The provincial and federal governments announced a joint investment of $538,000 on July 22 through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership to expand a program in Ontario known as the Farmer Wellness Initiative.Â
No partially treated NOTL sewage was dumped into Lake Ontario after any of the torrential downpours so far this summer, a senior Niagara Region official says.
Parks Canada has erected scaffolding around the entrance of the Brock Monument after the Friends of Fort George — the organization that supports the federal body with historic site preservation and interpretation in NOTL — alerted it earlier this month to small pieces of mortar and debris falling from and landing at its base.
Leslie Mann has been building little structures in one way or another since he was a child. What started with locking together Legos and stacking simple toy building blocks eventually turned into a successful adult career in Toronto as an architectural model-maker.
A driver who survived an encounter with a notorious section of Lakeshore Road on July 10 is alive because a tree that killed two people in the last 13 months at its exact
Another shipment of books for school children is set to make its way to Jamaica via Niagara-on-the-Lake, with more than enough reading material to satisfy the young, curious learners who’ll have access to them.
For Niagara 5000 CEO and founder Alana Hurov, bringing some of the rarest cars on the planet to Niagara-on-the-Lake Aug. 9 in a showcase of luxury and awe is more than just a single day of expensive things lining the community’s main drag.
Sheri Durksen says she won’t be silenced. The Niagara-on-the-Lake resident is speaking out with a message of solidarity, love and acceptance after vandals repeatedly damaged and removed Pride flags from the lawn of her Virgil home over the span of a few days.
June’s extreme weather and torrential downpours in Niagara-on-the-Lake have created calls from residents for upgraded municipal infrastructure to protect homes and properties against flash floods.
A new name and a new approach for this year’s Niagara-on-the-Lake Horticultural Society’s garden tour has paid off, say organizers.
Billed as a summer celebration for the whole family, the 2024 edition of the St. Mark’s Anglican Church Cherry Festival on July 6 didn’t disappoint.
Pete Zeppetella rolled into the Niagara Motors third-annual car show in Virgil on July 6 in a 71-year-old, half-finished, custom-made pickup and stole the show.
Striking LCBO workers were out in force on Sunday, July 7 in Niagara-on-the-Lake. A small but vocal group of employees from NOTL and Niagara Falls took to the picket line in front of
A maintenance mishap is being blamed for a natural gas leak on Friday, July 5 on Niagara Stone Road just outside Old Town Niagara-on-the-Lake that sent rotten-egg-smelling fumes into the air for about
The popular idiom “cherry on top” describes something that is already good as even better, or perfect. The folks at St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake couldn’t agree more when it comes to their annual Cherry Festival.
Paddleboarders were off to the races on Saturday, paddles breaking the water of the Niagara River in a quest to be the best.
For a period of time in the late 1800s and into the early 1900s, the government of Canada turned the fort into an installation called Camp Niagara.
Not heavy rain nor extreme heat could prevent Soliel Chauncey and friends, new and old, from having the time of their lives on Sunday at Simcoe Park.
For the first time in Niagara, Niagara-on-the-Lake filmmaker Matt Finlin’s documentary “The Movie Man” will be shown to the public at a special viewing in town at Brockamour Manor on July 8.
The Niagara Regional Native Centre celebrated National Indigenous Peoples Day June 21 with an open-door approach where visitors were expected to simply enjoy a day of socializing and, if so inclined, to take
Strawberries make people happy. While that may or may not be clinically true, the Strawberry Festival at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake on June 22 definitely put smiles on the faces of
The key to any good relationship is communication. Jim Collard, the chair of the Niagara Escarpment Commission, couldn’t agree more. In one of the final acts of his term as head of the
With no official events in town, Soleil Chauncey creates a safe place for Pride Month celebration Soleil Chauncey is going to fill a void in Niagara-on-the-Lake this Sunday, June 23 by hosting
With a big increase in bike sales over this time last year, and a steady stream of needy customers still coming through the doors weekly, Bikes for Farmworkers in Virgil is asking the public to come forward with unwanted and repairable rides.
Willy Wonka would approve of the sweet deal going on at Willow Cakes and Pastries in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Following the storyline made famous by the eccentric chocolate maker of Hollywood lore, the bakery is
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