VIRAL - Pen Centre apologizes for treatment of autistic man
The Pen Centre apologizing to a St. Catharines family after an incident that went viral online over the weekend.According to the Facebook post, 26 year old Tom is on the autism spectrumFriday, his...
View ArticleSt. Catharines gears up for swimming and splash pad season
The City of St. Catharines is gearing up for swimming and Ā splash pad season. The pools at the St. Catharines Kiwanis Aquatics Centre will close for three weeks starting Sunday, June 12 at 8 p.m. for...
View ArticleA solution in the works for traffic mess near Fairview mall
A solution to the constant traffic congestion in the Geneva and Carlton Street underpass area of St. Catharines is in the works.The area, near the Fairview Mall, has been the focus of numerous...
View ArticleFort McMurray pit bull avoids Ontario ban with layover at Toronto airport
Lucy the pit bull has made it across Ontario.The dog and her family from Fort McMurray, Alta., were stuck in Manitoba last week while trying to drive across the country to their home province of Prince...
View ArticleThe Tragically Hip add four additional concert dates to its summer tour
The Tragically Hip are adding four more dates to their summer tour.The seminal Canadian band, which announced last week that lead singer Gord Downie is facing incurable brain cancer, will play the new...
View ArticleVigil held at Cincinnati Zoo in tribute to slain gorilla
Dozens of animal rights advocates and others held a Memorial Day vigil at the Cincinnati Zoo in remembrance of a gorilla that was fatally shot to protect a 4-year-old boy who entered its exhibit.The...
View ArticleSuspected shark attack in California
Officials are keeping thousands of Memorial Day beachgoers out of the water as they search miles of popular Southern California shoreline for a shark they believe attacked a swimmer.Tara Finnigan, city...
View ArticlePolice investigating reports of suspicious man in Welland offering girls rides
Police are investigating after young girls were approached in Welland by a suspicious man.Niagara Regional Police Service are investigating reports of a man offering females a ride and enticing them to...
View ArticleIdea of 8 minute flights from Niagara to Toronto floating around
The idea of commercial air travel out of Niagara, into Toronto is floating around.Regional Chair Alan Caslin has met with Porter Airlines to discuss the idea of flying people out of the Niagara...
View ArticleNHS better than Canadian average in a number of areas including C-sections
The Niagara Health System is performing better than the Canadian average in a recently released report.The NHS performing better in 7 different areas in the latest health performance report from the...
View ArticleMany Hands accepting applications for next reno
Niagara College wants to lend a local charitable organization a hand, or specifically Many Hands.The college is now accepting applications for its 2016-17 Many Hands Project.This will mark the 20...
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Historic agreement in Niagara to help Crown Wards
Today representatives from each of Niagara's four publicly funded school board will sign an agreement to help Crown Ward students sucessfully complete highschool.The agreement with Family and...
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Halton police impound luxury cars in street race
It's not everyday police impound high end sports cars.But that's what happened on Sunday in Burlington when police charged two drivers with stunt driving.Cops moving in Sunday afternoon to stop a...
View ArticleHelp Kids Shine at the Niagara Children's Centre
For the month of May - Niagara has been working to Help Kids ShineIt's in support of the Niagara Children's Centre, over the past month ambassador families from the Children's Centre have been sharing...
View ArticleNiagarans vote to save hospitals
More thanĀ 4,500 Niagarans voted in an unofficial referendum over the weekend to save our local hospitals and urge the province to stop health care cuts.The Niagara Health Coalition has released the...
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Love letter to the Tragically Hip
St. Catharines councillor Bruce Williamson is calling it a love letter from the city to the Tragically Hip.Williamson asking fellow councillors to throw their support behind a grassroots campaign to...
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Closing arguments to begin today in Tim Bosma murder trial
Closing arguments are to begin today in the murder trial of two men accused of killing an Ancaster father who disappeared three years ago on a test drive of a truck he was trying to sell.After four...
View ArticleWATCH: Brawl in a Mississauga Costco parking lot
A fist fight in a Costco parking lot in Mississauga was caught on camera over the weekend.The brawl reportedly broke out over a parking spot at the Dundas St location.Peel police say investigators are...
View ArticlePutting an end to elbowgate
New Democrat M-P Ruth Ellen Brosseau says she has accepted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's apology and wants to move on.A fellow M-P read a statement from Brosseau to an all-party committee that was...
View ArticleWynne wants Ontario law changed by year end to legally recognize gay parents
Premier Kathleen Wynne says the Ontario government will pass legislation to change the definition of parents so same-sex couples don't have to adopt their own children.Wynne says the province's laws...
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