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Niagara artists ready to jam for another Local Shindig
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (399+ words) A'night for original Niagara music returns to Niagara Falls on Saturday. From left, Brandon Agnew, Sheri Hawkins, Rita Visser, Rob Burke and Ji Sharp Yehia bring A Local Shindig back to Camp Cataract in Niagara Falls on Saturday night. A…...
Save on gas with these five Edmunds-recommended used plug-in hybrid vehicles
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (144+ words) Small car: 2023-2024 Toyota Prius Prime 2023 Prius Prime estimated price: $30, 000 Compact SUV: 2022-2025 Hyundai Tucson Plug-in Hybrid Average 2022 Tucson Plug-in Hybrid estimated price: $29, 000 Three-row SUV: 2022-2025 Kia Sorento Plug-in Hybrid 2022 Kia Sorento Plug-in Hybrid estimated price: $30, 000 Luxury SUV: 2021-2025 BMW X5 2021 X5 plug-in hybrid estimated price:…...
Canada's Carney isn't having a bilateral meeting with Trump at G7 but says it's not a snub
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (555+ words) Canadian leaders typically get a bilateral meeting with American presidents at summits of the world's leading industrialized democracies, but Carney dismissed any notion of a snub. "I wouldn't take a big message from that," Carney said. "I had seven or…...
Earlier mayor's charity BBQ avoids re-election perception: Diodati
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (321+ words) Instead of being held in September, as was normal, the Niagara Falls event is scheduled for Aug. 9 from noon to 4 p. m. , again on the Montrose Road grounds of St. George Serbian Orthodox Church. Despite the political optics, as campaigning is underway…...
Niagara Falls Today: Young woman dumped in parking lot "like garbage: Crown + Fort Erie woman reunited with aging cat after 12 years
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (275+ words) Brittany Mc Nutt was reunited with her long-lost cat, Bean, Saturday after the 21-year-old calico was surrendered to the Humane Society of Greater Niagara. It is expected to be a cloudy day with a 60 per cent chance of showers in…...
Sounds of summer return to the Fonthill Bandshell
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (778+ words) The 13-week series begins Thursday at Fonthill's Peace Park with The Usual Suspects, a Niagara classic rock band. The 21st season of the Fonthill Bandshell concert series kicks off Thursday. A band of live-circuit veterans with more than a decade of…...
Chiefs rally against separatism in Calgary
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (438+ words) Chiefs from Treaties 6, 7 and 8 gathered in Calgary on Sunday to rally against the Alberta separatist movement. The rally was organized by the Blackfoot Confederacy to help build unity between the tribes and allies. The day began with a pipe ceremony,…...
Solmar Development assures hotel on Rand Estate will be a Ritz-Carlton
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (839+ words) An official of the community told Niagara-on-the-Lake councilliors a relationship with the'global hotel company is set " despite community skepticism suggesting otherwise. Solmar Development Corp. has an agreement with Marriott to have the Ritz-Carlton brand on the proposed five-storey hotel for…...
1 arrested after RIDE checks by St. Catharines beaches
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (147+ words) About 450 vehicles were stopped in the areas around Sunset and Lakeside Park beaches. The Niagara Regional Police Service charged a man with impaired driving following RIDE checks near St. Catharines beaches Saturday. One man was charged with impaired driving and…...
Homeless seniors find privacy, community at Dartmouth pallet shelter village
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (1071+ words) Single-unit pallet shelters " in this case supplied to Nova Scotia by a social enterprise called Pallet " offer shelter to people experiencing homelessness without sacrificing privacy. When David Lague talks about life at Ron Cooper Village, the word he returns to…...