Oprah Winfrey said yesterday that she will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it "feels right in her bones" after 25 years, and urged viewers not to believe rumours of why she's quitting. "This show has been my life and I love it enough to know when it's time to say goodbye.[...]

Ter verius Black believes in hip-hop gospel so much he sold his first home to get the money needed to start his Christian-themed entertainment company.[...]

I'd like to commend The Standard for publishing the Lest We Forget special edition Nov. 10 dedicated to Remembrance Day to honour those who serve and have served for the freedom of our great country.[...]

The last time the Brock Badgers women's team opened a basketball season with five straight victories, Lauren Stewart was an 18-year-old rookie.[...]

A St. Catharines math teacher is using the Toronto Maple Leafs' dismal season as a learning opportunity for his students. Norbert Preiner's philosophy is when life gives you a lemon of a hockey team, you might as well make mathematical lemonade.[...]

Poetry is a secret hobby of a good number of Niagara Falls residents, a recent contest by The Review revealed. Nicknamed So You Think You Can Rhyme, it is the paper's lighthearted attempt to find an unofficial poet laureate.[...]

Sun Media handicapper Randall the Handle and Sun Media's Rob Longley and Ken Fidlin each has been awarded a fictitious bankroll of $1,000 to start the season.[...]

Regional councillors clashed with their own staff and budget chairman Thursday amid calls for more transparent and public-friendly budgeting.[...]

Christmas is only weeks away, and once again we'd like you to tell us your favourite Christmas memory. It could be about anything that made the day extra-special for you: A tradition, a trip you took, a gift, a visit from a special person.[...]

As the university football national semifinals get underway today, Niagara is well represented. This weekend marks another step toward one university team earning the Vanier Cup. Two bowl games are set for today: The Mitchell Bowl, being played in Kingston, pits the No.[...]

Dozens of people jammed into city council chambers and spilled out into the lobby of city hall Tuesday night to express their opposition to the city’s proposed new animal control bylaw, saying that as it’s written it will create a secretive black market for the selling of exotic animals.

The owner of a derelict property on Queenston Street which has led to a more than 60-signature petition to city hall has been given a month to decide what to do with it.

Kathleen and Bill Thorsen always had a love for older homes. Which is why the Port Colborne couple fell in love with an old stone home at 44 King St. 15 years ago.

Patti Fagan’s Cafe on Main experience is growing. The award-winning entrepreneur is opening a second location in Fonthill on South Pelham Road, a location that will feature the same coffee, food and commitment to culture and the arts that made her first store in Welland such a success.

A feature film currently in production is once again looking for Niagara residents who want the chance to see themselves on the big screen.

Ann McQuillin had seen the movie Twilight three times before she decide she just had to have a replica of the truck driven by lead character Bella Swan. She knew a red, 1953 Chevrolet half-ton with her name on it was out there somewhere.[...]

It's a role Tim McGraw signed to play for the rest of his life -- the husband of a steel-spined southern belle. "I have a wife that runs everything at home," says the 42-year-old country star, who's married to Faith Hill.[...]

With five east Welland schools up in an accommodation review by District School Board of Niagara, parents are making their pleas to keep them open.[...]

Maison Louis Jadot stands out as something of an anomaly from its winemaking contemporaries in the fabled Burgundy region of France. Wine exists primarily on a human scale in Burgundy where small vineyard parcels worked by family operations that produce tiny volumes of wine are the norm.[...]

Sun Media handicapper Randall the Handle and Sun Media's Rob Longley and Ken Fidlin each has been awarded a fictitious bankroll of $1,000 to start the season.[...]

The people who drive the buses already have a union. Now there's a movement afoot to create one for TTC riders. In a week punctuated by token hoarding, a fare hike and a six-hour subway disruption comes the suggestion that a transit users' union is the better way to represent riders' frustrations and interests.

Daniel Sullivan doesn't remember how he got backstage.

If you've been grumbling about the rain these past few days, blame Jutta Mason. She's been praying for it. Her latest triumph: Weather permitting, Dufferin Grove's rinks open this morning, a week earlier than last year.

On those occasions when my friend Christie Blatchford says something particularly ditzy or trips on a sidewalk crack or gets us totally lost whilst driving, I always dryly observe: "You're having a very blonde day."

York University has brought in tough new controls in the wake of a Toronto Star investigation that showed a former student fabricated dozens of its degrees, and another got into Osgoode Hall Law School with a degree purchased from a diploma mill.

The president of the Toronto Blue Jays is the latest from the organization to publicly suggest that pitcher Roy Halladay is not interested in re-signing with the club once his current contract expires at the end of next season.

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have put a stranglehold on the ice dance competition at Skate Canada in Kitchener, Ont.

For a team with glaring defensive issues, Toronto could hardly have done worse than draw Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals on Saturday night on Hockey Night in Canada (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET).

Warned by their coach about a possible letdown after a disappointing road trip, the Toronto Raptors heeded Jay Triano's advice Friday, at least in the first half, and earned a 120-113 victory over the Miami Heat.

Friends, family and well-wishers are set to pay tribute to the memory of a man who some call Canada's first Inuk filmmaker.

The Ottawa Senators appear much improved from last season, but one thing they'll want to replicate from the disappointing 2008-09 campaign is success against the Buffalo Sabres.

Shin-chi's Canoe, a picture book about a little boy leaving home for a residential school, has won the $25,000 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award.

Gilles-Andre Gosselin, a key player in the federal sponsorship scandal, pleaded guilty Friday to several charges related to fraud totalling $655,276.

The Federal Court says the refugee board must reassess the case of a lesbian soldier who deserted from the U.S. army and fled to Canada, saying the board made mistakes in rejecting her bid to seek refugee status.

British musician Billy Bragg belted out labour songs on a cold, rainy picket line outside the Canadian Museum of Civilization Friday, bringing some cheer to workers who have been on strike for nearly two months.

CAA presented the Barrie police with its South Central Ontario School Safety Patrol Program Achievement Award on Friday. The award was given to recognize the department's strong commitment to traffic safety and the hundreds of elementary students involved in the patroller program.[...]

The Drive Test examination centre on Laclie Street in Orillia remains closed as a strike by employees enters its third month. However, on Monday the centre at 520 Byrne Dr. in Barrie will be open for people waiting to take written tests in all licence classes.[...]

Same game, same result for the Crestwood Mustangs and Collingwood Fighting Owls.[...]

It's one thing for Barrie to absorb Innisfil land, quite another to provide services there and pay the bills. So far, the city is on its own for servicing costs toward the provincially mandated transfer of 5,664 acres on Jan.[...]

MIDHURST - The Simcoe County Museum brings the holidays to life this weekend with its Christmas at the Museum event. This 11th annual artisans' sale features 50 regional artists selling unique merchandise.[...]