The Rotary Club of Cornwall

10-year Birthday Celebration, all books $1; kids 2 for $1 at St. Clair Shores Shopping Centre, 25 Amy Croft at Manning and County Rd 22, in plaza next door to Sobeys, tucked in the corner behind Dollarama (look for Gant Terry Fox cut-out and balloons).  

Saturday and Sunday, September 8, 9 and Saturday, September 15, between 9am-4pm all three days.

All proceeds are go to the Terry Fox Foundation for Cancer Research; tally added to the Tecumseh Terry Fox Run, held Sunday, September 16 at Green Acres Optimist Park at 9am. Community event, volunteer-led, and dependent solely on donated books, space and community support. To date over $135,000 has been raised through the annual book sale for cancer research. This year’s goal is to reach and surpass the $150,000 mark as the book sale celebrates year 10.

Dairy Queen Cornwall

In memory of Shawn O'Neill (September 13, 1964 - September 15, 2015) Forever in our Hearts, Mom & Dad

The Windsor International Film Festival will have a permanent home in The Capitol Theatre building when it opens the curtains on its 14th season in downtown Windsor in October, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra announced today. 

An agreement between WIFF and the WSO, which runs The Capitol, will see the popular film festival permanently take over the ground level space on University Ave. and Pelissier St., just east of the theatre's main entrance. WIFF has been using this space each season for nearly a decade. 

"This new partnership strengthens the Capitol Theatre, the WSO and WIFF. We can share resources in a way that will benefit all of us and, more importantly, our community," said Sheila Wisdom, WSO Executive Director. "It is also an exciting next step in the creation of a dynamic centre for entertainment in Windsor." 

Vincent Georgie, WIFF Executive Director and Chief Programmer, said the creative partnership would promote a bustling cultural hub and even greater use of the Capitol as an active theatre space drawing more artists and movie buffs downtown. The influx of thousands of students to expanding university and college campuses in the core will only add to the buzz.

"The potential for downtown Windsor as a vibrant community for the arts is boundless and breathtaking," said Georgie. "The sky is truly the limit when it comes to opportunities for creative collaboration. There's an artistic renaissance underway in the core and the film festival is ecstatic to be plating a key role in it." 

WIFF is already the Capitol's largest tenant in terms of bookings and this new partnership offers real and intriguing opportunities for enhanced collaboration year-round, including the sharing of equipment. This will benefit both the WSO and WIFF as well as the broader arts community, said Georgie.

The Windsor International Film Festival is the second largest volunteer film festival in Canada and last year sold a record 22,000 tickets, screening 113 films from 20 different countries -- 25 percent of which were Francophone. The festival now screens movies monthly as a part of its popular WIFF365 series.

The film festival has long been a passionate promoter of the local arts. WIFF screens movies for hundreds of students each year and invites area youth to choose movies for screenings as part of its "junior programmer" initiative. 

WIFF's 48-Hour FlickFest is a hectic, hyperlocal moviemaking challenge for Windsor and Detroit area filmmakers. And WIFF Local lets local filmmakers submit, for free, short and feature films for programming consideration. 

This year's festival runs from October 29 - November 4.

For more information on WIFF and the upcoming Festival visit www.windsorfilmfestival.com