Matthew P. Barker

Visible encampments across St. Catharines have effectively dropped to zero, according to city staff, after a punitive bylaw targeting at-risk populations came into effect late last year.

“We’ll make something really nice, brand new … that’s more affordable for people living downtown,” Mike De Divitiis said of the Thorold project.

DSMAH Children’s Charity will have a tractor trailer load of food to distribute to food insecure families from eight elementary schools across the city

It’s an emotional goodbye as staff and clients of Niagara’s only consumption and treatment site, prepare to close the doors after provincial funding was cut earlier this year.

Thorold councillors were at odds with one another after amendments to accommodate Muslim burial practices at Lakeview cemetery, as some councillors felt approved options fell flat.

With rental fees dropping nationally, the situation locally is more volatile depending on where one lives.

Joe Macoretta, who stepped into the role June 1, said he would have benefitted from the agency’s programs growing up if only he had known about them

Among the fastest growing municipalities in Canada, the city is joining Port Colborne and Niagara-on-the-Like in reducing the number of councillors from eight plus the mayor to six

The UNESCO geopark bid for the Niagara Peninsula moved a step closer toward actualization after unveiling a new Niagara Indigenous trail sign at the historic Brown Homestead.

St. Catharines community centre packed with people as local charity provided access to elementary school families struggling to afford groceries.