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• Local care best for seniors : Re: Niagara and Hamilton to receive more than 1,000 new and upgraded long-term-care beds, March 17

  Seniors for Social Action
• Niagara resident says call with councillor 'shocking' : Wayne Thomson says woman 'very aggressive and negative' in conversation that was posted on YouTube and Facebook

  Hill, Sabrina / Thomson, Wayne / complaint
• Athletic boss puts down his playbook : 'When I was coaching, it was 100 per cent effort and when the game was over, we shook hands and moved on down the track'

  Haeni, John / McLean, Deb / retiring
• Dissolved Chippawa docks committee to be recognized : Group was instrumental in preserving docks and other land in the old village over more than 10 years of service

  Chippawa Public Docks Committee / Tibbs, Dan / Welland River / McKenzie landing / Front Street / Naisbitt Parkette / Kerrio, Vince
• Being a mentor for a child can have lifelong benefits : Big Brothers Big Sisters offering free and inclusive programs and activities through September

  Big Brothers Big Sisters Month / Greybiel, Erica / Niagara Rowing School / Jackson-Triggs Winery / Safari Niagara / Port Colborne Harvest Fest
• Court is back in session : while most jury trials were put on hold as a result of COVID-19, many criminal, family and civil matters continued to be heard throughout the pandemic, first via audio conference and then over he Zoom platform

  Shedden, Karen / Gray, Brian / Protomanni, David
• City to buy Port Dalhousie piers, Lakeside Park and harbour lands : Mayor says purchase means property 'protected now and into the future'

  Sendzik, Walter (Mayor) / Oakes, David (CAO_/ Bittle, Chris / Sorrento, Sal
• Police seek suspect who damaged 61 cars : 26 vehicles vandalized in St. Catharines, 21 in Niagara Falls and 14 in Grimsby and Lincoln

  Crime Stoppers
• Surplus land sale and building of affordable housing units no go : Rising interest rates, costs and lack of qualified labour are cited as some of the reasons why the highly touted project has been nixed

  Penn Terra Group / Sendzik, Walter / surplus land
• Ukrainian community pitches in : generators, winter clothing and single-use hand and foot warmers needed after power cut off

  Newton, Irene / St. John's Ukrainian Catholic Church / Doig, Laryssa / Tymczyszyn, Chris / Hildebrandt, Yvonne
• Ambulance wait 'unacceptable' : elderly Niagara Falls woman waits nearly an hour and a half after falling and injuring herself

  Koteles, Paula / Lutz-Graul, Karen / Oosterhoff, Sam
• Ex-Canadian Tire building will house other businesses : Pancake and breakfast house, Goodwill Niagara, dollar store, call centre to move in at McLeod and Dorchester intersection

  Veenstra, Corrie / Revel Realty Inc. Brokerage
• Niagara's Turkish Canadians helping victims from afar : Dispatch restaurant and Bazaar Istanbul are collecting high-priority donations following devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

  Afsar, Gizem / Earthquake / Turkey / donations
• Council balancing growth and trees : Outgoing council focused on tree protection and urban forestry

  Lococo, Lori / tree population management / residential development / Pietrangelo, Victor / urban-forest strategy
• Puttick was never afraid to ruffle few feathers : Former city and regional politician remembered for his 'straight talk' and impact on community

  Puttick, Norm / alderman / Thomson, Wayne / Diodati, Jim (Mayor) /
• Falls mayor says gaming industry needs refresh : 'We need to grow the pie and we need to focus on the U.S. / international market'

  Diodati, Jim (Mayor) / Taylor, Richard / Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment / Ontario Lottery and Gaming
• Follow the path of the water at the Niagara Parks Power Station : discover Niagara's history of power through immersive exhibits, carefully restored artifacts, captivating stories from the archives, and an epic sight-and-sound light show

  Tesla, Nikola / Westinghouse, George / Edison, Thomas / Westinghouse Electric Company / Viney, Kim
• Hernder Estate Wines looks back on past year, and to summer ahead : 'It was a horrific night and I'm just so glad my dad wasn't here for that. 'I'm so thankful for that'

  Hernder Estate Wines / Fusarelli, Angel
• Niagara River swimmer brings awareness to mental health : Dylan Rumsey says he's spent a decade in and out of 'the system'

  Bennett, Lauren / Evans, Barb / Mental Health and Addictions Access Line / Crisis Outreach and Support Team / Gillespie, Heather / Canadian Mental Health Association Niagara Branch / Pathstone Mental Health
• Linking employers to Niagara newcomers: 'There's a gap...but we can rally and do things that aren't being done,' group says

  Crane, Rachel / Concha, Camila / D'Elia, Deanna / Kinnaird, Vivian / Semplonius, Thalia / Dwivedi, Monika / YMCA of Niagara / Employment and Immigration Services
• College aims to create an environment 'that's inclusive and welcoming for all' : School's new equity , diversity and inclusion blueprint result of more that two years of work

  Kennedy, Sean / Jemison, Sam / equity / diversity / inclusion
• Mayor demands IceDogs meeting: Siscoe and Oakes say actions should not be condoned and team needs to restore trust

  Ontario Hockey League / Siscoe, Mat / Oakes, David / DeDobbelaer, Darren
• FACS union stripped of power : Two-tier and concessionary collective agreement rejected

  Carter, Barb / Canadian Union of Public Employees / Family and CHildren's Services Niagara / Sweeney, Brett
• Leach first man to go over falls and live

  Leach, Bobby / steel barrel / Taylor, Annie Edson / Hill, William Red
• Taking flight at Bird Kingdom : attraction world's largest free-flying indoor aviary and is home to hundreds of tropical birds

  Jackson, Veronica / Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums
• Niagara Then and Now : Queen Street

  Queen Street / Erie Avenue / City Hall / Centennial Square / Minister of Culture, Tourism and Recreation
• Niagara Then and Now : St. Davids Tunnel

  St. Davids Ravine / Mountain Road / Canadian National Railway Line / St. Paul Avenue
• Niagara Then and Now : Chippawa

  Chippawa 1910 / Hotel Baltimore / Tailgate Charlie's / McKenzie's China and Gift Shop / Weightman Bridge / Chippawa Creek
• Niagara Then and Now : Hope's Restaurant

  Hope, Edward / Hope's Restaurant and Tourist Home Stamford Centre / Thorold Stone Mall
• Niagara Then and Now : The Ice Bridge

  Ice Bridge / spectacular phenomenon / tobogganing / souvenirs / 1912 / Icebridge broke / 3 people died
• Niagara Then and Now : YWCA

  Young Women's Christian Association / (Y.M.C.A.) / 1893 / Queen Street / 1914 / Mumford House / Morrison Street / Ontario Street
• Niagara Then and Now : The Homewood House

  Homewood House Tourist Home and Filling Station / Bridge Street / Homewood Avenue travelling by car / tourist services
• Niagara Then and Now : Chippawa Creek

  Chippawa Creek / 1908 / boating / canoes
• Niagara Then and Now : Eastwood Crescent

  Ryerson Avenue / Eastwood Crescent / 1915 / Niagara Falls International Camp Meeting Association / Wesley Park / Epworth Circle
• Niagara Then and Now : Stamford Race Track

  Stamford Park Race Track / Montrose Road / Woodbine Avenue / Canadian National Railway Line / Ascot Woods Subdivision
• Niagara Then and Now : Victoria Avenue

  Niagara Falls Club / Victoria Avenue / McMicken, Gilbert / Clifton / Masonic Temple / 1912
• Niagara Then and Now : OPP Brigade

  OPP Motorcycle Brigade / Market Square / Erie Avenue / Queen Street / Rosbergs / King Edward Hotel
• Niagara Then and Now : Victoria Avenue

  William, Chris / Niagara Parks Commission Police Force / Victoria and Hunter / service station
• New shows at Seneca and Fallsview casinos: Justin Hillman, Boyz II Men and more : Walk Off the Earth playing OLG Stage

  OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino / Willman / Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland / Scinta, Frankie
• Niagara Then and Now : Chippawa Creek

  Chippawa Creek / Village of Chippawa / first bridge 1790 / Ontario Hydro / 1968 Weightman Bridge
• Niagara Then and Now : River Road

  River Road 1919 / Standard Paving Company / Lafayette and Clifton House Hotels / International Railway Company
• Niagara Then and Now : Macklem Street

  Macklem Street / Chippawa family / Niagara River Parkway / Chippawa Waterworks building McKenzie's China and Gift Shop
• Niagara Then and Now : Centre Street

  Centre Street 1910 / Clifton Hill / Victoria Avenue / Niagara Falls Hotel / Chu's Restaurant and Tavern
• Niagara Then and Now : Victoria Avenue

  Victoria Avenue Arena / 1924 / Memorial Arena 1949 / Frontier Recreation and Promoters Ltd. / General Brock Armories / Comfort Suites Imperial Hotel
• Niagara Then and Now : Queen Street

  Queen Street / Erie Ave / 1910 / Queen Smoke and Variety / Sommerville, Dr. / horse drawn delivery wagons
• Niagara Then and Now : Victoria Avenue

  Victoria Avenue / 1930 / Morrison/Wilmott / Jones, Thomas Mrs. / Overholt Radio and Appliances / Canadian Pittsburg Industries / Tim Hortons
• Town Hall on homelessness draws more than 3,600 : Mayor and panel answer questions and quash some rumours

  Siscoe, Mat (Mayor) / Town Hall / homelessness / mental health / addictions / Cousins, Cathy / Kazmani, Azim Dr. / Oaks, David
• Niagara Then and Now : Crysler Avenue

  Welland Avenue (Crysler) / Municipal Electric Light and Power Company / Ontario Power Company / Park Street
• Niagara Then and Now : The Baltimore House

  Chippawa / Portage and Macklem / Kirkpatrick, John / 1816 / Baltimore House Hotel
• Niagara Then and Now : The Wayside Tourist Home

  Melesh, Ramon & Pauline / River Road / Bampfield / Seneca / bed and breakfast options
• Niagara Then and Now : Erie Avenue

  Erie Avenue / Park Street / Bridge Street / 1910 Anderson and Logan Men's Clothing Store / Macartney's Drug Store / Grand Trunk / Via Rail now
• Niagara Then and Now : Victoria Avenue

  Victoria Avenue / Roberts and Kitchener Street / Snyder, George Dr. / Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce
• '80s night at Fallsview Casino to feature Honeymoon Suite and Flock of Seagulls : 'The 80s Club' Feb.10 also features Men Without Hats and Spoons

  OLG Stage / Fallsview Casino / Springfield, Rick / The Hooters / Young, Paul / Dee, Johnnie
• Region advocating for basic income guarantee as food costs keep rising : report also calls on Ottawa and the province for increased social assistance and minimum wage

  Nutritious Food Basket Survey / Lorenzo, David / Food Insecurity / Watson Lori / Witteveen, Albert / Ip, Laura / Jugley, Adrianne / Bateman Haley
• Niagara Then and Now : Morrison at Valley Way

  Review Building construction / 1950 / Morrison and Valley Way / Mann, Norman / architect / Zimmerman Construction Company
• Niagara Then and Now : River Road at Otter

  River Road and Otter / July 1925 / International Railway electric line
• Niagara Then and Now : Stamford Memorial Hall

  Stamford Memorial Hall / Portage Hall / 1924 / Stamford Women's Institute / Higgins, Alex / Stamford Lions Club
• Niagara Then and Now : Queen Street

  Bell, William / Queen and St. Clair Street residence / Gardner, Jessie (Bell) / 1913 / Queen Street Theatre / Capital / Canada Trust Building
• Dangers to police growing, stats show : 'officer safety is in the back of their mind each and every day and in every call they respond to', chief says

  MacCulloch, Bryan / Mueller, Eric / Penner, Fred
• Mother, son arrested over break and enters

  Smash and Grab / break and enters / 4 businesses / loss of thousands
• Raise a glass at The Cheers Store : Port Colborne shop has wines, beer and spirits from Niagara and beyond

  Mascio, Julia / The Cheers Store / Port Colborne
• Niagara Then and Now : The Manos Camp

  Manos Camp and Restaurant / Lundy's Lane / Garner Road / 1937 / Sundowner Inn / Uncle Sam's Hotel
• Niagara Then and Now : Old Stone Inn

  Niagara Falls Milling Company / 1904 / Robinson and Clark Ave. / The Millery / dining room / 1977 Old Stone Inn
• Niagara Then and Now : The Pasadena Tourist Home

  Pasadena Tourist Home / River Road / Simcoe St. / Hughes, Harley / Pasadena Nursing Home / Fisher, Mrs. G.J.J. / Butterfly Manor Bread and Breakfast
• Niagara Then and Now : Clifton Hill at River Road

  Clifton Hill / River Road / 1927 / Oakes Garden Theatre / Fallsview Bridge / Ice Jam destroyed area 1938
• Niagara Then and Now : Chippawa Creek

  Chippawa Creek / 1908 / Greenwood's Boat House / Michigan Central Railroad
• Niagara Then and Now : The Brunswick House and the Jolly Cut

  Brunswick House Hotel / Queen Victoria Park / pathway / Jolly Cut / Morden, James / historian /
• Niagara Then and Now : Cyanimid Recreation Hall

  Cyanimid Recreation Hall / 1951 / Fourth Avenue / bowling alley / billiards room gymnasium / donated to YMCA / 1971
• Niagara Then and Now : Ellis Street

  Ellis Street / 1915 / St. Lawrence and Crysler / homes still in place / trees larger
• Niagara Parks looking at a green transportation system to link its sites : Request for proposals seeks innovative and sustainable ideas for travel between sites and attractions

  Adames, David / reducing vehicle movement / green transportation / Jeffs, April
• Niagara Then and Now : The Centre

  Victoria Avenue / Centre Street / Royal Bank / Thorburn's Drug Store / 1945
• Niagara Then and Now : The Annex Cafe

  Annex Cafe / Bridge Street / Erie and Zimmerman / 1935 / Hansel Family
• Cummington Square Chippawa Ontario

  Shops stores and business in downtown Chippawa ; Village of Chippawa Town Hall (centre left) ; Royal Bank of Canada (right) ; horse and buggy is outside the bank ; two men are posing in the centre of the image where the bandshell was later built ;
• Niagara Then and Now : Queen Street at St. Lawrence Avenue

  Queen Street / St. Lawrence Avenue / 1930 / Crigar's Garage and Machine Shop
• Niagara Then and Now : Lower Bridge Street A look back at '02 - a centure ago

  100 years ago / Young, Flossie (Miss) New Years Eve celebrations / Ferguson, Mrs. / Niagara Falls Collegiate reunion / celebrations
• Niagara Then and Now : Victoria Avenue at Bridge Street

  Transportation history / Streetcar tracks removal / Bridge Street / 1948 / Trolley cars / Kerrio Welding and Machinery / Kerrio, Vince / Kerrio, Anthony / invented track removal unit / Bergman's Coffee Shop
• Niagara Then and Now : Stamford United Church

  Stamford United Church / 1927 / St. Peter and St. John Streets / Depew, James / donation / $10,000
• Niagara Then and Now : 'Red' Hill's store

  Hill, William 'Red' Senior / Bridge Street / Cataract / Zimmerman / 1940 -1948
• Niagara Then and Now : The Riverview Tourist Home

  Riverview Tourist Home / 1940's / River Road / Bald, John (Mrs.) / Villa Alexandrea Bed and Breakfast
• Niagara Then and Now : Chippawa

  Chippawa Creek / 1910 / Cummington Square West / Peters, Ernest / Cabinet Maker / Undertaker / Laura Secord Burial
• Niagara Then and Now : River Road

  River Road / Whirlpool Rapids Bridge / First World War / Barracks / Railway YMCA / 1898
• Niagara Then and Now : A & P

  A&P grocery store / Town and Country Plaza / Portage Road / 1955
• Niagara Then and Now Campbell's

  Campbells's English Bone China and Souvenirs / River Road / Bridge Street / Previously Elgin Hotel / World Cafe
• What's next for Beamsville Secondary? Early Learning and Child Care Centre hopes it will still be able to operate out of building

  Beamsville District Secondary School / new building / Kirkopolous, Mike / Bingley, Taryn / Early Learning and Child Care Centre / Community Care of West Niagara / Fuhrer, Carole
• Niagara Then and Now : Town and Country Plaza

  Town & Country Plaza / Portage Road / 1957 / 50th Anniversary
• Niagara Then and Now : Queen Street business still serving food

  Roberts, Stanley & Ernest / Model Baking and Lunch / Manos, Harry / Sandham Electric Buckley's Bookstore
• Niagara Then and Now : The Kelly House

  The Kelly House / Kelly, Michael & Alice / Queen Street / Victoria Avenue / Crawford, Smith and Swallow
• Niagara Then and Now : Queen Street at Ontario Avenue

  Queen Street / Ontario Avenue / Canadian Bank of Commerce / 1918
• Niagara Then and Now : The Queen Street Facade Has Changed a Lot Since 1905

  Queen Street / Erie Avenue / Buckley & Co. / 1905 / Gay Brothers / Swayze Bros. Jewellers and Optician / Swayze, Charles & Frank / A.M. Rosa / grocery store
• Canadian playwright finds humour and pain in stories based on real life : Kristen Da Silva is a playwright with a purpose. She'll Make you laugh and cry

  Da Silva, Kristen / Lighthouse Music Festival / Port Colborne Roselawn Centre
• Driver stabbed after father and son struck by car suffered damage to kidney and liver, court hears

  Garrett, Ryan
• On track for a scholarship : Notre Dame grad Saldutto taking a gap year after recruitment closes during recovery from injury

  Saldutto, Sophia / Notre Dame College School / women's hammer throw / women's javelin / Ontario Under-20 and Open Athletics Championship / gold , silver medals / Canadian and Ontario track and field championships
• E. Weightman and Sons Builders Supplies
• Toxic algae a growing worry : Toxins impact fish populations and can put human and pet health at risk

  Biagi, Kelly / Mangal, Vaughn / Wignell Drain / Port Colborne / algae blooms / Environmental Defence Canada
• Wedding party and guests / Willoughby Manor

  Wedding party and guests gathering on the grounds of Willoughby Manor
• Crowds gather for Santa Claus parade : procession features more than 50 community groups, bands, floats, and costumed characters

  Ontario Power Generation / Victoria Avenue and Armoury Street / Valley Way and Queen Street / Stafford, Haley / Gautier, Lincoln / Diodati, Jim / Centennial Square / Niagara Health Foundation's Celebration of Lights Campaign /
• Life beneath Welland's streets : Niagara Centre MPP says there is too much talking and not enough action

  Burch, Jeff (MPP) / Mousseau, Shelly / Gateway Residential and Community Support Services / Niagara Assertive Street Outreach / Little, Trevis The Hope Centre / Beyond the Streets / Fokkens, Bonnie (Coun.)
• Niagara secondary schools offering new dual-credit college courses : Niagara College partnering with Catholic and DSBN for health care and early childhood education programs

  Mete, Pat / Nicholls, Rebecca / Zaroda, Joseph
• Teams help gift-givers get the ball - and the puck - rolling : holiday ticket packages for IceDogs / River Lions / and Jackfish games

  Niagara IceDogs / Niagara River Lions / Canadian Elite Basketball League / Ultimate Niagara Fan Pack / Biskup, Michelle / Welland Jackfish / DiDomenico, Elijah / Harrison, Ryan / DiRaddo, Mikey Rocco
• 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