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Board chair Danny Di Lorenzo and vice-chair Rhianon Burkholder return to their roles for a third consecutive year.

Developers will see an increase of 19.5 per cent in residential and non-residential charges.

Students will get a token to select — and keep — a book written and created by voices from diverse people like those who make up the St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary School community.

In its 2025 real estate outlook, Royal LePage predicted a six per cent rise in the average price of a Niagara home, while Re/Max Canada forecast a more conservative outlook, about two per cent.

With union representing 15,000 Ontario colleges faculty asking for a no-board report and each side blaming the other, negotiators are to meet for non-binding mediation in early January.

Angel, a female Shih Tzu, was found near some railroad tracks in Haldimand County on Thursday evening.

Brock University in St. Catharines expects to go into its 2025-26 budget process with a $10-million deficit, says president Lesley Rigg.

Also, on the weekend agenda ahead of Christmas: last performances of “A Christmas Carol” at Shaw Festival, Cirque du Soleil’s “Ovo” and a poinsettia show.

Niagara College’s research and innovation team has earned a consecutive No. 1 ranking for research funding among Canadian colleges.

“If it wasn’t for the postgraduate work permits eligibility restriction, (our) whole budget situation would look entirely different — both for Niagara College and for colleges across Ontario,” said Niagara College president Sean Kennedy.