Outside City Hall in Windsor, Ontario, it was apparent on Friday morning that at least one American thing wasn’t being boycotted. Fans dressed in Detroit Tigers clothing were gathering at a bus stop to cross the river to take in the team’s home opener. Beyond the opening day festivities, however, it was a week of…
Not long after “Hockey Night in Canada” began on the big screens of a bar in Windsor, Ontario, fans in the arena could be heard delivering an icy message as the visiting team’s national anthem was played. They booed, long and loud. The visiting team was the Minnesota Wild, the anthem was “The Star-Spangled Banner,”…
Since 1988, the hulking presses at Lanex Manufacturing on the edge of Windsor, Ontario, have been stamping out door strikers, folding-seat latches, tailpipe hangers, frame braces and other prosaic bits of metal that make their way into vehicles ranging from Corvettes to Honda minivans. But, these days, worries about the future permeate the plant as…