Madeline Mazak

Avengers assemble! Downtown Windsor was bustling Saturday with hundreds of comic book aficionados of all levels who gathered to celebrate Free Comic Book Day.

Article content Tacos and tequila are the essential ingredients of any fiesta, according to Adriano Ciotoli of WindsorEats, and that sentiment rang true this past weekend during their Cinco de Mayo celebrations.

Article content The fourth annual Play For A Cure Pro-Am hockey tournament, which offers the opportunity for local fans to share the ice with former NHL players, raised $424,000 for cancer research in Windsor-Essex.

Hannah Pare dreamed of becoming a nurse ever since she could walk, and now her passion for helping others carries on through a scholarship established in her memory by the University of Windsor's Faculty of Nursing.

Article content Following a Wednesday committee meeting to hear out the concerns of area musicians, the Town of Essex will proceed with unpaid performers at this summer's Tune Up the Parks concert series.

About two dozen students gathered on the University of Windsor campus Thursday afternoon to launch the Liberation Zone, joining a swath of global student-led movements in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Article content Follow the Windsor Star's live coverage of a pro-Palestine protest happening on the University of Windsor campus.

Article content Demonstrators behind a “Liberation Zone” protested outside a University of Windsor senate meeting on Friday afternoon.

Article content A local member of provincial Parliament is pushing for a new classification to help protect natural urban areas in Ontario.

The demonstrations began Thursday with protesters calling for university administration to financially divest from organizations that benefit or support Israel.