Rita Ventresca isn't thrilled at the prospect of sending her daughter to St. Anthony School. Ventresca's daughter already moved from St. Anthony to Mother Teresa four years ago when the Niagara Catholic District School Board rejigged boundaries to adjust for the new Mother Teresa.[...]

Memories of the West Park senior girls basketball team's season are still fresh and Faryn Starrs has already made the transition to volleyball. It's after school at West Park Secondary School and the 17-year-old St.[...]

Governor Simcoe Secondary School graduate Lauren Buschmann was named the University of Vermont female student of the week.[...]

Twelve Mile Creek turned into a bathtub Monday after the Decew Falls power station shut down for repairs. Normally, hydro generation swells the creek by 240 cubic metres of water — enough to fill a couple of backyard swimming pools — every second.[...]

With a freshly stocked and painted boutique only days old, Cheri O'Reilly-Ventresca is feeling upbeat about her second foray into retail business.[...]

An annual general meeting 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.[...]

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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.[...]

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

The Heart and Stroke Foundation is recruiting teams to participate in Niagara Falls' annual Big Bike events Apr. 27 at Boston Pizza on Morrison Street and Apr. 28 at Casino Niagara and the Fallsview Casino Resort.[...]

Dozens of people jammed into city council chambers and spilled out into the lobby of city hall Tuesday night to express their opposition to the city’s proposed new animal control bylaw, saying that as it’s written it will create a secretive black market for the selling of exotic animals.

The owner of a derelict property on Queenston Street which has led to a more than 60-signature petition to city hall has been given a month to decide what to do with it.

Kathleen and Bill Thorsen always had a love for older homes. Which is why the Port Colborne couple fell in love with an old stone home at 44 King St. 15 years ago.

Patti Fagan’s Cafe on Main experience is growing. The award-winning entrepreneur is opening a second location in Fonthill on South Pelham Road, a location that will feature the same coffee, food and commitment to culture and the arts that made her first store in Welland such a success.

A feature film currently in production is once again looking for Niagara residents who want the chance to see themselves on the big screen.

Tribune Staff PELHAM — South Niagara is .667 from the floor when it comes to sending senior girls basketball teams to provincial championships.[...]

BERND FRANKE Tribune Staff WELLAND — Pucks aplenty found the back of the net Sunday night, when Welland Arena hosted regular-season action in junior B hockey .[...]

BERND FRANKE Tribune Staff PORT COLBORNE — Sunny skies and a continuation of unseasonably mild weather top today's forecast for south Niagara. There's also a strong possibility of flying footballs — lots of 'em — in Port Colborne shortly after today's 2 p.[...]

WELLAND — Welland Hospital Foundation's Tree of Giving campaign dimmed a bit as someone stripped the Christmas tree of its bulbs last week. Security at the hospital discovered the theft during a patrol last Wednesday at 10 p.[...]

PORT COLBORNE — Pat Scholfield wants to know how long Port Colborne's urgent care centre will be open on 24-7 basis. She wants to know if more staffing and program cuts will be made at the hospital in the years to come.[...]

It was a flicker in the peripheral vision of many. For one mother, it was a moment never to be forgotten.

Accused double murderer Christopher Little apparently drugged and then sexually assaulted his wife Julie Crocker while she was unconscious, a court document says.

If you are looking for a cause, Wendy Babcock is your woman.

A traffic circle at a west-end intersection with stop signs on all four sides creates confusion and makes accidents more likely.

Gerald and Kimberly Lizano-Sossa from Costa Rica. Mathew Nguyen from France. Rawad Reda from Lebanon. Sarah Leonty from St. Lucia.

If 19-year-old John Tavares is the New York Islanders' Butch Cassidy, his older teammate Matt Moulson has played a competent sidekick role of the Sundance Kid.

The innocuous comment by Paul Beeston about Roy Halladay's future with the Toronto Blue Jays generated plenty of reaction but it was nothing new, and nothing the public hasn't known since July.

Dwayne Roloson made a career-high 58 saves and Josh Bailey scored 4:18 into overtime as the New York Islanders beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Monday.

Juno Award-winning artist Haydain Neale of the R&B band Jacksoul died Sunday at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital after a private, seven-month battle with lung cancer.

Four Toronto-area men have been charged with kidnapping in relation to the robbery of a tractor-trailer full of alcohol in Ottawa in July.

Facing a two-goal deficit heading into the third period, the Senators rallied and gave Mike Fisher the chance to play overtime hero as Ottawa beat the Washington Capitals 4-3.

An Ontario woman convicted of killing her four-month-old son after a now-disgraced pathologist concluded the child's death was suspicious should be acquitted of infanticide, both the Crown and defence say in new court filings.

At least 1,000 Nortel employees in Ottawa alone are expected to receive job offers from the company that successfully bid for Nortel's optical networking and carrier ethernet businesses.

Ottawa transit riders should pick up new timetables, as OC Transpo is making changes to its routes and schedules starting Saturday. It is also adding new park-and-ride lots in Orleans East and Riverside South.

Four Toronto-area men have been charged with kidnapping in relation to the robbery of a tractor-trailer full of alcohol in Ottawa in July.

An inquest into the death of an Owen Sound man who drowned in Collingwood Harbour more than five years ago began Monday. Donald Buckton died on May 28, 2004, after he fell into the water while trying to fill a tanker truck.[...]

SPRINGWATER TWP. — There is good economic news today for the village of Elmvale. Glueckler Metal Inc., which machines steel components for the automotive and heavy trucking industries, has purchased the former Transcontinental Bayweb property at 13 William St.[...]

MISSISSAUGA - A toddler who died after falling some 15 metres over a railing at Pearson International Airport wiggled out of his mother's arms as she turned her attention to her other child, police said Monday.[...]

Progressive Conservative MPP Jim Wilson (Simcoe-Grey) introduced legislation today that would end the 14 week old strike between DriveTest and its 600 employees. The bill passed First Reading by a vote of 14-0, with Liberal and NDP MPPs abstaining.[...]

What's on at council tonight: * Gayle Rushton of the Earth Hour Festival committee will make a certificate presentation to the city.[...]