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Niagara Region Public Health using text messaging to reach positive cases and close contacts

To reach positive COVID-19 cases and their close contacts, Niagara Region Public Health has started using a text messaging service. The messages will go out to individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 or who have been identified as close contacts. Those who have tested positive will be directed to a web-based form where they […]

Trae Bell-Haynes Re-signs with the River Lions

The Niagara River Lions announced today that 25-year-old Trae Bell-Haynes will return for the 2021 season. Bell Haynes is currently playing for the Hakro Merlins Crailsheim of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), Germany’s top tier professional league.  Prior to Bell-Haynes professional career, the 6’2″ point guard spent all four years of college basketball with the University of Vermont, […]

All COVID-19 outbreaks at Niagara Health are over

The end of two outbreaks at the Niagara Health Welland Site means there are currently no COVID-19 outbreaks at Niagara Health. COVID-19 outbreaks on the Fourth-Floor Unit and the Extended Care Unit, a long-term care home, were declared over today. The outbreaks were declared over after 14 days of enhanced monitoring of patients, residents and […]

St. Catharines planning virtual Family Day events

Due to COVID-19, the City has moved online with the 2021 Family Day celebrations. The museum will run several virtual activities on Family Day live on its Facebook page.  St. Catharines Aquatics will present a series of water-themed, at home experiments. On Friday the City will launch the first of its StayActiveSTC Challenge series, utilizing the […]