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Community outdoor ice rinks welcome skaters

The city of St. Catharines will be opening up three community outdoor ice rinks. Outdoor ice rinks are available at the Port Dalhousie Lions Park (205 Main St.), Partridge Park (101 South Dr.) and St. Patrick’s Park (64 Catherine St) Ice availability and skating conditions are dependent upon the weather. The rinks have been built […]

Universal paid sick days endorsed by Council

St. Catharines City Council endorsed a motion to press the Province for universal paid sick leave. St. Catharines joins the Ontario Medical Association, Ontario Nurses Association and 11 Greater-Toronto-Hamilton-Area Mayors who are all supporting universal sick leave. The move comes as workers not covered by Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit face loss of wages in choosing […]

Museum seeking modern postcards for new exhibit

The St. Catharines Museum will open a new exhibit in spring 2021, that will feature historic postcards. With travel limited due to COVID-19, the hope is to feature resident-submitted postcards from trips anywhere in the globe as a virtual glimpse of travel. Whether the postcard was received in the mail or collected as a souvenir, […]

Two Ontario AHL teams not yet approved to play

Ontario sport minister Lisa MacLeod is not ready to approve AHL play in Ontario. AHL teams in Belleville, Toronto, Winnipeg, Laval, and Calgary will form a Canadian division and only play each other to prevent travel to the U.S. While the U.S. based teams will begin play on Friday, the Canadian teams have not finalized […]

Canada may make Google and Facebook pay for news

The Canadian Heritage Minister is planning on introducing legislation this year to force Google and Facebook to pay for news content they distribute on their platforms. Google and Facebook control between 60 and 90 per cent of the digital advertising market making it difficult for news publishers to attract advertisers. However, news links on both […]