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CTV News
5 days ago
- General
- CTV News
After-school program aims to provide opportunities for children in Windsor's west end
The Windsor-Essex Community Housing Corporation is launching a new after-school program for children in Windsor's west end. The program is specific to children living in community housing in the Sandwich community. It will provide after-school support, homework help, financial literacy, and field trips, along with personal development and sports activities. Senior Manager of Community Development and Engagement with Windsor Essex Community Housing Corporation, Jennifer Cline, said they're launching the summer recreation program to get kids involved before the after-school program begins. 'We have around 100 kids who attend our summer recreation program every day, so we're aiming for around 60 to 100 kids who will access our after-school program,' she said. Cline said it's a chance to give these kids different opportunities and perspectives. 'We have a lot of youth who grew up in our summer rec program who are now camp counsellors, who are not in university, and who are now going to college,' she said. 'We have some of our Windsor police officers who grew up in social housing and are now coming back and giving back to our communities. It really provides a lot of opportunities for them to see there's life outside of social housing.' Cline said the grant is going to help them offer different field trips to help broaden the kids horizons. 'A lot of our kids in social housing with low socioeconomic status; the families unfortunately don't have the financial means to access those different resources that cost to go to the movies or to go to the art gallery; there's a fee associated with that. So a lot of times our families are having to choose between putting food on the table or doing an activity,' she said. The program is in partnership with McBride Youth United and is being supported through a grant from the Gordie Howe International Bridge Community Benefits Plan. - Written by Rusty Thomson/AM800 News.


CBS News
03-06-2025
- General
- CBS News
5th victim dies after April crash at after-school program in Chatham, Illinois
An 8-year-old boy has died, more than a month after a car crashed into an after-school program in downstate Chatham, Illinois, becoming the fifth person who died in the crash. The Sangamon County Coroner's office said 8-year-old Bradley Lund had been hospitalized at HSHS St. John's Hospital since suffering multiple blunt force injuries in the crash on April 28, and was pronounced dead shortly before 6 a.m. on Monday, June 2. Four others were killed on the day of the crash: Ainsley Johnson, 8, of Chatham; Kathryn Corley, 7, of Chatham; Alma Buhnerkempe, 7, of Chatham; and Riley Britton, 18, of Springfield. Five other children were injured. The crash happened around 3:20 p.m. on April 28 at YNOT Outdoors Summer and After School Camp, when a car left the road, traveled through a field and then plowed into the east side of the building, striking several people outside before driving through it and striking many inside. The vehicle eventually broke through the opposite side of the building and came to a stop. Police have said initial toxicology results showed that the driver, 44-year-old Marianne Akers, was negative both for alcohol and controlled substances. Police said there is some evidence that points to a possible medical emergency leading up to the crash, but the investigation remains ongoing. Charges have not been filed in the crash, which remains under investigation "There's just no evidence that would indicate that this was something intended as some type of mass violence, or a terrorist attack, or something along those natures," Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly said in the days after the crash. "There's absolutely nothing to indicate that whatsoever." Police confirmed Akers was the only person in the car. Akers is a former employee of the Illinois State Police and the local high school, and now works as an office assistant at the Illinois Department of Transportation. State police have said Akers is cooperating with their investigation Kelly said state police are using the data recorder from the vehicle in their investigation, which could possibly provide information on the vehicle's speed, how its engine was performing and more, depending on the make and model of the car and what onboard sensors it has. "It is a lot, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's going to tell you everything. It's not a magic tool that will solve every crime, but it is circumstantial evidence that, along with other things, can be considered," Kelly said last month. The video above is from an earlier report.


CBC
08-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Learning hockey helped these girls find confidence in a new country
The Hockey 4 Youth Foundation provides free after-school hockey for kids in B.C., Ontario and Quebec. Most of the teens in the program in Ottawa are new to Canada and to hockey.