Local pear growers left without a market for their fruit upon the closure of CanGro Foods won’t be left in the cold. But their fruit will. The Tender Fruit Producers Marketing Board has received a federal grant worth $110,000 to rent a cold storage facility in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ultimately [...]

The province needs an economic plan for agriculture in Niagara, says the MPP for Niagara West-Glanbrook. Tim Hudak shared his thoughts this week on how Queen’s Park can devise one for local grape and tender fruit growers, farming in perpetuity and uncertainty in the province’s greenbelt. “If [...]

A lot can happen in a year. Or not much if you happen to be the former city hall in Thorold. A year after city council voted against moving back to 8 Carleton St. and turned down a proposal to turn the old administrative building into seniors housing, [...]

A two-week strike at Horizon Utilities Corp. has ended, the company announced Friday. A deal between the company and the International Association of Electrical workers was struck in the early morning hours Friday. Details of the contract were not released. Poor labour relations were at the root of [...]

ARLINGTON, Va. — Keith Aucoin signed a two-year contract with the Washington Capitals Thursday. The 29-year-old Aucoin had five goals and eight assists with the Carolina Hurricans last season. He split the season between Carolina and the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League.

While the partisan crowd at Bill Burgoyne Arena was on the edge of their collective seats, Zach Bowen was relishing every second. With members of the Six Nations Arrows buzzing around his crease, popping shots from just about every angle, the St. Catharines Athletics goaltender was just as [...]

Thorold's Confederation Heights will be wired once again. The Standard learned Wednesday that city council decided during an in-camera meeting last week to pull the plug on a one-year pilot project with ReliaClear Canada Inc. to provide free wireless broadband Internet service to the neighbourhood. Mayor Henry [...]

Niagara’s police board won’t join a proposed joint committee with the Region to oversee plans for future police buildings. Top regional officials met with their police board counterparts June 10 to try to resolve wrangling over who is in charge of plans for new police buildings, including a proposed [...]

Niagara is in the running for a taste of the quintessential hockey battle — Canada versus Russia. The Niagara IceDogs believe they are one of two Ontario Hockey League Eastern Conference teams still in the hunt to host one of two games of the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge. [...]

Thorold’s Confederation Heights will be wired once again. The Standard learned Wednesday that city council decided during an in-camera meeting last week to pull the plug on a one-year pilot project with ReliaClear Canada Inc. to provide free wireless broadband Internet service to the neighbourhood. Mayor Henry D’Angela [...]

The CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats have added former Blessed Trinity player Andre Sadeghian to the team’s development roster. Sadeghian, a six foot, 222-pound native of Mississauga, was chosen by the B.C. Lions in the third round of the 2007 CFL Canadian draft. The McMaster product had three carries for [...]

Michelle Fazzari of the Brock Wrestling Club won the 59-kilogram division at the international Canada Cup wrestling meet in Guelph. St. Catharines native Lindsay Rushton, now wrestling in Guelph, won the 48-kilogram division. Brock’s Alana King was second. Other Brock wrestlers placing second were Beamsville native Chris Laverick [...]

For the love of the Game, Part 2. Last week, we featured the thoughts of longtime baseball lovers Terry O'Malley, John Belford and Doug Hobbs on why they love baseball. We'll conclude this baseball love-in with a few more musings from Mark Walters, Ron Zimmerman, Ellen Harrigan [...]

There might never have been a better moment in history to become a free agent in the NHL. Roughly $400 million was given out on the first day of free agency to a group of players that wasn't considered very deep heading in. Consider, as well, that [...]

Sandra McIntyre has been waiting her whole life to be an official Canadian citizen -- she just didn't know it. A so-called "border baby," she's lived in Niagara Falls since she was three days old and only recently found out she wasn't a formal Canadian. "I'm 61 [...]

The Ontario Provincial Police’s eye in the sky circled over Niagara this weekend, catching two drivers going 50 kilometres over the speed limit. But the long weekend that wasn’t really a long weekend was relatively quiet in this region for the OPP, which was making its presence known. [...]

A St. Catharines driver tried to jump the Homer Bridge Tuesday while it was being raised, police say. When the driver realized the attempt was failing, he escaped from the car before it plunged into the Welland Canal. The canal was closed for several hours so the [...]

Life isn’t exactly a bowl of cherries for Beth Secord. Sure, it’s cherry season — the first in a succession of tree fruit harvests this summer in Niagara. But Mother Nature has dealt a blow to the Fonthill cherry grower and caused a mild case of [...]

The first in a five-part series It's one of the greatest myths to deceive Canadians. While other parts of the world watch their lands dry out and their taps run dry, Canadians rest comfortably in the belief that we possess 20 per cent of the world's freshwater supplies. [...]

Ontario residents filing human rights complaints will have faster service and access to free legal support as a result of changes to the province's Human Rights Code taking effect today. "We're bringing human rights protection into the 21st century," said Attorney General Chris Bentley. "We're making sure that [...]