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• Niagara Then and Now : Thorold Stone Road

  Thorold Stone Road / Stamford Centre / 1920
• Fight for student nutrition program funding began in Niagara, say MPPs : province announces $5 million increase after Gates, Stevens raises issue at Queen's Park

  Gates, Wayne / Stevens, Jennie / Student Nutrition Program / First Nations Student Nutrition Program / Children Community and Social Services / Parsa, Michael / Niagara Nutrition Partners
• Mental health stigma eroding, according to vigil participants

  Memorial Forest Vigil / Glenridge Quarry Naturalization Site / Mifsud-Larocque, Susan / Rochefort, Renee / Niagara Region Mental Health / Chambers, Alison /
• Living dead invade downtown Welland : zombies kick off the event by tying the knot

  Welland Zombie Walk / Welland Market Square / Lambert, Steve / Williams, Amber / The Hope Centre / Pets Alive Niagara / Takeo, James
• 'Healing for people' : Indigenous culture on full display with singing, drumming and dancing at 'Nurturing Our Roots Traditional Powwow'

  Scorpio, Edd / Meridian Centre / Niagara Regional Native Centre / Siscoe, Mat / National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• Apple dumplings trump turkey at Ball's Falls : crowds flock to annual Thanksgiving festival

  Ball's Falls Conservation Area / Lincoln / Dean, Cari / Jacob / Angela / Empringham, Lily / Lambert, Jillian / Dean's Apple and Cider / Wainfleet / Marshville Heritage Festival / Canadian Raptor Conservancy / Ye Olde Fudge Pot Stand / Antique Power Association / Adams, Jesse / Fretz, Brad / St. John Anglican Church / Vollick, Aaron
• Turf war in Welland

  Niagara Catholic Athletic Association / Notre Dame Fighting Irish / Lacavera Field
• Competition does a double take : twin sisters row to three medals for Brock at Head of Trent regatta

  Durcak, Isabella / Dell, Serafina / O'Neill, Rowan / Wimbush, Samantha / Broderick, Hannah / Broski, Erin / Jopling, Genavieve / Mowry, Jalyn / Zoe Durcak / MCQueen, Sophia / Pieneman, Gina / Bisante, Sabrina / Iannarelli, Isaac
• Niagara Then and Now : St. Paul Ave.

  St. Paul Avenue / 1910 / Stamford Methodist Church
• Niagara Then and Now : The Baltimore House

  Chippawa / Portage and Macklem / Kirkpatrick, John / 1816 / Baltimore House Hotel
• Niagara Then and Now : Lundy's Lane

  Lundy's Lane / Main and Ferry / 1914 / Battle of Lundy's Lane / Thorburn's Drug Store / Gus's Pawn Shop
• Falconer, George William (Billy)

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• Anderson, Winifred (Winnie)

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• Hildebrandt, Harry

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• Comfort, E. Jean (nee Tufts)

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• Gregoire, Donald Reginald

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• Fratenagelo, Richett

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• Niagara Falls library hopes decades of historical images can be preserved : Review negatives date back to the 1950s

  Niagara Falls Review / Laslo, Katilyn / Stewart, Kaley / Martin, Laura / local history / fundraising campaign / photo negatives
• LaPlaunte, Michael William
• Quarmby, Barbara Aileen DeVere (nee Streadwick)

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• Pett, Beth

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• Reimer, Justine

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• Kukhta, Millie (nee Dimich)

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• Hawkins, Wallace James (Wally)

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• Hodgson, Douglas George

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• Falconer, George William (Billy)

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• Bailey, Gerald

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• Kulka, Yvonne (nee Nault)

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• Walker, John Clark (Ian)

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• Moule, David Cecil

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• Pappel, Danny Lynn

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• Kilchenmann, Yvonne

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• Jovkovic, Sladjana (VasIc)

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• Undead couple will tie the knot, exchange hearts, before Welland's Zombie Walk : event co-founders will say vows in front of everyone at Market Square

  Lambert, Steve /
• Ironside, Alexander

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• Stevens, Laurie Denis (Chief) (Laurie D)

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• Eymann, Gordon Donald (Don)
• Kocis, Joseph (Joe)

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• Taylor, Mary

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• Volpatti, Luciano (Luke)

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• Venneri, Lidio

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• Slonowski, Alice

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• Ratkovsky, John

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• Smalko, William (Bill)
• Slinn, Muriel

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• Custers, Anna

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• Paroyan, Carol

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• Robertson, Joan Eva (nee Wood)

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• Timmins, Brian John

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• Lafleur, Margaret Alice (nee Bentz)
• Dautovich, Angella (Ena) (nee McNeill)

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• Payson, Donald Martin (Don)

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• Court, June Phyllis (nee Calvert)

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• Dakin, Grace Meredith (nee Hamilton)

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• Graham, Inez (Lynn)

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• Niagara Then and Now : Victoria Ave. at Palmer

  Victoria Avenue-Palmer Avenue intersection / W.J. Braidwood's Meat Shop / Walker's Drug Store / street car / Bender Street
• Niagara Then and Now : Main Street

  Main Street / Barker / 1910 / horse and buggy / street car tracks
• Niagara Then and Now : Drummond Road

  Drummond Road / Dunn Street / 1927 / war-time housing project / 1940's / Dunn & McLeod
• Niagara Then and Now : Barker Street

  Warren Spence Carriage Works / Spence, Warren / Drummond Hill 1851
• Niagara Then and Now : Crysler Avenue

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

  River Road / Bridge Street / 1910 / The Elgin Hotel / International Railway Company / Whirlpool Rapids Bridge
• Niagara Then and Now : Victoria Avenue

  Victoria Avenue 1925 / Michael Goodsir's Dry Goods / Sauer's Drug Store / Niagara Business College / Michigan Central Railroad tracks / Victoria Park Station / Ripley's Moving Theatre
• Niagara Then and Now : Reid's Market

  Reid's Food Market / Main Street / Evan, Joun / Evans Hotel / Davey Automotive
• Niagara Then and Now : Park and Zimmerman

  Erie Avenue / Niagara Falls Review / 1915 / Park Street / Leslie, Frank H. / Zimmerman Avenue / Michigan Central Railroad /
• Niagara Then and Now: Queen Street

  Queen Street at St. Clair / 1956 /Chip Wagon / The Capital Theatre / Wallace's / Capital Trust Building
• Wall, Linda Elaine

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• Peacock Tourist Home owned by a prominent and eclectic contractor

  Peacock, Percy Stanley / Peacock Tourist Home / West Main Street / contractor
• Solar eclipse predicted to be a bright tourism opportunity in Niagara Falls : Municipality preparing for massive crowds from safety, traffic and marketing perspectives

  Diodati, Jim (Mayor) / Strange, Mike (Coun.) / Zambito, Jo / Solar Eclipse / Niagara Region / Thomson, Janice
• Niagara teen arrested for lying to police about sneaker robbery

  Youth Criminal Justice Act / sneaker robbery / Crime Stoppers
• Things to do in Niagara this weekend : Mary Poppins Jr., St. Catharines Downtown Block Party and Pelham Summer fest on the agenda this July weekend

  Downtown Block Party / Davids & DeLaat / Port Colborne Kite Show / H.H. Knoll Lakeview Park / Yellow Door Theatre Project / Mary Poppins Jr. / Pelham Summer fest / Sports
• Clusters, Anna

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• Fong, Sue-Hin (Henry)

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• Volpatti, Luciano (Luke)

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• Burnagiel, Nelly (nee Banier)

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• Cherubini, Mark Vincent (Bini)

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• Funk, Valerie Giesbrecht

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• Netherway, Thomas Richard (Dick)

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• Minor, Eva (nee Bennett)

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• Romano, George

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• Goodman, Gail Louise

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• Housing crisis will need 'complex' solutions : MP

  Bittle, Chris / Fraser, Sean / Parliamentary Secretary to Housing Infrastructure and Communities Minister / Housing Accelerator Fund / Badawey, Vance / Rodriguez, Pablo / Transport Minister
• Niagara's emerging economic future is green and marine, study suggests

  Spezza, George / Deloitte LLP / consultants / Heddle Marine / Port Weller / economic development / Huson, Diana (Coun.) / Davies, Fred (Coun.)
• 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
• New gas peaker plants will run 19 hours a day

  Thorold Peaking Plant Project / Gravili, Victor / Northland Power / natural gas
• A 'game changer' for The Raft : Greg and Diane Slaight donate $1M to organization

  Lethby, Mike / The RAFT / Slaight, Greg & Diane / largest donation / homeless prevention
• Prioritizing the patient experience

  Horton, David / Horton, Brenda / Niagara District Stroke Centre / Provincial Conversion Rate Award / Health Standards Organization / Rapid Access to Addiction Medicine Peers Program / Rapid Wellness Recovery Integrated Comprehensive Care Program / Emergency Department Familiar Faces Program / Niagara Health Knowledge Institute / Tsang, Jennifer L-Y / Canadian Institutes of Health Research Team Science Award / McCall MacBain Foundation
• 25-storey residential development at White Oaks is 'gateway to Glendale' : project includes four buildings, 810 residential units and ground floor commercial space

  White Oaks Resort and Spa / Rietta, Michael / Giannone Petricone Associates / Gagnon, Leanne / Bedford, Stephen
• 'You can get through this' : Memorial Forest Vigil to give hope to people suffering with mental illness

  Leyenaar, Sarah / Glenridge Quarry Naturalization Site / Mental Illness Awareness Week / Niagara Suicide Prevention Coalition / Canadian Mental Health Association / Distress Centre Niagara / Positive Living Niagara
• Niagara Falls calls for more perks to develop vacant lands : city provides position on Ontario House Affordability Task Force's 74 recommendations, ways to increase housing supply

  Pietrangelo, Victor / Bryce, Andrew / Local Planning Appeal Tribunal
• GreenShield to offer no-cost drug plans : Pilot program to target low-income individuals who don't have access to public or private coverage

  GreenShield / Pojskic, Ned / Zalman, Zahid / Niagara Falls Community Health Centre / medications / no cost
• Police say man played major role in protest : Cullen McDonald arrested in April 2021 while in defiance of public health measures to help prevent the spread of coronavirus

  People's Party of Canada / Bernier, Maxime / Guerriero, Lynn
• A's can't extinguish the Blaze in Game 1

  St. Catharines Athletics / Junior A-Lacrosse / Lefeuvre, Christian / Howard, Gavin
• Mane men back on court : River Lions visit the Stars after a week-long break in their busy schedule

  Ahmed, Khalil / Eyikor, Edward / Niagara River Lions / Canadian Elite Basketball League / Raso, Victor
• Too Good To Go: End Food Waste app launches in Niagara : Thorold's The Bagel Oven is one of 50 Niagara businesses that have joined the effort with the goal of helping the reduction of food waste

  Bretzlaff, Jess / Bagel Oven / Too Good To Go / Soteroff, Sarah / food surplus / discount prices
• Yarn bomb planned for The Exchange

  Ring, Joanne / yarn bomb project / Van Stygeren, Kim / Niagara Falls Night of Art
• Traffic calming study to expand in Port Robinson

  Canby Street / Port Robinson / traffic study / Devereaux, Ron / Sentence, Ken (Coun.) / Dunsmore, Sean / D'Angela, Henry
• Niagara teen sentenced for role in violent home invasion

  Youth Criminal Justice Act / home invasion / Baker, Aiden / Pelham
• After 'brutal' year, Niagara grape growers excited and hopeful for 'fabulous' crop

  Watson, Kevin / Watson's Vineyard / Oppenlaender, Matthias / Grape Growers of Ontario / grape vine losses
• Forty Creek pays homage to an iconic Canadian treat

  Forty Creek / Ashburn, Bill / Forty Creek Butter Tart Cream Liquor / Silver Medal / San Francisco World Spirits Competition
• Cirocco, Frank Jr.

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