NDP Wayne Gates was sworn into office on March 17, along with members of Provincial Parliament from across Ontario. He was the top vote-getter at four of NOTL's six polling stations, with some of his biggest support coming from voters at the NOTL community centre.
The Shaw's executive director Tim Jennings outlined the festival's plans for 2025, including the rebuilding of the Royal George Theatre on Queen Street, set to be done by 2028.
Trade standards need to be aligned, inspections streamlined and rules standardized, to cut red tape, lower costs and improve efficiency and competitiveness, says the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce. CEO Mishka Balsom says Niagara-on-the-Lake residents can help: “I think Niagara-on-the-Lake has a wealth of local products and local businesses to support. We consciously can go out and make those choices.”
“We live in a wine community — we welcome any additional winery or brewery into the community,” said one person who lives across the street from Harvest Barn, renamed Alitura four years ago.
"I would like the outcome of me winning this award to highlight the needs that are in our community," Dorothy Soo-Wiens said. "Every kind gesture that is done makes a bigger impact on your community."
Patrolling officers arrested a 17-year-old and a 19-year-old who were sleeping in a minivan in a plaza on York Road and Glendale Avenue. Police say it was stolen from St. Catharines.
"It's sort of surreal that what started as a small monthly newspaper in 2018 has evolved into Canada's most-awarded newspaper," said Lake Report founder and editor-in-chief Richard Harley.
With sights set on the Olympics, Peyton Leigh is taking her talents to the University of Miami.
The 17-year-old swimmer from Holy Cross Secondary School...
