By Wednesday afternoon, most of the flooding had receded, but the cleanup, repairs and steps to mitigate such problems when the next storm strikes has only begun.
Since May, the Ibbotson family and a team of volunteers have been searching for Luna the dog, who has been spotted by multiple people around town but hasn't successfully been caught and taken back home.
The St. Davids Lions Club has pulled off its family carnival for a 63rd straight year, and its club president says he could not be happier with the number of people who came out to the village fairgrounds.
Last fall, Dean Pagnotta wrote about these men and women who fought for Canada, each carrying out "a brave and heartfelt job," he wrote in a 335-word essay.
Niagara-on-the-Lake is cramming a lot into one June weekend: strawberry treats, live music, Father’s Day at Fort George and a summer solstice celebration, plus other fun activities.
The curtain falls on the Royal George Theatre. As the final section of its landmark Queen Street facade
comes down, a building woven into generations of Niagara-on-the-Lake memories takes its final bow.
After picking up passengers at Niagara Falls Marriott on the Falls, the bus scheduled to leave NOTL at 11:20 a.m. mistakenly headed toward Pearson before returning to the airport for its pickup.
The developer behind a new St. Davids subdivision came to town with a request to change its plans for a new block of townhouses and was met with disapproval from half of council, with questions about the proposal will impact St. Davids' already-strained stormwater system.
Melanie Farquhar on Johnston Street has watched the shooting of the film adaptation of romance novel "Beach Read" next door for a week. She says it's been a front-row seat to something special.
The program offers municipalities up to 90 per cent funding for eligible projects to support housing, but they must reduce residential development charges by 30 to 50 per cent, or more, for at least three years.
Council backed recommended long-term funding targets, which would mean tax and rate increases over the next five to 20 years in an effort to close that gap.
One councillor questioned how much say the town has when regional work affects local traffic, saying the relationship between the region and NOTL appears to be a “top-down relationship.”
The agency that helps Niagara young people struggling with mental health problems has launched a major new campaign to pay off the mortgage on its headquarters and free up millions of dollars to treat kids at the grassroots level.
Life is busier than ever these days in this part of the province, but for Felicia Izaguirre Werner, the hustle and bustle of Niagara is a welcome sign of how much the place she's from has grown.
A new used bookstore in Virgil is turning readers into donors, with every book, puzzle and game sold helping fund programs for seasonal agricultural workers in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Visitors toured the gardens across Old Town and Queenston, with the biggest draw this year, and a new feature of the tour, being the McArthur Estate's garden.
A rainy Sunday afternoon provided an unlikely backdrop for Antonio Vivaldi's "Spring," as Music Niagara opened its 28th summer festival with a concert featuring emerging Canadian musicians.
The annual Niagara-on-the-Lake versus Vineland farmworkers cricket match washed out Sunday for the first time in its roughly 35-year history, but the rain couldn't stop the good vibes.
The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre has secured a little more than $15,000 to allow dozens of children to attend the centre's summer art camp free of charge.
Summer officially begins on June 21, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. A gathering is set to take place that evening at Ryerson Park, featuring yoga and handpan drumming.
Chautauqua is the winner of the Town of NOTL's Neighbourhood of the Year contest and will host a party supported by the municipality on July 11 in recognition of its win.
Pleasant Manor’s next transformation just got a six-figure push from the community: Two donations totalling $150,000 were presented Friday afternoon for Radiant Care’s planned intergenerational community hub and fitness and wellness centre in Virgil.
The new study will examine issues with flooding and erosion, potentially caused by development and more severe rainstorms as a result of climate change.
The facility would house local fruit and include the sale of agricultural tools and equipment. Neighbours worry the project will lead to more small plots of farmland like it being handed over for commercial use.
For months, Jim Burton and his foundation pushed the town to consider a wider range of possibilities for the site, arguing it should remain a community asset.
Niagara-on-the-Lake's mayor says the conflict of interest that once kept him out of parts of the Rand Estate debate is no longer relevant to the latest development proposal before council.
