The level of stress and depression in society is continually increasing. By 2020, depression is expected to be the second-leading cause of death and disability in Canada, said Welland psychiatrist Dr. Thoppil Abraham. But in Welland, he said stress levels will likely increase dramatically for many people. [...]

Bill and Kim Duffin are trying to move about 50 tons of pears in the local fresh fruit market. They're looking for people to buy bags, baskets or bushels of pears they have just taken off trees in orchards behind Duffin Appleworks Farm Market and Bakery on Rice [...]

Welland Mayor Damian Goulbourne is not ready to concede the loss of another major Niagara industry in his community. Goulbourne spoke to The Tribune outside regional council chambers Thursday night prior to addressing his political peers on the announced closure this week of John Deere Welland Works. [...]

Does Port Colborne have what it takes to become Ontario's first Fair Trade City? Jane Nigh thinks so, but she needs to hear from the community. Nigh, who manages the Ten Thousand Villages store, has arranged a public meeting to gauge the community's interest in making Port [...]

Tribune Staff WELLAND It’s been a tough year for the Welland Chiefs. They struggled through the Niagara District Baseball Association senior men’s league regular season, lost in the first round of the league playoffs, and stumbled at the Ontario Baseball Association championships. But [...]

Kudos to the Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey Conference for beginning to give the ticket-buying public some value for their dollars in the form of closure. Instead of leaving an arena unsatisfied after witnessing a, yawn, tie game, which is sports’ equivalent to ripping through a mystery novel only to [...]

BY JOHN VESSOYAN Tribune Staff WELLAND Jordy Atkinson has a sore shoulder, but that pain doesn’t quite compare to the pain in his heart right now. The longtime Welland Junior Canadians forward and tough guy has decided to end his junior B hockey career [...]

Tribune Staff VINELAND John White of Beechwood carded nines of 35 and 38 for a one-stroke victory at the eighth stop of this summer’s Niagara District PGA Molsons Challenge Cup. Three golfers finished Thursday’s event at Twenty Valley in a tie for second: Mike Strugar, [...]

By WAYNE REDSHAW For the Tribune VINELAND The field is set for the 59th renewal of the Walt McCollum Niagara District Champion of Champions this Sunday at Twenty Valley and among the 68 qualifiers are nine former champions. In fact, four of the [...]

PELHAM Bill and Kim Duffin are trying to move about 50 tons of pears in the local fresh fruit market. They’re looking for people to buy bags, baskets or bushels of pears they have just taken off trees in orchards behind Duffin Appleworks Farm Market and [...]

WELLAND The level of stress and depression in society is continually increasing. By 2020, depression is expected to be the second-leading cause of death and disability in Canada, said Welland psychiatrist Dr. Thoppil Abraham. But in Welland, he said stress levels will likely increase dramatically [...]

PORT COLBORNE Does Port Colborne have what it takes to become Ontario’s first Fair Trade Town? Jane Nigh thinks so, but she needs to hear from the community. Nigh, who manages the Ten Thousand Villages store, has arranged a public meeting to gauge the [...]

PELHAM St. Alexander Catholic School in Fonthill will celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend with a three day celebration. The excitement has already begun, says new principal Irene Ricci. "We're off to a great start, kids are smiling and everyone is happy to be back," she said [...]

OTTAWA Sources tell The Canadian Press that Prime Minister Stephen Harper will launch a federal election campaign on Sunday with a visit to the Governor General. Harper will meet with Michaelle Jean at 9 a.m. ET and ask her to dissolve Canada's 39th Parliament, with an election to [...]

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE A 10-year-old girl has been killed after being hit by a trolley bus, report police. On Wednesday, Sept. 3 at about 8 p.m., members of the Niagara Regional Police Service, Niagara-on-the-lake Fire Department and the Niagara Emergency Medical Service responded to reports of a collision between [...]

GONAIVES, Haiti Haiti's death toll from tropical storm Hanna has more than doubled to 61, reports The Associated Press. Haiti's Civil Protection Department says flooding is responsible for most of the deaths in the impoverished country, reports The AP. A department spokesman said 21 of the deaths [...]

Dan Degazio had been feeling pretty good about the city recently. Atlas Steels' old melt shop will soon be fired up again by MMFX Technologies, and several other industries have moved into the site of the defunct steel plant. Elsewhere in the city, other new industries are [...]

This year's Food Festival will be full of flavour. Niagara Food Festival has "grown this year, everyone wants to jump on board," said event co-ordinator Jane Thompson. "The support from people in the region has been amazing." The festival, which will run from Friday, Oct. 3 [...]

John Deere employees should not hold out any hope that Deere and Co. will reverse its decision to close the Dain City plant. Ken Golden, director of public relations for the company, said comments made by "people in the public" that "things might somehow be turned around" are [...]

WELLAND It may be too little and too late to help John Deere. But Welland city councillors hope that a motion passed at Tuesday night’s meeting will help protect local jobs in the future. Council added its support to a motion originally developed by [...]