New Coun. Niven, filling a council seat left vacant in September, was formally introduced to the other councillors during Tuesday night's committee of the whole meeting, after already being sworn in earlier this week.
Three of the workers at Chateau des Charmes sit down in the warm October sunshine to talk about the season — they have been in NOTL since March and will be going back home in November.
"Of the numerous benefits offered by mature trees, the one most valued by me is the mental and spiritual well-being that I experience when in the presence of these silent members of our community," writes Win Laar.
"In my book, this tribunal decision must count as a 'win' and flies in the face of an often-repeated suggestion voiced by certain members of the town council that costs associated with going before the tribunal are a waste of money because we’re going to lose," writes Brian Marshall.
Ricky Watson, who edged out James Grigjanis-Meusel by one shot to regain the men's open championship in August, had to beat his golf buddy again to claim the President's Cup.
Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Kaleb Dietsch made his debut as a full-time member of the Ottawa 67’s last Thursday night in St. Catharines before a crowd that included a large contingent of family and friends all there to cheer him on.
"Nobel committees don’t always get things right, but this time they made a spectacular, if controversial, choice," writes Dr. Brown of this fall's Nobel Prize wins in physics and chemistry.
Besides knowing they are good for pies and carving for Halloween, how are you with pumpkin trivia? Joanne Young shares a bounty of fun facts about the fall-time gourd and how it became a part of celebrating spooky season.
In the 75 years the Queenston Volunteer Firefighters Association has been active, it has cumulatively given around $175,000 back to the community through donations.
The 2023 Shark World Championships hosted by the Niagara-on-the-Lake Sailing Club in August of last year has been named winner of Sail Canada’s City of Kingston Regatta of the Year Award.
"If everyone is given permission to remove their mature native trees with such carelessness, then we will continue to see a decline in Niagara’s limited canopies," writes Sean Parkinson.
When it comes to putting your garden to bed for the winter, there are a few things that you can do to help your evergreens make it through the cold weather looking their best.
