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CTV News
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Local musician holding a free concert to thank the Lakeshore Lightning U11 Girls Hockey Team
Christian Vegh will be performing Saturday night inside the auditorium at Lakeshore St. Andrew's Church on Amy Croft Drive. 'It's in their auditorium, their main theatre area. I had played there once before about two years back, it's a lovely space, sounds incredible,' said Vegh. Vegh said he started to plan the event about a month and a half ago and wanted to thank the team for winning the Chevrolet 2025 Good Deeds Cup. The team won the competition in March and received $100,000, donating it to 'Play for a Cure.' Vegh said anyone can attend the concert. 'We're just hoping that if you show up to the concert, if you bring a couple can goods, it's kind of like two birds with one stone,' said Vegh. 'We have the money going to cancer research and then we're also going to be donating to the Lakeshore Food Bank.' He said he'll be playing something for everyone. 'We're going to be doing a mix of some covers, some originals,' he said. 'I learned my first Taylor Swift song ever, so that should be pretty interesting so we're going to rock one of those songs out.' The concert begins at 7 p.m. --Rob Hindi/AM800 News
CTV News
08-05-2025
- Sport
- CTV News
Windsor researchers net $230,000 in cancer research from Play for a Cure Pro-Am
The fifth annual draft party is Thursday evening at Caesars Windsor with an All-Star Hockey Game set for the Vollmer Complex in LaSalle on Friday night. Before the puck even drops, organizer Jeff Casey announced the event will help support three new grants: a Cancer Research Incentive grant of $50,000 Igniting Discovery Grant worth $30,000 a Cancer Research Program Lead valued at $50,000 over three years All of that money will stay in Windsor, according to Casey. 'Today's announcement is a testament to what our community can achieve when we rally around a common cause,' said Casey in a news release. 'This funding not only honours the spirit of the Play for a Cure event, but it ensures that the money raised here will have a direct impact here.' Joining the 10 teams of local players will be some of the best to play hockey, including women's hockey champions Meghan Agosta, Angela James, Laura Fortino, and Shannan Szabados. Also on the roster are Adam Graves, Tim Taylor, Matthew Barnaby, Al Iafrate, Brad May, Chris Thorburn, Jordan Nolan, Andre Roy, Eric Wellwood, Dennis Maruk, Andy Delmone, and Michael Leighton. Tickets are still available here.
