St Catharines News Archives

Unknown Paige Peressotti, the curator for the Niagara Youth Gallery at the Niagara Falls Art Gallery, shows the winning works, Tess Millar's Cheap Imitation and Kristina Shostak's Untitled.

Important issues unresolved while government debates The Lord's Prayer and gender surgery The symptom is arrogance -- the desire to fix things that ain't broke, just because they can.

PM tours region today Posted By GRANT LaFLECHE Today, for the first time in more than 20 years, a sitting prime minister is visiting the Garden City without an election to fight.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper waves to a crowd of Conservative Party supporters at a stop in St.

About Face, a short film about an office worker whose social networking site comes to life with awkward consequences, will show in the comedy program of the Worldwide Short Film Festival.

Tourism leaders like call to repeal sales tax Posted By JENNIFER PELLEGRINI Niagara tourism industry insiders say they support John Tory and Tim Hudak's call for the government to repeal the provincial sales ...

"As Premier Dalton McGuinty brought his "sell Ontario" road show to businesses and to students here yesterday, home issues were on the minds of expatriate Canadians in attendance.

Canadian Auto Workers members have ratified a new collective agreement with Chrysler, wrapping up its 2008 round of negotiations with the Big Three.

Unknown Anthony Divizio shows off his hair-cutting skills by giving cousin Fred Piergentilli a little trim.

“But if you look out 31 2 years, his successor will not have an easy job.”

Buzz Hargrove went out on a high note yesterday, calling the last agreements he will negotiate with the Detroit Three win-win for the unions and the companies. via Globeinvestor.com

Catharines, Ont., man was released from jail just one day after admitting he killed a woman and dumped her body on a rural road. via The Globe and Mail

“We're hoping to get it done some time overnight”

The Canadian Auto Workers extended contract talks with Chrysler Canada Inc. and General Motors of Canada Ltd. via Globeinvestor.com

Premier Dalton McGuinty says Ontario will give General Motors more money for new projects, despite thousands of layoffs announced by the automaker. via The Toronto Star

“We have worked extensively with our labour and government partners but have been led to the unavoidable conclusion that there are no available replacement products in the relevant time frame for this location”

"We have worked extensively with our labour and government partners but have been led to the unavoidable conclusion that there are no available replacement products in the relevant time frame for this ... via Globeinvestor.com

“This trip is vital to our obligation of stewardship of those ships.”

"One of Canada's newest warships is going to help scientists and marine archeologists conduct the most detailed survey so far on two War of 1812 ships sunk in Lake Ontario. via The Toronto Star

Armenian National Committee of Canada Comité National Arménien du Canada 130 Albert St., Suite/Bureau 1007 Ottawa, ON KIP 5G4 Tel./Tél. 235-2622 Fax/Téléc. 238-2622 ... via Groong Armenian News Network

“There was no question. I had to be part of this. But to my surprise my wife, Marilyn, who has never been interested in motorcycling, wanted to join me!”

It was blistering hot and members of the Toronto motorcycle club Yids on Wheels, or YOW, who have come to the Jewish homeland to celebrate its 60th anniversary as a state, had pulled into this idyllic Dead Sea ... via Calgary Herald

“The three parish properties will be jointly managed and administered by a committee consisting of one representative of the withdrawing members of St. George's, St. Hilda's, and Good Shepherd, and the Diocesan Administrator for each parish”

- Three breakaway southern Ontario Anglican parishes won't get to take their churches with them, says an Ontario Superior Court justice.

However, Justice J.A. Milanetti, in a decision released Monday, ruled that the withdrawing members of the three parishes must share the parishes with Anglican Diocese of Niagara.

St. Hilda's in Oakville, St. George's in Lowville and Good Shepherd in St. Catharines have all left the Anglican Church of Canada.

They are now aligned with the more conservative Anglican Network in Canada. Read more

Five Canadian dogs were inducted into Purina's Canadian Animal Hall of Fame in Toronto Monday for their courage, loyalty and life-saving heroics. via Daily India

“The community owes Sher and his editors its gratitude for documenting a problem that affected the lives and health of thousands of people.”

An investigative series that revealed elevated amounts of lead pouring from the taps of thousands of homes and brought sweeping changes to the way Ontario protects drinking water yielded the top prize of ... via CBC News

Media Advisory - Ontario to announce grant to Children's Safety Village WELLAND, ON, May 1 /CNW/ - Transportation Minister Jim Bradley will announce the award of a grant to the Niagara Region Children's Safety ... via Canada NewsWire