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• Handley, Susan Patricia (nee Cater)

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• Sedgwick, John
• Rose, Pauline Flora (nee Wilson)
• Ferguson, Donna Elizabeth

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• Lopes, Maria

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• Lehouillier, Denis

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• Handley, Cecile Annette

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• Szalecki, Veronica (nee Piatkowski-Bulanda)

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• Wheeler, Hildegard (Hilde)

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• Munkacsi, Albert

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• Stewart, Gail Patricia

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• Mezzavilla, Sharon (Sherry)

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• Hoadley, David (Dave)

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• Botbyl, Marinus

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• Windeatt, Bob (Windy)

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• Rocco, Phillip A.

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• Anderson, Janice Elaine (nee Halliday)

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• Brunt , Mary Frances Loretto (LaPlante)

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• Sedgwick John
• Cargo handling, storage coming to multimodal hub

  Stevedoring services / Thorold Multimodal Hub / Quebec Stevedoring Ltd. / Bellisle, Robert / Bowles, Terrance / Hamilton, Ian
• Raised on old school rock, Niagara's Rotella drops needle on first album

  Rotella, Evan / 'Happy To Be Here' / Spotify / Apple Music / September 30 release date
• John Oliver making a December visit to Fallsview : 'Last Week Tonight' host playing OLG Stage Dec. 28

  Oliver, John / OLG Stage Fallsview Casino / Emmy Awards
• 'Canada's Got Talent' returns to Niagara Casino

  Canada's Got Talent / OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino / Million Dollar Season / Adams, Claire
• 50,000 toothbrushes: Donation to put smiles on faces of people in need

  Hallworth, Frances / McCaughey Consumer Products / Steeves, Brad / McCaughey, Robert / Hale, Kara
• 'It's our goal to turn Niagara orange'

  Dockstader, Jennifer / Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre / Unity Walk / National Day for Truth and Reconcilliation
• Everything you need to know about Niagara's red-light cameras : lead-footed drivers might want to think twice about trying to beat the red light in the new year

  Vision Zero program / Fraser, Scott
• Upper Vista collapse probe ongoing, says ministry : Concrete slabs in south tower fell in a 'pancake style'

  Upper Vista Welland Condo / Ministry of Labour Evertrust Development / Morocco, Joyce / Tosta, Jack / demolition
• Driver gets house arrest after horrific crash

  Cuoco, Nicholas / Thorold Tunnel / Highway 58
• Weather 'night and day' from last year : warmer than normal temperatures, no precipitation expected for Christmas

  Flisfeder, Steven
• Niagara real estate market likely to remain soft through fall season

  RE/MAX Canada / Fall housing market to remain flat / Zurini, Conrad / Niagara still great value
• Merry Christmas

  Christ Church / Cole, Margaret Jane / Robert McCausland Ltd.
• Demonstrators hope to spur government to honour pledge for migrant workers rights

  Bittle, Chris (MP) / demonstration / Animashaun / Olayinka / Niagara African Caribbean Cultural Organization / migrant workers rights / Ratzlaff, Caleb / Tulloch, David (Organizer)
• New residential construction down in Niagara Falls

  Dolch, Kira / new residential construction down / Patel, Mona / Pietrangelo, Victor / higher borrowing costs / tight skilled labour market
• St. Catharines considers indoor home for restored totem pole

  Cristi, Phil / Canada Games Park / Athletics Facility / Alfred, Bruce / Cranmer, Douglas / Indigenous Art
• 'This is threatening my life' Ricky Bilecki says eviction was based on assault charge that was later withdrawn

  Bilecki, Ricky / affordable housing eviction / assault charge / health issues / Niagara Regional Housing / charges withdrawn
• Best Foot Forward

  Lamoureux, Eloise / Brais-Germain, Ugo / Niagara College Winery / annual grape stomp
• Two-on-three tag team bout highlights card

  LaPlante, Chris / Crossfire Wrestling / 'Fired Up'23 / Merriton Lions Club / family friendly wrestling show / Portion of proceeds Niagara Peninsula Foundation for Children
• Cardinal Lakes finishes final tour stop 3-for-3

  Cardinal Lakes Golf Club / Niagara Senior Men's Tour / Rockway Vineyards / Pietro, Mike / Melander, Lars / Durant, Phil / Churchill, Donny
• Biggest fish in the pond : Porcellato hits two homers, drives in five as Welland wins first IBL, championship

  Bradwell, James / MVP / Porcellato, Matteo / Harrison, Ryan / Essery, Brian / Intercounty Baseball League Championship
• Elks QB is breaking barriers : Niagara Falls native has rallied Edmonton from the brink of irrelevance

  Ford, Tre / Edmonton Elks / quarter-back
• Winemakers, NDP call for removal of retail tax

  Niagara Region wineries / Lipinski, Jakub / Big Head Wines / Gates, Wayne / province's tax regime / NDP eliminate tax on wineries
• Last Chance sanctuary given a second chance

  Last Chance Horse and Pony Rescue and Sanctuary / Wallace, Sharon /community donations / Crystal Beach
• Hope in Motion exceeds goal with help from past patients : Walk aims to raise $20,000 for programs at Hotel Dieu Shaver

  Hotel Dieu Shaver Foundation / Hope in Motion fundraiser / Geoffroy, Tracy / Pitkanen, Steven / Neufville, Joel / Brock Functional Inclusive Training Centre / Blair, Chuck & Nancy
• No charges against police for suspect's broken foot during arrest

  Martino, Joseph / Special Investigations Unit / 'no knock' search warrant / complainant lept over stairs / foot fractured
• Vespa lovers hold annual ride : 'You have a friend for life, because you bond over this beautiful little machine'

  Niagara Region Vespa Club / Sumbler, Wayne / Miele, Nello / Vespa Club of Canada
• 'I don't believe I'm a lost cause,' killer tells judge

  MacGarvie, Bradley / 'remarkable change' / Fraser, Alex / first degree murder / prison rehabilitation /
• Out Of The Tunnel

  Townline Tunnel / MultiSport Canada Niagara Falls Barrelman Triathalon /
• One win away from glory : Jackfish lead Baycats, 3-2, in the IBL final

  Morello, Gianfranco / Essery, Brian / Moretto, Steven
• A distinguished old streetscape disappears

  City Square / Gore of St. Paul Street / Ontario Street / Burgoyne Bridge construction
• Labertew, LaVaun Marie (Soto)

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• Perry, Marion (nee Taylor)

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• Perry, Doris
• Campbell, Patricia (nee Kleyn Armstrong)

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• 'Lest we forget' : St. Catharines veterans banners are symbols of remembrance : 'Our mission in the Royal Canadian Legion is to serve veterans, and this includes promoting remembrance'

  Earle, Barbara / Chassie, Ron / Hall, Cecil / St. Catharines Veteran's Banner Program / Royal Canadian Legion
• No need for so many politicians

  Niagara Region / politicians / too many
• Consider phasing out horse-drawn carriages

  Horse-drawn carriages / hot weather / mistreatment of horses / tourism
• Walk raising awareness of violence against women : Take Back the Night march returning to downtown St. Catharines Thursday

  Niagara Sexual Assault Centre / Take BackThe Night / raising awareness to end domestic violence / Your Voice Your Night / Durksen, Sheri
• Artist pays tribute to residential children, missing women and girls : Metis artist Brian Kon channels traditional bead art through paintings

  Kon, Brian / Niagara Falls Public Library / Rosberg Gallery / dot art painting / residential schools / First Nation / Metis / Inuit Children / residential schools / indigenous women
• Migrant rights focus of demonstration

  Tulloch, David / Migrant Rights Newwork of Niagara / Bittle, Chris / migrant workers protection
• MPP Gates wants to eliminate 'unfair' tax on Ontario wines : Levy on local wines creates uneven playing field, lawmaker says

  Gates, Wayne (MPP) / Lipinski, Jakub / Redelmeier, Bill / Ontario Wines / eliminate basic tax
• Firefighters turn up heat with smokin' hot calendar : Union raising funds to aid Hospice Niagara and Path Stone Mental Health

  Murphy, Adam / Kallies, Jeff / Mihaljev, Joey / Myers, Joel / McQueen, Steve / Welland Professional Fire FIghters Association / Local 481 / Bowman, Craig (Capt.)
• Need growing for child care : Educators' shortage having systemwide impact, report says

  Jugley, Adrienne / Klair, Satinder / Niagara Region / Health and Social Service Committee / private home childcare
• Two-out Homer gives Jackfish comeback win : Carlos Martinez hits second homer in as many nights for Welland

  Essery, Brian / Intercounty Baseball League / Underhill, Brandon / Martinez, Carlos / Harford, Jake
• Murderer on day parole three months back in jail over 'criminal cycle' concerns : Cara Taylor, 17, died at the hands of her obsessed former boyfriend Elio Caputo in 1993

  Taylor, Cara / Caputo, Elio / Parole Board of Canada / day parole revoked / Taylor, Steve
• Niagara needs a review

  Ford, Doug / Bradley, Jim / too many politicians Niagara Region / frustrated taxpayers
• Casino scammer guilty of fraud : Multimillion-dollar scam targeted casinos in Ontario, Quebec

  Wang, Yuan / Srosh, Daud / fraud documents / suspended sentence / three years probation ' Niagara Falls Casino Resort / Fallsview Casino
• Perrault, Raymond Joseph Arthur

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• Whillier, Marlene

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• Vilim, Carolyn Ann Florence (nee Lumley)

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• Education a joint effort
• Brock faces increasing pressure
• Transit commission rejects council request to reduce its budget increase : regional politicians will have final say when they vote on the special Transit levy next week

  Niagara Transit Commission / Olson, Wayne / Reilly, William / Bradley, Jim / NRT onDemand /
• Ukrainians remember : community will gather on anniversary of Holodomor tragedy

  Schumylo Newton, Irene / Ukrainian Canadian Congress Niagara Chapter / Stalin, Joseph / George Ukrainian Orthodox Church / Gal, Valentina
• Councillors, police clash over 2024 budget hike : demands for service 'simply exceed our current capacity, chief says

  Bradley, Jim / Ontario Civilian Police Commission (OCPC) / Lawson, Jen / MacCulloch, Bryan / Easton, Sandra / Niagara Transit
• Wiens crowned 2023 Grape King : Niagara-on-the Lake family operates 50-hectare vineyard

  Wiens, Erwin / 2023 Grape King / Zimmerman, Debbie / Grape Growers of Ontario / Oppenlaender, Matthias
• Mayors welcome Niagara review : 'We have to have this conversation so that we can finish the conversation,' Siscoe says

  Diodati, Jim (Mayor) / Siscoe, Mat (Mayor) / Regions government structure review / Calandra, Paul / Housing Minister / Bradley, Jim
• Backlog of porn cases hits Niagara : nearly 500 investigations yet to be assigned

  Operational Child Exploitation Analysis Network (OCEAN) / Myers, Jason / Gibson, Kevin / MacCulloch, Bryan
• Exchange facing new delay : 'Furious' mayor says 'we don't want to hear more excuses'

  Bernat, Clark / Niagara Falls Night of Art / Thw Exchange / Moldenhauer, Kathy / Diodati, Jim (Mayor) / opening delayed / culture hub / farmers market
• Festival uncorking new experiences : Silent disco, food demos featured at Grape and Wine Festival

  Niagara Grape and Wine Festival / Montebello Park / Anderson, Dorian / Mayor's Invitational Grape Stomp / volunteers needed
• Region considering citizen's code of conduct : 'There are no two sides about this kind of behaviour'

  Redekop, Wayne (Mayor) / Gale, Bob (Coun.) / Holm, Melanie / Ip, Laura / Regional Councillors abuse / harassment / threats of violence
• Jackfish starter able to hold Baycats' bats at bay : Bradwell takes no hitter into seventh inning as Welland gets back in series

  Cawker, Sam / Essery, Brian / Intercounty Baseball League
• Prince of Wales Stakes wagering hits record at Fort Erie Race Track

  Stein, Justin / Velocitor / Prince of Wales Stakes / Fort Erie Race Track
• Family fundraiser looking for support : Wheelchair-accessible vehicle needed for St. Catharines girl with a rare muscular disorder

  Ferri, Lennon / Ferri, Brenda / Werdnig-Hoffmann's spinal muscular atrophy / motorized wheelchair / GoFundMe campaign / Wheels for Lennon
• Hunger Action Month requires more action to battle food insecurity : Food bank supplies at an all-time low as more people line up to feed their families

  Braithwaite, John / The Hope Centre / Digiglio, Mike / Hunger Action Month / increase in visits to food banks / Community Care / food insecurity
• United Way sets $5.2M goal : Fundraising campaign gets underway with fire truck pull

  United Way Niagara / Hallworth, Frances / Steeves, Brad / Kennedy, Sean / support for the community
• Build it or lose it, developers told

  Burgess, Jason / Pietrangelo, Victor / Diodati, Jim (Mayor) / entice developers / 8,000 homes by 2031
• Inside a 'revolution' in Canadian culture : Former VJ Kim Clarke Champniss now living in Fort Erie, recalls early days as MuchMusic exploded onto music scene

  Clarke Champniss, Kim / MuchMusic VJ / '299 Queen Street West' / documentary
• Review of Niagara governance is back on : Regional facilitator idea dropped in favour of 'open and accountable' process

  Calandria, Paul / Fenn, Michael / Seiling, Ken / Scott, Laurie / Niagara governance
• Motorcycle track was able to weather rain-shortened season : 'Surprisingly successful' Can-Am Challenge and flat track nationals helped offset revenue loss for Welland County Motorcycle Club

  Gillespie, Sean / Can-Am Challenge
• Track championships come down to the wire : Two points separate top two riders in Open Expert class

  Lawrence, Doug / Welland County Motorcycle Club
• Second helpings in St. Catharines : Haute Seconds offering gently used clothing for all walks of life

  Morenzie, Carla / Sider, Brooke / Haute Seconds King Street / St. Catharines / pre-owned clothing store
• Our job as voters getting harder

  Boghosian, David / lobby registry / too many politicians
• We don't need provinces help

  Ford, Doug / Niagara Region / regional council
• Drennan, Bruce Benjamin

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• Mezzavilla, Sharon (Sherry)

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• Kuzmich, Juliet

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• Beange, Murray Lenard Ernest

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• New Peace Bridge technology to cut trucker wait times

  Badawey, Vance / Rodriguez, Pablo / Clutterbuck, Tim
• Niagara pair joins other survivors for party at Hamilton burn unit : a scalding shower, a grease fire and a geothermal sinkhole afflicted injured patients

  Rakowski, Nicole / Miller, Alyssa / Fleming, Doug / Hanna, Natalie / Jeschke, Marc
• Four cities too expensive

  Siegel, David