza Sr. who shares his story of going from a high school drop out to working the line at Chrysler, to becoming the leader of the Local 444 to eventually becoming the National President of the CAW
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This week's episode features Emmanuelle Zeesman, who is a Broadway actress, singer and dancer that has performed on shows such as Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Wizard of Oz, That Golden Girls Show!, Guys and Dolls and many more.
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We have a great entrepreneurial story this week with Danielle Chevalier, who is the co-founder of both Urban Surf Co. and AxFit who shares the story of how she took chances, put herself out there, wasn't afraid to fail and building her brands with a vision.
Danielle is very active all over social media between both companies and you can follow Urban Surf online at urbansurf.ca, on Instagram or Facebook. Check out AxFit at axfit.com, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube
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On this week's episode of the podcast I sit down with Jake, Joe and Tibor of the Autumn Kings, a young band from LaSalle who have already toured across Canada, released their debut album and created an impressive following of fans from around the world.
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David Finch is a local artist that went from being a high school dropout to a world famous and beloved comic book artist that remains in Windsor, working from his home studio on comic books such as Wonder Woman, Batman, Avengers and X-Men among many others.
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Dr. Andrea Steen graduated from St. Clair College and the University of Windsor before completing her Masters at Waterloo and Medical School at McMaster. She was a track and field athlete that broke the national record in hurdles before representing Canada at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
After completing medical school, Dr. Steen opened her family practice here in Windsor that she still runs today as well maintaning a leadership role as the Vice President of Medical Affairs and Quality and the Chief of Staff at Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare
Jen Oliver is a coach, trainer, Tedx speaker, authour and podcaster...this girl does it all! As the founder of FitMama Global, Jen is helping people reach their fitness, personal and professional goals around the world from right here in Windsor and she shares her story and journey this week.
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Mike Kakuk has been in radio for 24 years and co-host of The Morning Drive with Lisa Williams and Steve Bell for over 15 years! He is a local guy that always wanted to be in broadcasting and built his career right here in Windsor!
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Corbin Watson is someone that beat the odds. He went from being in a terrible accident to becoming an amputee, discovering the sport of sledge hockey, to a chance opportunity to be on the ice with the National sledge hockey team, to being named starting goalie for Team Canada at two Paralympic games in a matter of a few years!
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This week's episode of Straight Outta Windsor features the co-owner of Windsor Circus School Tia Bia and we discuss her gloabl journey to discovering the circus arts, falling in love with them and deciding to bring that passion to her hometown on Windsor and create the Windsor Circus School.
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One of Canada's most successful bands with over 2 Million album sales worldwide, the Tea Party started out right here in Windsor. On this week's episode we talk with the drummer for The Tea Party about his personal journey, their experiences, lessons learned and the Jeff Burrows 24-hour Drumathon
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Bob Probert was one of the most beloved hockey players to ever come from our area. He was as well known for his toughness on the ice as he was for his kind-hearted spirit off of it.
In this episode I sit down with Bob's wife, Dani and daughter Tierney to share some stories, lessons, laughs and discuss the creation of the Bob Probert Memorial Ride, which this year's event marks the 8th anniversary on Sunday, June 24th
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This week's episode features David Sobolov, who is a highly sought after voice actor featured in several animated series, movies and video games. David and I discuss his Windsor upbringing, the early days of his career, learning the ins and outs of voice acting, having to learn the Klingon language, the world of super hoeroes and so much more.
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Episode 13 features the co-owner of BB Branded and creator of the Win City movement, Ayad Saddy.
Ayad shares his story of entreprenership in Windsor, the creation of BB Branded and the start of Win City. He shares his wisdom of not only the retail industry, but business and some great marketing strategies.
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This week's episode features Neverending White Lights singer, songwriter, producer and all around musician, Daniel Victor. Daniel shares his improbable story of creating a unique album concept that includes Neverending White Lights Acts 1-3, the mental health struggles he battled that contributed to a 7-year break before currently working on Act 4.
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Music Credits:
Neverending White Lights feat. Hot Hot Heat - Ghost Ship
Neverending White Lights feat. Dallas Green - The Grace
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On this very special episode of Straight Outta Windsor features Mason Bacon-Macri's parents Chantelle Bacon and Iain Macri who share their story, Mason's journey, the life lessons they learned and the creation of the Fight Like Mason Foundation.
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In the second part of our 2 part military series we interview three Windsor veterans in Erick Dick, Joe Clause and Shelly Clause to hear their stories and experiences of serving in the military. Why they joined, what did they do and how did they adjust to civilian life back home.
The First Special Service Force aka the Devil's Brigade were one of the most highly trained, deadly and effective units of World War II. Considered the forefathers of today's Special Forces, the FSSF was the first ever Canada-USA combined forces venture which won all 22 battles they engaged in. Ralph Mayville, currently 97-years old is one of the last remaining Canadian members and he joins us to tell his story and experiences on this very special episode.
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Alexander Deans is an impressive young man from Windsor that invented the iAid, a groundbreaking navigation device for the blind. He has been named by Macleans Magazine as one of 12 future leaders under 25 years old, he has spoken at several WE Day Events and Tedx Talks and was even annointed as a Future Leader to Queen Elizabeth II!
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Episode 7 features Windsor's Top 40 Leaders Under 40 Award winner, the #Girlboss and #MillenialBoss talks about her humble county upbringing to Univervisty of Windsor alumni and the hustle of becoming one of the most influential leaders in our community.
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Mike DiPietro is an Amherstburg native that had to overcome tragedy at a young age, making family first a personal motto. Mike used this tragedy as motivation to becoming drafted by his hometown Windsor Spitfires, for whom he went on to backstop to the Memorial Cup Championship on home ice, playing for his home team in front of his home town fans before being drafted by the Vancouver Canucks.
This special young man is focussed on giving back to the community and is a positive role model that we are going to be supporting throughout his hockey career.
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Ari Freed is a 3rd generation leader at Freeds of Windsor, which has been a staple in our community for nearly 90 years and is Canada's largest independently owned fashion retailer.
Located at 1526 Ottawa Street and online at freeds.ca
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Welcome to Straight Outta Windsor episode 4 featuring UFC Fighter Randa Markos who shares her story of immigrating from Iraq after her being detained for trying to escape, the struggles of her childhood, the draw of being one of the only high school female wrestlers competing in the area, translating that into mixed martial arts, her experience on The Ultimate Fighter, life of a UFC fighter and much, much more.
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Episode 3 of Straight Outta Windsor features one half of the highly successfult duo known as Dave and Chuck the Freak, Dave Hunter.
Dave and I discuss his upbringing, his early days as a young reporter and the breaks that helped him along the way, his move to Windsor and initial impressions, how he got matched with Chuck the Freak and why the show is so incredibly popular!
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Episode 2 features Joe Siddall, who came up through the Windsor baseball scene before eventually making it as a professional baseball player, including playing catcher for the Detroit Tigers and Montreal Expos among others. A tragedy struck his family with the unexpected loss of their youngest son, which ultimately lead to his big career break in becoming the commentator for the Toronto Blue Jays. Joe shares his powerful story, including dealing with loss as a family and wait until you hear about the talents the rest of his family has!
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I couldn't think of a more fitting guest for the first episode of Straight Outta Windsor than former Prime Minister, Paul Martin! From his childhood in Windsor, to learning from his father her served our community for several decades, to becoming a highly successfule entrepreneur and eventually the leader of our country. Paul Martin is a prime example of the talents that we have coming from our city.
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