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Early-pay parking ticket discount survives budget talks - for now  Share Comments 
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St. Catharines' early pay discount for parking tickets remains — for now. St. Patrick's Coun. Heather Foss said getting a parking ticket is bad enough, but giving people a chance to save money by paying up early "is a positive in a negative experience. [more]
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Standard hosts online forum to look at religion and schoolsShare Comments 
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Does the idea of Bibles or other religious items being handed out to school children bother you? Or perhaps you applaud the idea? The Standard is hosting a live online forum Thursday at 8 p.m. on this website, on the distribution of religious materials in public schools. [more]
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Plenty to do on March BreakShare Comments 
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From viewing reptiles to making robots, there's plenty to see and do during March Break. Parents looking for activities for their young ones during the holiday week will have a plethora of local options. [more]
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Two more sentenced over Project O-MercuryShare Comments 
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KARENA WALTER Standard Staff Two Thorold men were led from a courtroom into custody Tuesday, the latest to be sentenced from a massive 2008 drug sweep. Edgar Hill, 48, and Devere Hurley, 44, each pleaded guilty in January to two counts of trafficking crack cocaine. [more]
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Airport expansion plan hits turbulenceShare Comments 
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A multimillion-dollar project to revamp Niagara-on-the-Lake's airport with money from three levels of government could be grounded over a planning dispute, says the head of the Niagara District Airport Commission. [more]
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Blackhawks take it in four  Share Comments 
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JOHN VESSOYAN QMI Agency PORT COLBORNE — The Thorold Blackhawks have swept their way into the second round of the junior B hockey playoffs. Matt Abercrombie had the hat trick and George Dunn and C.J. [more]
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Milne helps Falcons to 3-0 series leadShare Comments 
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There is only one way that Falcons goaltender Matt Milne will get rid of the bad taste in his mouth: He must win. [more]
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Ridley in OFSAA semifinalShare Comments 
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The Ridley College boys basketball team advanced to an Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations A semifinal in Sturgeon Falls Tuesday with a 64-54 quarter-final triumph over Waterford. Earlier, Ridley defeated Queen Elizabeth of Kenora 69-42. [more]
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Birdsall's OT winner gives Flyers SOSSA crownShare Comments 
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NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — The men's figure skating champion in the recent Olympic Winter Games didn't execute this jump, but Melanie Birdsall's overtime winner made sure the Eden Flyers women's hockey team executed a quad Tuesday afternoon at the Virgil Arena. [more]
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OFSAA berth would be icing on the cake for FlyersShare Comments 
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The Eden Flyers didn't have too look very far to find a silver lining following a 5-0 loss to the St. Mike's Mustangs at the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association A/AA hockey final Tuesday at Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre. [more]
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Goalie starts busy week on high noteShare Comments 
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BERNIE PUCHALSKI Standard Staff It's shaping up to be a big week for Justin Nichols. Tuesday, the 14-year-old, Grade 9 goalie backstopped the Denis Morris Redmen boys hockey team to a pair of victories and the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association AAA championship. [more]
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Student slims down food budgetShare Comments 
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Brock University student Rachel Crane figures she might have to scale back on chicken. Meat is expensive, and with a new $7.50 a day food budget, a regular dose of poultry will be out of her price range. [more]
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Expecting union flexibility clearly a Day dreamShare Comments 
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Treasury Board president Stockwell Day seems to want to avoid a major showdown with union big shots heading up Canada's various public sector unions. But there's no way he can. A showdown is inevitable. [more]
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OPP officer shot, killed in rural southwestern OntarioShare Comments 
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A routine attempt to intercept a truck on a rural county road north of here Monday morning turned into a deadly shootout that claimed the life of a 37-year-old OPP constable. Huron OPP Const. [more]
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Rockin' with the wizardShare Comments 
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They've read every Harry Potter book. Multiple times. When 18-year-old Heather Carlson was in elementary school, she pretty much lived and breathed Potter. She memorized Snape's potion speech. [more]
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Mayor's tactic rejectedShare Comments 
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St. Catharines Mayor Brian McMullan's attempt to cut this year's tax increase in half failed Monday night, when his plan to dip into reserves was defeated. City councillors voted 9--4 to reject McMullan's effort to use the city's $613,000 working reserve to reduce this year's tax increase. [more]
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Time to ditch abusive boyfriendShare Comments 
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Dear Robin:I have been with my abusive boyfriend for eight years. Our current problem is that my 22-year-old son broke up with his girlfriend and moved in. My boyfriend calls him names and argues to the point of fist fighting. [more]