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.[...]

Maybe his Canadian citizenship is kicking in, but the soft sell approach Niagara Casinos president Art Frank is using seems like a sign of how polite he is.[...]

The unmistakable sound of winter in Canada – metal cutting into ice – will blend with the roar of Niagara Falls Wednesday when the Rink at the Brink opens.[...]

A 19-year-old St. Catharines man had to be extricated from his vehicle early Tuesday morning after it failed to negotiate a curve and slammed into a tree. The single-vehicle accident occurred at about 2:40 a.[...]

Skills Canada - Ontario is hosting a networking dinner on Nov. 26, at the Parkway Quality Inn and Convention Centre at 327 Ontario St., in St. Catharines.[...]

Justice Minister Rob Nicholson has introduced new legislation that would require Internet service providers to report child pornography to police. Those who don't, could be looking at heavy fines and possible jail time.[...]

Legendary rockers STYX and the Canadian group Glass Tiger will take to the stage on New Year's Eve in Niagara Falls. The Niagara Parks Commission released its lineup for the popular, televised concert Tuesday afternoon.[...]

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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.[...]

The federal government has set aside $160,000 to help preserve historic collection that has local and national significance.[...]

An Oshawa truck driver is facing smuggling charges stemming from an incident at the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge on Monday. Canada Border services Agency officials say they discovered 77 cartons of cigarettes inside a a truck sent for secondary inspection.[...]

A heated domestic dispute at a Portage Road motel in Chippawa Sunday night resulted in a man being stabbed in the back with a steak knife. Niagara Regional Police Staff Sgt. Shawn Clarkson said the incident took place at about 7 p.[...]

What's going on in Niagara? Upcoming bazaars Nov. 27 Fort Erie Garden Club bake sale at Royal Bank on Jarvis Street, beginning 9 a.m. Nov. 28 Southminster United Church turkey dinner, 5:30 p.m. at 6801 Hagar Ave.[...]

Holding annual general meetings could help the Niagara Parks Commission regain the public's confidence, a government report says. It's an idea chairman Jim Williams said he pitched when consultants prepared the report in the spring.[...]

The YMCA has quite a quandary on its hands. Local resident Chuck Antonio has decided to start a petition demanding the Y give seniors a 10% discount for memberships. The basis of his argument is that seniors at most businesses are granted discounts.[...]

Rex avoided capture and eluded many searchers in his 17 days on the lam. But in the end, he knew when it was time to come home. On Nov. 4, the Rhodesian ridgeback bolted from his owner, Ernest Biktimirov, after both were struck by a vehicle at White Oaks Conference Resort and Spa.[...]

The province has purchased more than 200 additional hospital ventilators to prepare for a possible increase in critical-care patients during the H1N1 outbreak.[...]

The intellectual Olympics are coming to Brock University. Brock announced last week that it won a bid to host the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in spring 2014 -an annual meeting of thousands of academic minds from across Canada.[...]

The Niagara Health System returned to regular practices Monday with the lifting of visiting and building entrance restrictions that were put in place during the height of the H1N1 flu pandemic.[...]

While Conservative goons are busy smearing the whistle-blowing diplomat who touched off the Afghan torture fiasco, federal lawyers have apparently gagged, intimidated and otherwise convinced dozens of other key officials to keep quiet.[...]