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• Celebrate Black History Month with the Culture Box Collection at Niagara Falls Library : Book kits celebrate racial, cultural, religious, ability, sexual and gender diversity

  Niagara Falls Anti-Racism Committee / kindergarten through Grade 8
• Niagara Falls library help you binge your way to better habits : Digital resources such as Hoopla and PressReader can make screen time good for the brain

  eBooks / audiobooks / music / movies / TV shows / BingePass / newspapers / magazines
• Hammond, Elizabeth Anne (nee Primeau)

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• Scozzafava, Giuseppe (Joe)

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• Quinn, Gary

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• McIntyre, Jane (Watson)
• Schram, Marguerite

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• Krajewski, Mary Ann (Voth)

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• Phelan, Joan

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• Noiles, William Earl (Willy)

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• Souter, Kenneth Albert (Ken)

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• Steers, Henrietta (nee Gagne)

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• Gocza, Patricia (nee Henderson)

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• Hodgson, Lorne Peter

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• Robinson, Howard Thomas

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• Takacs, Joseph (Joe)

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• Lane, James Douglas

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• Mannella, Diamondo Espedito (Dee)

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• Von Kaufmann, Jean Margaret (nee Peters)

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• Maynes, Jacqueline Christine (Jackie) (nee Lawson)

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• Ferguson, Larry (Fergie)

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• Minor, Frances Gay (nee Rogers)

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• Coholan, Elizabeth Jane (Betty) (nee Guichon)

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• Headey, Charles Blake II (Chuck)

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• Curcumelli-Rodostamo, Michael (PhD MScBSc)

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• Regional Performance : Re: Pipeline problem costing Niagara taxpayers big bucks, April 17

  Bradley, Jim / Niagara Region / sewage pipelines tax payers /
• Foster angels : Re: Niagarans encouraged to 'open your heart as well as your home', April 25

  Mummery, Trish / fostering children
• Sewage overflows : Re: Discharge dumps 30 million litres of sewage into Lake Erie, April 3

  Niagara Region / infrastructure / sewage
• New playground on the way : city to spend $165,000 to install new equipment at F.H. Leslie

  F.H. Leslie Park / Open Space Solutions Inc - Jambette Playgrounds / Strange, Mike
• Parks to honour teens killed in John Deere crash

  Fullbrook, Rob / Peat, Amanda / Take Your Kids To Work Day / John Deere / Fokkens, Bonnie Counc. / parks in honour
• Homeless encampment cleared in St. Catharines : city CAO says proximity to Gale Crescent a matter of 'health and safety'

  Oakes, David / Daradick, Micah / Marshall, Alicia
• Niagara EMS gets new chief : Rick Ferron appointed as permanent boss

  Niagara Emergency Medical Services / Smith, Kevin
• IceDogs acquire netminder from Rangers

  Niagara IceDogs / Vandenberg, Marcus / Kitchener Rangers / Rosenzweig, Josh / Runco, Gabe / Flores, Owen / LeBlanc, Andrew / LeBlanc, Jacob / Cato, Landon / Michaud, Daniel / Ribau, Nathan / Jesus, David / Galiynanov, Ivan
• Region working on sewage leak fix : Water supply in Fort Erie remained safe despite 30 million litres of sewage flowing into the lake

  Crystal Beach / wastewater treatment plant / winter storm / Gale, Bob Coun. / Insinna, Tom Coun. / Zvaniga, Bruce / Mayor Redekop / Niagara Region
• 50 years of hockey history : lifelong fan pays tribute to superstars, all-stars and role players

  Mulley, Ray / Rosbergs Department Store
• DiMarco admits to being shirtless in council meeting : Councillor says he wasn't topless for entire meeting

  DiMarco, Tony / Stephens, Tara / Campion, Frank (Mayor) / Zoom meetings / dress approprietly
• River Lions add one-time Brock Badger : Lall signs on with Niagara after a couple of campaigns with the Guelph Nighthawks

  Lall, T.J. / Canadian Elite Basketball League / Hannaryz, Kyoto
• Athletics ready to hit the floor running : St. Catharines set to hold the Cambridge Highlanders in junior-B lacrosse season opener Friday

  Tamas, Alex / St. Catharines Junior B Athletics / Lacrosse League / Canada Games Park
• Heart-warming and whimsical 'Shrek' filled with laughs

  Maguire, Brayden / Pennings, Katrina / St. Laurent, Eva / McRae, Kyler
• Woman guilty in killing : Senior Guiseppe (Joe) Caputo was stabbed to death in 2015

  Doxtator, Jasmine / Caputo, Glllluiseppe (Joe) / Doxtator, Richard
• Transit union battle gets ugly : OnDemand staff voting this week

  Niagara OnDemand Transit / Byford, Chris / Niagara Transit Commission / Pfistor, Caroline / Via Transportation
• Governor Simcoe's 'Shrek' a dream come true

  St. Laurent, Eve / Maguire, Brayden / McRae, Kyler / Cappies Niagara / Pennings, Katrina
• Loss of free parking has seniors concerned : Visitors will 'get ticked off with this and stop coming' resident says

  Suk, Margaret & Tom / QResidential / parking metres / Stephenson, Lorne / parking permits / personal support workers / cleaning services
• Lina Linguinis celebrates 30 years serving Italian food : Co-owners' families ran restaurants, launching their careers in hospitality

  Vogiatzis, Gus / Chios, Amiel / Lina Linguinis Pasta & Grille / Frescos Ridley Heights Plaza
• 'Division 1' roller derby coming to region

  Niagara Roller Derby / Sk8teen '12 / Casciato, Amalia / Cooper, Carolynn / Tkachuk, Suze
• IceDogs stay close to home selecting goaltender, blueliner : St. Catharines natives selected in 10th and 11th rounds

  Moffett, Finn / Arnold, Benjamin / Barron, Jason Ontario Hockey League draft
• 'We had a really good draft' As many as five picks could open the season on the roster of the IceDogs

  DeDobbelaer, Darren / Niagara IceDogs / Ontario Hockey League / draft
• Shared services : Re: Bradley unveils new initiatives in State of Region address, April 12

  Bradley, Jim / shared services / Niagara Region
• This is a deal? Re: 'Attainable' studio condo building breaks ground in St. Catharines,' April 23

  Studio Condo Building / tiny space
• Food bank need hits critical mass as more people look for assistance : Increasing demand is putting more pressure on charities: 'It's just unsustainable in the long run'

  Souter, Betty-Lou / Community Care / Feed Niagara / The Hope Centre / Braithwaite, John / Elia, Stacey / Grimsby Benevolent Fund
• 'Shrek the Musical' a relatable tale about adventure of societal misfits

  Lindsey-Abaire, David / Maguire, Brayden / St. Laurent, Eva / Hearn, Raiden / Zakarian, Grayce / Sanders, Ciera / Pennings, Katrina / McRae, Kyler / Risko, Isaac / Magnotta, Maddy / Risko, Rassika
• Fighting back for hospitals
• League 'bullying' the IceDogs

  Niagara IceDogs /
• Funding bolsters EMS dispatch centre

  Niagara Emergency Medical Services / Lutz, Karen / Bradley, Jim
• Region developing plan for permanent homeless shelters : province makes $9.6-million adjustment to Niagara's funding

  Jugley, Adrienne / Summer Street / Orgade Consulting Inc. / Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative / Bateman, Haley
• A real page-turner

  Birchway Book Riot (formerly Women's Place) / Gale Centre
• Cancer ride rolls into town : Niagara team top fundraiser for this weekend's charity event

  Ride to Conquer Cancer / Niagara Parkway across from Niagara Parks Floral Showhouse / Baillie, Ryan / Steve's Cyclepaths
• McKnight, John Joseph

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• McAllister, Michael (Mike)

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• Groulx, Clarence

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• Olah, Charles Marcel (Chuck)

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• Air quality expected to deteriorate in Niagara : meteorologist says there may be some short-lived relief on Saturday

  Nurse, Victoria / BlueSky Canada / Environment Canada / Niagara Region Public Health / Kasmani, Azim, Dr. / Wildfire
• Driver jailed on child-sex offences : former teacher had been hired to take girl to school

  Woods, Jamie
• Reform needed
• Resignation required

  Benoit, Natalia / Nazi Symbol /
• Court denies appeal by dangerous offender

  Sowell, Robert
• Real estate prices steadily rise, days on market falling : Niagara's supply of new home listings is not keeping up with demand

  Bank of Canada / Layton, Amy
• OPP closes all lanes of QEW in Beamsville after truck spill

  Ontario Street and Victoria Avenue near Vineland Station / Schmidt, Kerry / Hamilton / Hazardous Material Spill
• Students charged after beach brawl that saw police pelted : more than 1,800 people attended unofficial day off on June 2

  Grimsby / Beach Day / Sunset Beach
• Order issued after blast : investigation ongoing into January explosion that killed Ryan Konkin, 37

  Ontario Ministry of Labour / Ssonix Products / Keefer Road / Dhar, Anuradha / Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development / Occupational Health and Safety Act / Konkin, Nicole / Chemical Fire
• Foreign investors 'looking for something spectacular'

  Fugiel, Pawel / Fugiel International Group / Diodoti, Jim (Mayor) / residential condominium
• 'Open your heart as well as your home' : About 130 active foster families support 390 to 450 children

  Mummery, Patricia / Niagara Family and Children's Services / Bernard, Michelle / FACS
• Council aims to boost mental health response

  Johnston, Michelle / Insinna, Tom / Niagara Emergency Medical Services' mental health and addiction response team (MHART) / MacCulloch, Brian / Ip, Laura
• Waterman Tahiti Tour tests Welland athlete : Maddi Leblanc invited to compete in event on Huahine in French Polynesia

  Leblanc, Maddi /Waterman Tahiti Tour / Surf Canada's 2023 Rip Curl Surf Chanpionships / Hoestery, Morgan / Lambert, Stephan / Berthe, Sandrine / Rocheleau, Jessica
• Niagara City Cruises hits 15-million- guest milestone : following a historic opening to the 2023 season, operator reaches big number aboard its boat tour going back to 2014

  DiMaurizio, Mory
• Blue Star Restaurant adapts with banquet space : Popular eatery opened as a diner in 1947

  Moreau, Bryan / Plentai, John & Renee & Desiree / banquet facility
• Shingles vaccination eligibility extension to expire at end of year : adults born between 1949 and 1952 can get two-dose series

  Legros, Diane
• 'Little Shop of Horrors' to open its doors in Fort Erie

  'Little Shop of Horrors' / Fort Erie Scondary School / Meridian Centre
• Firehall Theatre explores new territory with 'The Drowning Girls'

  Firehall Theatre / The Drowning Girls / Nickel, Heidi / Hollohan, Daisy / Frel, Claire / Black, Jerome
• Broadway comes to Welland with 'Newsies' : Disney show first musical performance at Centennial Secondary School since 2018

  Ingrao, Max / Newsies / DiMarco, Hayden / Barron, Elliot / Goyette-Smith, Riley
• Efforts to bolster police welcome : Ip raises concern about scrapping post-secondary education requirement

  McGilly, Patrick / Gadreau, Rich (Sgt) / Ford, Doug / Ontario Police College / tuition / Ip, Laura
• Anderson, Robert Edward (Bob)

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• Wichert, Grace Elma

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• Tolksdorf, Rita (nee Bisson)

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• Smith, Nicholas A.

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• Race, Beverley May

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• Reynolds, Sally Irene

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• Cank, Victoria (Pickles)

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• Girls get chance to explore firefighting

  Camp Molly / Crosson, Caoimhe / Kirby, Lindsay / Zambito, Jo (Chief) / Niagara Falls Fire Station 1 women firefighters
• Family struggling for housing after landlord evicts them for his family : Levesques face homelessness as new accommodations far out price their current rent

  Levesques, Greg and Jan / Niagara Regional Housing / Woiceshyn, Donna / Danison, Paul / Rental.ca
• 'Attainable' studio condo a small peek at the future

  Elevate Living / Toth, Drew / studio condominiums / affordable
• Palliative dog facing eviction from condo : St. Catharines couple asking for more time for 14-year-old Nikita, as board moves to enforce building's one-animal rule

  Rogers, Laura / McConnell, Robert / McClaren, Julia / Condo Board one animal rule
• No charges laid in cash transaction with NOTL developer : Marotta gave councillor stack of cash totalling $10,000

  Marotta, Benny / Burroughs, Gary (Coun.) / Cluckie, Marnie / investigation / donation
• Ryan Roobroek follows older brother to Niagara : 50-goal scorer in AAA under-16 commits to IceDogs

  Roobroeck, Ryan / Czata, Ethan / Frolov, Artem / Roobroeck, Karen & Richard / Ontario Hockey League draft / He, Kevin / He, Eric / He, Jason
• Daniel, Timothy (Tim)

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• Prest, Harry

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• Hassall, Edward Charles

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• Delle Monache, Vincenzo (Vince)

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• Lacroix Hagar, Mignonne

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• Race, Beverley May

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