Emergency Preparedness Week (EP Week) is a federal/provincial/territorial initiative that promotes emergency preparedness across Canada. This year, EP Week runs from May 5-11, and the provincial theme for Ontario is, “Are You Ready?”

Windsor’s Emergency Preparedness Guide is available online. This guide outlines three basic steps that will help residents and their loved ones to be prepared during an emergency: make a plan, build a kit, and stay informed.

Emergencies are usually not foreseeable, but it only takes a few minutes for your family to prepare an emergency plan in preparation. Having a plan in place will save time and make real situations less stressful. Building an emergency kit is critical to your plan, as it will help you and your family stay safe until emergency responders can reach you. Personalize your kit to suit the needs of you and your family.

In an emergency, stay informed by following @WindsorFire1 and @CityWindsorON on Twitter for important updates, if possible.

Emergency Management Windsor will participate in activities throughout the EP Week this year to promote the theme of readiness where you can enter to win an emergency preparedness kit. Highlights include:

• Fire Prevention Officers educating Grade 5 students throughout the City of Windsor
• Emergency Management Windsor booth at the Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre at 401 Pitt St W, Windsor, ON N9A 0B2 on                          Saturday May 4 from 10-1pm.
• Emergency Management Windsor booth at 400 City Hall Square East on Tuesday May 7 from 11:30am – 1:30pm.
• Emergency Management Windsor booth at the Home Depot located at 6630 Tecumseh Rd E, Windsor, ON N8T 1E6 on Tuesday May 7 from 5 – 7pm.
• Emergency Management Windsor booth at Lowes Home Improvement at 1848 Provincial Rd, Windsor, ON N8W 5W3 on Thursday May 9 from 5 – 7pm.
• Learn more about emergency preparedness in Windsor at www.windsorfire.com. Learn more about national preparedness initiatives at www.getprepared.gc.ca.

On Saturday 24th August, Windsor Police Windsor Fire & Rescue, New Beginnings and others will host the 3rd Annual Diversity Day celebrations. The public is invited. Lots of free events, food and giveaways. 11am - 2pm. Law Enforcement, various services on hand to promote and greet the public.

Diversity Day Celebration on Saturday 24th August from 11am - 2pm at Wigle Park on Erie St at McDougall Ave.

Korda Artistic Productions, for the first time ever in Windsor, Bertolt Brecht’s* masterpiece MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN in a new translation by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tony Kushner (Angels in America).

Mother Courage and Her Children brims over with the coarse, the common, the profane, the profound, the comic and the tragic… all the stuff that life is made of. Brecht wants us to feel, but only if we combine feeling with thinking.

Is Mother Courage an anti-war play or a call to arms? Come see the show and we’ll talk!

The production runs MAY 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 AT 8:00PM and MAY 19 AND 26 AT 2:00PM at The KordaZone Theatre, 2520 Seminole Street in Windsor, ON. Tickets are $20 for General Admission (and online pre-sales), $15 for Seniors, and $10 for Students. Tickets are available at the door or in advance at Eventbrite, Juniper Books and The Nancy Johns Gallery and Framing, or by calling 519-252-2041.

Felix Avenue will be closed from College Avenue to Edison Street in both directions for railway track repairs on Tuesday, May 7 to Wednesday, May 8 at 2pm.

Saturday, May 11 from 8am to 3pm at Glenwood United Church, 1825 Grand Marais Rd W.

Come out and enjoy the items and fun.

A concert in Barbershop 4-part harmony with special guest "Kindred" and Chapter Chorus and Quartets.

Rockway Yard and Plant Sale   Saturday May 18  8:30 -1:00pm  2100 Pelham Road  5kms West of St Catharines  Coffee and doughnuts available   Beef on a Bun served from 11:00am