Matthew P. Barker

Community Care of St. Catharines and Thorold is anchoring the daylong Great Holiday Food Drive that takes place across the region on Dec. 13.

Although Niagara’s food banks haven’t yet resorted to cutting back on the amount of goods they provide to hungry families and individuals, the threat looms as demand for assistance continues to escalate.

an open letter from St. Catharines’ neighbourhood associations calling for solutions through the Solve the Crisis campaign opposes the use of the notwithstanding clause to evict people from encampments.

Older donors who aren’t tech-savvy “want to put a cheque in the mail — that’s the plan — and they can’t do that because we’re not going to get it,” says Westview Centre 4 Women’s executive director.

Only three holiday specific meals are being offered in downtown St. Catharines. Meanwhile, the Out of the Cold program will continue to serve food during the holidays.

Niagara Centre MPP Jeff Burch chides Premier Doug Ford’s approach to homelessness that suggested people “get an application and drop it off at one of these companies and start working.”

The Great Holiday Food Drive was held across Niagara by Feed Niagara members to help fill their shelves and provide a Christmas to families in need

Parade-goers got to enjoy the many floats, bands and groups that marched in this years Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Christmas Parade.

Dave Bennison dons a historically accurate red and tan-trimmed suit, holding a wooden staff while pointing out facts of the evolution of Santa Claus during tours from a horse-drawn carriage in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

The sister of Johnny Cronkwright took the first swing at the squalid Raymond Street structure on Wednesday before it was reduced to rubble.