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YMCA bike giveaway  Share  
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For Wade Pfaff, the rows of bicycles are more than just a collection of wheels, cables and metal. They’re a door to a new future. Pfaff, along with Danny Okito, Brad Valstar, James Hallady and Kenroy Watson, were all unemployed and had trouble finding work. [more]
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No severance pay riles workers of doomed plant  Share 
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NIAGARA FALLS — The courts might have to sort out the issue of severance pay for workers who lost their jobs at the Edscha plant in Niagara Falls. [more]
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Border officials lauded for largest cocaine seizure  Share 
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FORT ERIE — Border security officers in Fort Erie have earned the thanks of the federal government for their role in what’s being called the largest cocaine seizure at the Canadian side of the Niagara border. [more]
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Reality cooking show debuts Sunday  Share 
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A reality cooking show shot in Niagara will take to the airwaves Sunday night. Pressure Cooker, shot last year at Niagara College’s Niagara Culinary Institute, will premiere Sunday at 6 p.m. on SUN TV. [more]
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Innovative clinic training new doctors  Share 
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A medical clinic on Ontario Street has become part of the effort to train new doctors locally — doctors many hope will stay in the region to practice medicine. [more]
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Farmers, businesses hoping for more sunny days  Share 
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The rain pouring down on Niagara lately has meant one thing to Bruce Dressel’s camping business: Less cash flow. This week, soft, rain-soaked soil forced Dressel to temporarily shut down more than half of the 110 sites he operates at Dressels Jordan Valley Campground. [more]
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MacDonald wrestles way to world championships  Share 
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And then there were three. By virtue of Evan MacDonald’s victory over Matt Gentry Friday in a wrestle-off in Guelph, the Brock Wrestling Club will have three athletes competing at the world championships Sept. [more]
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Hudson relishes time with Ticats  Share 
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A familiar figure was not in the lineup when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats hosted the Toronto Argonauts in their CFL home opener on Canada Day. Ten-year CFL veteran George Hudson Jr. didn’t dress for the hometown squad. [more]
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Niagara Academy joins effort to save NDSS  Share 
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Lezlie Murch is trying to help Niagara District Secondary School row, tackle, putt and score its way to survival. [more]
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Local literacy programs get some help  Share 
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Santo Scalla remembers the articulate student well. She was a strong speaker with passable writing skills. But numbers were more of a challenge. [more]
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Thorold CAO leaves for post with Region  Share 
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Add chief administrative officer to the list of job openings with the City of Thorold. Mike Weir, who has been Thorold’s CAO since 2004, is moving to an office across the Schmon Parkway to serve as the Region’s director of administration. [more]
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Powerful sedative found in Jackson's home: official  Share 
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The sedative Diprivan has been found in Michael Jackson’s home, a law enforcement official said in Los Angeles today, according to the Associated Press. Diprivan is an anesthetic widely used in operating rooms to induce unconsciousness. [more]
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Police target unsafe cars  Share 
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The green Mazda Protege had a leaking gas tank, a seized emergency brake and a cracked windshield. It also had a sheepish driver who was pulled over driving with expired licence plates Friday. “Unsafe cars, unsafe drivers. [more]
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Gaming in the third dimension  Share 
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? My first-ever 3-D movie experience was a revival screening of The Creature from the Black Lagoon that my mom took me to as a kid. [more]
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Making the best of a bad break  Share 
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Three days before leaving to try out for Canada's junior volleyball team, Josh Lichty's hopes were dealt a crushing blow. The 20-year-old St. [more]
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Thorold waves victory flag in patriotism battle  Share 
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Thorold is proclaiming victory in the flag-waving patriotism battle, and it already has the logo to back it up. The emblem declar ing Thorold Canada's Most Patriotic City was designed three months ago, complete with a Welland Canal ship, Canadian flag and a Mountie, to boot. [more]
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St. Catharines singers wow Carnegie Hall  Share 
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On June 6, the Distinguished Concerts Orchestra International and Distinguished Concerts Singers International, comprised of more than 600 auditioned chorus members from across the country, including the Chapel Singers of St. [more]
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Kid gets grown-up award  Share 
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When Mark McKinney found out he would be this year's recipient of the Banff World Television Festival's Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award, a small part of him panicked. [more]
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Agency hunting plum pox  Share 
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Don't be alarmed if you happen to notice someone peering over your backyard fence, eyeing your fruit tree suspiciously. Chances are it's an inspector from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. [more]
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Building bodies and minds -- with a ribbon  Share 
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For Nota Klentrou, rhythmic gymnastics is much more than tumbling with a pretty ribbon. It's about helping kids build a better future for themselves. "You can just tell you are really making a difference," said the professor of physical education and kinesiology at Brock University. [more]
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