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• Coach finally makes it home. Almost : Hamilton's Ryan Kuwabara takes over as coach og Niagara IceDogs
• IceDogs comeback rewarded : Niagara team rebounds from 2-0 deficit in shootout loss to Kingston

  Kuwabara, Ryan / Angelidis, Jeff / Fitzgerald, Dan / Flores, Owen / Ludwinski, Paul / Stewart, Jackson / Michaud, Daniel
• Mental-health funds 'highly necessary' : property taxes have been covering health ministry shortfall for past five years, Region says

  Chambers, Alison / Niagara's early psychosis intervention program / Chiocchio, Pat / Bradley, Jim / Mental Health / Mental Illness
• Unmentioned costs of Bill 23

  More Homes Built Faster Act
• Connecting the dots

  Food banks / Greenbelt / farm land
• Governments need to dig deeper in times of need

  Food banks / Clark Lafleur, Christine / Ukraine
• ' Do not attend' pharmacy with COVID-19 : pharmacists can now prescribe Paxlovid but those with symptoms should call for prescription

  Boggio, Aaron / Simpson, Sean
• Indigenous ER care under review : Saturday marks one year since death of Heather Winterstein after St. Catharines hospital visit

  Guerriero, Lynn / Letovsky, Eric, Dr. / Mandy, Pat / Farquharson, Carolyn / Price, David, Dr. / Jonathan, Debra
• 'Canada's Got' Talent back next month : two new episodes will be filmed at OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino

  Mandel, Howie / Stratus, Trish / Offishall, Kardinal / Singh, Lilly / Ell, Lindsay
• Former Brock professor explores vanishing theatres and motels

  Nicks, Joan / Niagara Artists Centre / The Seneca / The Princess / The Hollywood Drive-In
• Protesters want health care fixed : hospital staff are 'struggling to make ends meet', says union steward

  Hotte, Sue / Ontario Health Coalition / Ford, Doug / Coates, Patty / Dale, Jake / Labelle, Sara
• 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
• Battery recycling plant coming to Thorold : plan is to create a corridor of industrial hubs along the canal from Thorold to Port Colborne

  Thorold Multimodal Hub / St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. / Port Colborne (Ontario)
• Welland man used car as a weapon, court hears : ex-girlfriend was passenger as pickup struck

  Dobsi, Ryan
• Doctors unite to ease ER pressure : five temporary clinics set up across Niagara for patients with COVID-19 or flu-like illnesses

  Equipe Sante Ontario Niagara / Vujosevic, Darija, Dr. / Rupert, Frank / Boich, Linda / Portage Road / Frendom, Jen, Dr.
• Gates reintroduces workers' bill : MPP wants to protect injured employees from 'unacceptable' policy

  Gates, Wayne / New Democrat's Respecting Injured Workers Act (Workplace Safety Amendment) / Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
• A new vision for downtown : Queen Street electric railway could become a tourist attraction

  Costello, Derek / Costello Productions / Diodati, Jim
• Niagara gas prices continue to plunge : prices at the pump to hit levels not seen since November 2021

  En-Pro International Inc. / McKnight, Roger
• MPPs want to put a halt to 'illegal evictions' : Jennie Stevens teams up with NDP's housing critic to push private member's bill

  Bell, Jessica / Protecting Renters from Illegal Evictions Act / Thomas, Tabatha
• Brock heads into winter break

  Roach, Jacob / Weinert, Madalyn / Delaney, Steve
• Final Four lineups are set : Ridley College hosting all four semis at Standard Tournament

  Westlane Secondary School
• Shopping local for holiday wine helps Niagara's economy and green spaces : growers contibute $5.49 billion to the province of Ontario

  Zimmerman, Debbie / Grape Growers Ontario / Mitchell, Erin / Pacinda, Jo / Queylus, Domaine / Balsom, Mishka
• Ford will hear from people again

  Ford, Doug / Greenbelt
• Attempted theft led to fatal shooting

  Great Canadian Midway / Gouveia, Roy
• Widow shocked by $400 in hospital fines and charges : Niagara Health says it's already in process of trying to waive fee

  Watson, Florence Shawn
• Niagara Falls library patrons eagerly signing up for Summer Reading Club

  Niagara Parks / McDonald's / Zappi's / Wendy's / magical fairy party / Creation Station program / Sciensational Snake Show / Cyber Safety of Seniors
• Brown, Eleanor Daisy (nee Stark)

  includes photo
• BIA meeting a 'gong show' : concerns voiced about budget, direction and business association

  Business Improvement Association / Tartaglia, Carmen/ Tartaglia, Anna / MacDonald, Amanda / Charbonneau, Ron
• 'We were now in two different worlds' : mom gives credit to public health's early psychosis intervention program

  Chamberland, Marie / Chambers, Alison / Niagara Region Public Health's early psychosis intervention program
• Homes forecast remains positive : Niagara bucks trend as prices expected to rise next year

  Zurini, Conrad / Niagara Association of Realtors
• Knights wrap up first half of season : Niagara varsity teams are off until mid-January

  Berg, Madelyn / Prelaz, Colin
• IceDogs try out for Switzerland

  Dionicio, Rodwin
• We already paid development fees on our home

  Bill 23 / More Homes Built Faster Act
• Greenbelt plan must be paused

  Ford, Doug / Stiles, Marit / Schreiner, Mike / Bill 23 More Homes Built Faster Act
• Election lawn signs under scrutiny : ' as annoying as it might be ... to see all the visual pollution it does serve a purpose'

  Matson, Bill
• Unions set to renegotiate after Bill 124's demise : 'this was a very stupid mistake and it's going to cost them'

  Koehnen, Markus / Stewart, Sharleen / DeWaard, Ian / Braley-Rattai, Alison / Stevens, Jennie / Ford, Doug / Ontario Nurses Association
• Capecchi, Alberto

  includes photo
• Taylor, Nellie (nee Boz)

  includes photo
• Wilson, Samuel Keith

  includes photo
• Hodges, Madeline Mary (nee Newman)
• Slater, Jack

  includes photo
• Salvatore, Benito (Ben)

  includes photo
• Riches, Rochelle Dolores

  includes photo
• Bartolini, Doris Eleanor (nee German)

  includes photo
• Kenny, Wayne Elliot

  includes photo
• Jennings, Ruth (nee Wilson)
• Trudel, Henri

  includes photo
• Smith, Violet

  includes photo
• Kovacs, Joseph

  includes photo
• Visca, Maria (nee Cavaricci)

  includes photo
• Beachin, Elizabeth Ann (Betty)

  includes photo
• Schaefer, Tracey Lee

  includes photo
• Pioli, Lucia (nee Di Cienzo)

  includes photo
• Inkol, Myra

  includes photo
• Tribune tournament honours memory of longtime chair : A different kind of court interested Budgell after his day job as family court judge

  Budgell, Lloyd / Welland Tribune Basketball Tournament / Barkovich, Joe / tribute
• No worries about historic event becoming history : First Tribune tournament since 2020 has waiting list of teams

  Welland Tribune Basketball Tournament / Lemon, Ron / Holmes, Mike / Larman, Don / Maltais, Craig / Witlib, John / Watson, Jim / Hurley, T.J. / Bleich, Riley / scholarships
• Lighthouse Festival bringing comedies to Roselawn Theatre starting in June : Five new Canadian stories are on this year's bill

  Lighthouse Festival / Roselawn Theatre
• Sources say IceDogs sale is in the works : Parties refuse comment on whether negotiations are underway

  Burke, Denise / Van Loon, Liam / Burke, Bill / DeDobbelaer, Darren / Niagara IceDogs / Burke, Billy / Burke, Joey / Branch, Dave
• Movie lovers invited to Microcinema Lounge

  Niagara Artists Centre / Microcinema Lounge / Remus, Stephen
• Niagara Falls considering volunteer ant-litter program : initiative would see residents clean up municipal properties

  Chippawa Lions Park / Strange, Mike / Park in the City committee /
• Old buildings live on in photo exhibition : Photographer Sandy Fairbairn captures the changing face of St. Catharines' architecture

  Fairbairn, Sandy / Mahtay Cafe / Gazzola, Bart / photo exhibition
• Budget gets mixed reviews in Niagara : Opposition MPs call pre-election budget 'tone deaf'

  Balsom, Mishka / Go Train / Garden City Skyway / Oosterhoff, Sam / affordable housing / Gates, Wayne
• Niagara Parks expects busy year, hiring 350 workers

  Adames, David / Niagara Parks / job fair
• Comic Con owners purchase Buffalo show

  Dabrowski, Chris / Ponce, James / Nickel City Comic Con
• Soaring retro rock song given new life by former Falls singer : Phil Marinucci gives his '80s tune 'FLY' a new pair of wings

  Marinucci, Phil / 'FLY'
• Mobile market targets 'food deserts' : GROW on the GO aiming to bring healthy food choices directly to communities in need

  Oberlein, Laura / Branscombe, Sherri / Farrell, Pam /
• Government must act to rein in big tech

  tech giants / journalists / reporters
• Permanent status sought for workers : Niagara farms employ about 4,000 migrant workers every summer

  Migrant Workers Alliance For Change / Hussan, Syed / National Farmers Union / Fraser, Sean
• Niagara Catholic board chair doesn't get it

  Huibers, Larry / school board trustees / Stewart, Tom /
• Muslim youth group doing its part to help community

  Ahmadiyya Muslim Group / Khan, Zeryab / Khan, Aalijah / Hassan, Norman / community service
• A deluge of head-scratching moments : Integrity commissioner to give councillors a primer on confidentiality

  Bradley, Jim / Gale, Bob / Sendzik, Walter / Gibbs, Donna / point of order
• Museum putting people in focus : St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre exhibits to focus on past two centuries, including pandemic response

  Powell, Kathleen / renovations
• Numbers show gun violence is on the rise in Niagara : Chief MacCulloch says the crimes are being aggressively investigated

  MacCulloch, Bryan
• 'I lived it. I fought drug addiction' : advocate : Renewed push for emergency declaration over addictions, mental illness, homelessness

  Soos, Steven / Campbell, Wayne (Coun.) / Barnhardt, Daryl / Bradley, Jim
• Niagara moving into red zone : Region among nine public-health regions set for new levels Monday

  Grandma's Basement / Hirji, Mustafa Dr. / variant cases
• Niagara to expand vaccination program : More than 20,000 doses delivered across region, health system reports

  medical first responders / police / firefighters / community health-care workers / dentists / pharmacies / walk-in clinic staff
• Donors provide an assist to local sledge hockey player : Niagara Peninsula Foundation makes generous $2,500 contribution

  Brown, Kaleb / Myers, Chase / Waters, Kevin / Foster, Jack / Gander, Trish / Niagara Peninsula Foundation for Children / Sledge hockey
• IceDogs are limited to a single point : Niagara goes 0-2-1 against three of the league's top teams

  Flores, Owen / LeBlanc, Andrew
• Man, 82, who molested terminally ill grandson placed under house arrest

  Sex offender registry
• Niagara Falls towing company rescues horse trapped in mud

  Vieira, Joe / Regional Towing / Metcalf, Sue / horse rescue
• Mayor calls housing funding 'the kind of opportunity you grab with both hands' : Plan will invest $48.3 million over three years with federal agency helping pick up the tab for 30 per cent of projects

  Siscoe, Mat (Mayor) / Niagara Regional Housing / Canada Mortgage and Housing
• Gateway executive reflects on career : John Osczypko set to retire after more than 20 years at helm: Brian Hutchings taking over

  Osczypko, John / Gateway Residential and Community Support Services Niagara / Hutchings, Brian
• Facing an uncertain future : Historcal buildings on municipal registry must be designated provincially within two years or face removal long wait to join

  Munday, Grant / Neilson, James / Bill 23 / More Homes Built Faster / heritage registry
• Health-care shortages affecting Niagara : Hospital system working on sustainable surgical model to be in place by end of February

  Viljoen, Johan Dr. / Filteau, Lucie Dr. / Du Vall, Don Dr. / anesthesiologist shortage
• CEBL pushes back start of season to June : League reduces number of games to 14 to finish campaign by September

  Niagara River Lions / Canadian Elits Basketball League
• Canucks sniper named December's top rookie : Hebblethwaite averaging more than a point since coming to Niagara

  Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League / Pietrangelo, Frank / Hebblethwaite, Alexander
• Fine line between development, results : IceDogs especially active in trade market in hopes of coming up with winning recipe ingredients

  Castle, Aidan / Dionicio, Rodwin / Fimis, Pano / Flores, Owen
• Those recycled Christmas trees wil help with habitat restoration : Tree collection to run Jan. 9 to 13 on regular garbage day; just place them at the curb

  Rose, Janet / Niagara Region / Brennan, Shirley / Tree Farmers of Ontario / Tovar, Ramon
• Driver gets fine, probation in hit-and-run death

  Wilson, Matthew / Franz, Colleen / Enns, Robert
• Spate of gun crimes continues into new year

  Gun violence
• Mall carjacker placed under house arrest

  Barrett, Michael
• Developer plans 7,000 condo units : Fugiel Group of Companies plans to invest $1,6 billion on various projects in Niagara Falls

  Vacca, Rocky / Fugiel Group of Companies / condo units
• UNESCO designation could help promote region's ancient history : 'It puts your place on Earth into perspective'

  Hartwick, Perry / Niagara Peninsula Geopark / Beamer Memorial / Mountainview / Cave Springs
• Home prices holding steady : Niagara real estate agents look ahead to 'year of recovery'

  Niagara Association of Realtors / Layton, Amy
• Timely article on farming methods

  regenerative agriculture
• Decades-old dream becomes a reality : Niagara Region Transit officially took over bus services Jan. 1

  Stout, Carla / Niagara Region Transit / Siscoe, Mat / Van Vliet, Leo
• Kudos to falls park staff

  Haulage Road / Niagara Parks and Rec
• Region cuts back on debt financing for new projects : 'The numbers are scary,' says Fort Erie mayor as budget approval set for Feb. 23

  Redekop, Wayne (Mayor) / Harrison, Todd
• Lack of leadership is hurting

  Doug Ford government / confusing lockdown rules / shift the blame and responsibility
• Teen Vogue labour writer Kelly speaking at online Brock event : Freelancer plans to discuss work, youth and labour movement

  Kelly, Kim / No Class / Fight Like Hell / Canadian Association of Labour Studies / Black, Simon