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• Let's talk about dahlias : Dahlias adaptable and tolerate the heavier clay soils found in my Niagara garden

  Niagara clay soils / Dahlias
• Welland restaurant thankful for support : 'We wouldn't be here if not for our regulars': Rex Hotel stays the course as cost of food climbs

  McComb, Marilyn / Oliver, Emily / Rex Hotel / Carusetta, Bruno / inflation / food costs
• 'They know what they're doing' : Niagara-on-the-Lake farmer says fruit-picking trespassers need harsher punishments

  Spoelstra, Drew / Ontario Federation of Agriculture / Wiens, Kai / heavier penalties
• ArriveCAN needs to end : Re: ArriveCAN app concerns a 'little bit overblown,' Bittle says July 12

  Bittle, Chris MP / Canada Border Services Agency / delays
• Municipalities working in silos : Re: 'Full steam ahead on Wainfleet's new fire hall, July 12

  Emergency Service Strategy / amalgamation / taxpayer dollars
• Niagara is no longer immune to gun crime

  Seized firearms / gun crime / Canada Border Service Agency
• DSBN approves budget worth $536M for 2022-23

  Maves, Kevin / Hoshizaki, Warren / Ministry of Education
• Niagara Falls fire destroys home, vehicles

  Henry, Ken / Niagara Falls Fire Department
• Mental health crisis line sometimes the only option during pandemic : CMHA official says disruptions to other services among reasons for increased demand

  Canadian Mental Health Association / McKendrick, Tara / Crisis Outreach and Support Line / Pathstone Mental Health
• Niagara MPPs given 'prominent' roles in NDP shadow cabinet

  Stevens, Jennie MPP / Gates, Wayne MPP / Burch, Jeff MPP
• Proposed apartment building called a 'transformative' change for area

  General Motors Property / Burstyn, Henry / IBI Group / nine storey building
• In the swing of summer

  Lennox, Xavier / Montebello Park / playground
• Renters grapple with rising rates : Many people seeking creative living arrangements in a bid to keep a roof over their heads

  Rental market / Braithwaite, Jon / Hope Centre / fixed incomes
• A's fall short in real squeaker : St. Kitts outscored 3-1 in final period at home in Game 1

  Barreto, Efrain / St. Catharines Athletics / Junior Lacrosse League / Canada Games Park
• Playoff finally pays off : LeBrasseur goes the distance --- and then some --- for his first junior tour victory, while Kowalyshyn improves to 3-0

  LeBrasseur, Noah / Kowalyshyn, Sierra / Daly, Morgan / Niagara District Junior Golf Tour
• Cleanup continues at fire site a year later : After delayed start, city says progress at 'acceptable rate'

  Starnino Environment Recovery Inc. / Starnino, Mike / Welland House / Chudoba, Paul / Sendzik, Walter (Mayor)
• Lemonade stands raise funds for camps

  Mountainview Lemon AID Day / Basciano, Mark / Polgrabia, Caroline / Burton, Jacob / summer camps
• Interest hike hits housing market hard

  Thaggard, Courtney / interest rates / Bank of Canada
• Hirji expects 'modest' demand for fourth shot : Second booster 'makes sense' for people at risk

  Hirji, Mustafa Dr. / Niagara Region Public Health / vaccinations
• Welland High and Eastdale alumni to gather for reunions

  Gowan, Paul / Gowan, Mike / Smith, Greg / Kernichan, Jody / Mr. Mike's Steakhouse / reunion / fundraiser
• Councillors worry charge structure could curtail growth

  Hemson Consulting / Binning, Craig / Pietrangelo, Victor / Kerrio, Vince
• Starting up $10-a-day child care a 'slow process'

  Lawson, Brittney / Parents' Peace of Mind daycare / Criscione, Peter / Niagara Region
• Changes coming to NPCA board : Region committee votes to ask for another member for Niagara

  Heit, Brian (Counc.) / Bradley, Jim (Region Chair)
• Walker, Norma Antonietta Giovanna (nee Gasbarini)

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• Caughell, David

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• Stevens, Wayne

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• Crawford, Kyle Reginald

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• Johnston, Donna Lee

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• Bromley, Hugh James

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• Reading got a little more wonderful with a new collection at Niagara Falls Public Library

  wonderbooks / children's collection / read-along books
• No shortage of tales for Short Story Month at Niagara Falls Library

  Munro, Alice / Borges, Jorge Louis / Poe, Edgar Allan / Penzler, Otto / Barry, Kevin / Nobel Prize for Literature
• Canada's first provincial park opened 136 years ago in Niagara Falls

  Queen Victoria Park / Mowat, Oliver Sir / Mowat Gate / Ontario premier / Clifton Hill / Falls Avenue
• Our Summer Reading Club is back and bigger than ever

  Get Your Summer Read On day / Readers Cup / Bookmobile / River View Elementary School
• 'Dogs play in Port Colborne

  Cato, Landon / Ontario Hockey League / Niagara IceDogs
• Well-represented on world stage : Brock is sending two rowers and two coaches to regatta in Italy

  Harris, Stephen / Rao, Mary / Ciepiela, Michael / Rowing
• 'Unfinished business on agenda : Keeper wants to add Women's World Cup title to Olympic bronze medal

  D'Angelo, Sabrina / Woman's World Cup
• Niagara Falls ranks fourth-best small city in Canada

  Diodati, Jim (Mayor) / Resonance Consultancy's Bestcities.org
• The heats are on! : qualifying starts for Ontario high school track and field championships

  Saint Paul Catholic High School / Saint Michael Catholic High School / Westlane Secondary School / A.N Myer Secondary School / Stamford Collegiate
• GOJHL all-star, all-rookie teams are named

  Riva, Matthew
• River Lions head off to high school

  A.N. Myer Secondary School / Canada Games Park
• Project digs into unmarked graves of Black cemetery : research is an opportunity to show Black community's significance to early-days Niagara, cemetery historian says

  Russell, James / Montgomery, Adam
• Province has failed to protect us from COVID-19 Re: COVID-19 is still a real threat : Hirji, July 8

  Hirji, Mustafa Dr. / Ford, Doug
• Public health, hospitals team up for telemedicine : Aim to keep mental health services wait times down

  Hirji, Mustafa Dr.
• Women-led orchard puts cherries on top : Vineland business is Canada's only producer of pure concentrated juice

  Smith, Michelle / Smith, Jennifer / Cherry Lane Farms
• Bargaining set to begin for teachers, support staff : Contracts set to expire at the end of August

  Walton, Laura / Littlewood, Karen
• TackleShare and fishing education programs return to Niagara Falls Public Library

  TackleShare program / Forest of Reading / Therapy Tales / technology classes / Zentangle
• Niagara Falls Public Library Bookmobile nearly ready to hit the road

  Niagara Falls Public Library / Bookmobile / outreach visits
• Thirty Niagara candidates listed on provincial ballots

  Gale, Bob / Gates, Wayne / Kavanagh, Wesley / Lewis-Napolitano, Christine / St. Denis-Richard, Devon / Ward, Tommy / Waters, Ashley
• NDP's Burch and liberal challenger Flynn talk health care, housing costs : candidates for PC, green parties opt out of local cable television debate

  Burch, Jeff / Flynn, Terry
• Wavy Navy cruises into first place in league

  Niagara Falls Short Mat Club / Bowls / Bowling
• High school crews hit water Sunday

  Rowing / Early Bird High School Regatta
• Dogs' Gushchin gets high praise in coaches poll

  Gushchin, Daniil
• A's fall short in junior B debut : St. Catharines goes 0-for-9 on power play at home in season opener

  Lacrosse / Walton, Mason / Roest, Levi
• U.S. woman who crossed border with guns granted discharge

  Mohamed, Shukira
• Crisis rapid response program set to expand : Team will operate in Welland, Pelham for one-year pilot

  Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Team
• For a cleaner earth

  Henderson, Andy / Marsillo, Andy / Marzetti, Roy / Community Clean-Up / Earth Day
• Races tighten in Niagara ridings

  Gale, Bob / Gates, Wayne / Flynn, Terry / Burch, Jeff / Ford, Doug
• Math teacher earns national award

  Cha, Rachel / Impact Award / St. Patricks Catholic School
• Paramedics sending taxis instead of ambulances for some calls : Pilot project helps people get to medical appointments, saves money

  Mako, Marty / Nagara Emergency Medical Services / Central Taxi
• Planting success

  Smith, Michelle / Cherry Lane Farms
• Rise in shootings not anomaly : Arrests yet to be made for a number of crimes involving firearms in the past three months

  Levesque, Joshua / gun violence
• Bromley, Hugh James

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• Zutell, Walter
• 'We're hanging on by a thread' : nurses protest bill 124, say Ford government doesn't respect profession

  Dean-Graham, Brianna / Ariss, Erin / Franke, Laura / Gates, Wayne / Ford, Doug
• Cote, Carmen Monique (nee Lalonde)

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• Purcell, Maurice John

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• Hardcastle, James Douglas

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• Cunningham, John (Jack)

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• Rabe, Hilda (Jane) (Trowsdale)

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• Cline, Ronald

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• Hammond, Jason

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• Neff, Dolores

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• Coulthurst, Ruth Doris

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• Actions of Niagara Falls bus driver not condoned by city : transit worker seen in video high-fiving anti-vaccine protester

  Stout, Carla
• Napper, Bob

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• Beaudoin, Madeleine Rose Marguerite (nee Beaudoin)

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• Games building a legacy : long after athletes and crowds are gone, facilities will benefit community : Canada Games Park and the Walker Sports and Abilities Centre will be the main venue for many of the competitions this summer
• Arp, Lynn

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• Schulz, Glenna Jean

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• Hirji calls for wider mask mandate : doctor lauds move to extend rules for high-risk settings

  Hirji, Mustafa, Dr. / Moore, Kieran, Dr.
• Bennink, Tina (nee Hoekstra)

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• Barclay, George

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• Schirru, Brigida

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• Chemerika, Ella May

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• O'Dell, Mary Pearl (nee McMahon)

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• Arthur, Janine Marie

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• IceDogs will be picking fourth in OHL draft : Saginaw wins draft lottery for the very first time, followed by Erie and Sudbury

  Fimis, Pano / Tomasino, Phil
• Police urged to maintain COVID safety

  MacCulloch, Bryan
• 420 Expo returns to Niagara Falls

  Niagara Falls 420 Expo
• Reuniting bikes with their owners

  Project 529 Garage
• Cowell coming to Falls for Canada's Got Talent finale : TV icon says judges have been way too nice for my liking

  Cowell, Simon
• Ex-soldiers home safely from Ukraine : I wish I had more time, I wish I could stay

  Denbesten, Jeremy / Lannon, Brendan
• Niagara Health reports 8th COVID death this week : number of patients with virus continues to climb
• The airport and the skyway

  Ministry of Transportation of Ontario / Niagara District Airport
• Acid spill closes lanes more than 24 hours : some soil in the area had to be excavated following dangerous chemical spill on highway 406
• Fire rips through Niagara Falls home : 'we couldn't even get close to it - it was too far, it was just horrendous, neighbour says

  Schisler Road / Montrose Road
• Altered school buses ready for next week : Vehicles have been retrofitted with amber lights

  Niagara Student Transportation Services / Sandu, Sarb / Ministry of Transportation / School Bus Ontario
• 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
• IceDogs trade top pick : Niagara gets seven draft selections in exchange for Dickinson

  Dickinson, Sam / DeDobbelaer, Darren / Elliot, Bryan / Ontario Hockey League
• Brampton man is sentenced for role in Thorold shooting

  Chapman, Jermaine