http://www.stcatharinesstandard.caRecent Local Newsen-usCopyright: (c) 2008 www.stcatharinesstandard.ca, All rights reserved.http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127297There’s a long-standing joke in the planning profession. According to Tom Smart, it goes like this: urban planners cut down trees and hope someone names a road after them. But Glen Barker, who spent his career helping design neighbourhoods throughout Niagara, wasn’t about to settle for a road [...]Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:15:00 GMThttp://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127297http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127295 If it wasn’t for the tree trimmers, things could have been much worse. Powerful winds and marble-sized hail battered parts of Grimsby Tuesday night, flooding streets and knocking down trees. A large maple tree crashed onto a house on Kingsway Boulevard, and downed trees [...]Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:07:00 GMThttp://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127295http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127293 What was promising to be a profitable year for tender-fruit grower Murray Puddicombe, quickly turned into a break-even year overnight. A hail storm late Tuesday tore through the Winona grower’s 160-acre main property, smashing limbs of cherry trees, shredding grape vines and leaves, and puncturing [...]Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:55:00 GMThttp://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127293http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127289 Grape price negotiations broke down this week between Ontario grape growers and wineries, forcing the two sides to take their dealings to a third-party arbitrator. The Grape Growers of Ontario want to see wine grape prices per tonne increase or remain the same, depending on [...]Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:39:00 GMThttp://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127289http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127287John Latham vividly recalls being 13 and going on a call with his dad, Dr. Harold Latham, Lincoln’s chief coroner. The body was in rough shape. The woman had been elderly and circumstances had caused her fluids to drain. It was so graphic, even police blanched and refused to [...]Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:21:00 GMThttp://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127287http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1126868Natalie Lambert’s crew could see Toronto’s CN Tower in the distance when they pulled the 14-year-old out of the water to face a harsh reality: she wasn’t going to swim across Lake Ontario after all. The Kingston girl began her attempt at 7:23 a.m. Tuesday, pushing off the [...]Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:33:00 GMThttp://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1126868http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127259The threatened closure of a St. Catharines ice surface may lead to permanent changes in the city’s hockey landscape. St. Catharines city councillors voted this month to ask all five of the groups operating boys’ minor hockey programs in the city to join together as a single entity to [...]Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:10:00 GMThttp://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127259http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127141Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain Wednesday resulted in the suspension of play at the Golf Association of Ontario’s junior boys championship at the Whitevale Golf Club in Whitevale. Play will resume Thursday and the low 60 players and ties will advance to the third round Thursday afternoon. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:01:00 GMThttp://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127141http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127046A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for the entire Niagara region by Environment Canada. Persons in or near this area should be on the lookout for adverse weather conditions and take necessary safety precautions. Watch for updated weather alerts. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:35:00 GMThttp://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1127046http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1126951By ROB LONGLEY, Sun Media When the 311-strong Canadian team is marched into Beijing's Olympic Stadium on Aug. 8, a superstar athlete from the Oakville will be leading the way. Adam van Koeverden, the world and Olympic champion kayaker from Oakville, [...]Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:54:00 GMThttp://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1126951