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News organization focusing on Niagara, Ontario. Tweets from website, reporters.

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Ontario electricity rates 2026: Time-of-use hours change this weekend — here's what it means for your hydro bill stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard
Your Ontario electricity bill may change soon – Here's what's happening Nov. 1

Your Ontario electricity bill may change soon – Here's what's happening Nov. 1

Ontario electricity rates shift to winter time-of-use hours on Nov. 1, 2026. New prices will be announced in October. Learn when peak hours change and how to save.

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An inside look at Scotiabank Arena's $350-million reimagination — Here's what fans can expect stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard
An inside look at Scotiabank Arena's $350 million reimagination—Here's what fans can expect

An inside look at Scotiabank Arena's $350 million reimagination—Here's what fans can expect

The “all-encompassing remodel” involves enhancements to concourses, technology, premium spaces and food and beverage.

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Trick-or-treating still popular among Canadians with children: poll stcatharinesstandard.ca/life… via @stcatstandard
Trick-or-treating still popular among Canadians with children: poll

Trick-or-treating still popular among Canadians with children: poll

TORONTO - A new poll suggests 80 per cent of parents with kids old enough to trick-or-treat will participate in the door-to-door ritual, but only half of respondents plan to

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ATCO's new Grimsby plant promises modular homes 30-40% faster: 'The market is astronomical' stcatharinesstandard.ca/busi… via @stcatstandard
Grimsby modular building maker up and running

Grimsby modular building maker up and running

Calgary-based ATCO, which makes modular homes, classrooms and construction office trailers, officially opened its facility in Grimsby.

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Olympic silver medallist, Grey Cup champion and fastball legends inducted into St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame stcatharinesstandard.ca/spor… via @stcatstandard
St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame: Four athletes, one builder added to sports shrine

St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame: Four athletes, one builder added to sports shrine

Olympic medallist Kirsten Moore-Towers leads the St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame induction class for 2026.

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Sold out but streaming live: Music Niagara's Arts Unbound shines a light on 8 artists living with disabilities stcatharinesstandard.ca/ente… via @stcatstandard
Second annual Arts Unbound puts spotlight on artists with disabilities

Second annual Arts Unbound puts spotlight on artists with disabilities

Eight artists, short films and live performances: Music Niagara's event returns to Queen's Landing in Niagara-on-the-Lake Sunday.

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Photo: Halloweenfest with a master of horror writing stcatharinesstandard.ca/ente… via @stcatstandard
Photo: Halloweenfest with horror writer Nick Cutter

Photo: Halloweenfest with horror writer Nick Cutter

Craig Davidson, using the Cutter pen name, carved his gruesome place on horror bookshelves with the likes of “The Deep” (2015) and “The Queen” (2024).

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Mark Critch mocks U.S. podcasters over their gripes about Newfoundland-set 'Below' stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard
Mark Critch mocks U.S. podcasters over their gripes about Newfoundland-set ‘Below’

Mark Critch mocks U.S. podcasters over their gripes about Newfoundland-set ‘Below’

ST. JOHN'S - Mark Critch had a chuckle this week at the expense of two right-wing U.S. podcasters who have gripes about the Newfoundland-set Netflix thriller "Below."

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Realtors group sees common ground with mayor-elect Lococo on infill, brownfields, development charges stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard
New Niagara Falls mayor and realtors are on the same page — here's what that means for housing

New Niagara Falls mayor and realtors are on the same page — here's what that means for housing

Lori Lococo just won the mayor's chair in Niagara Falls, and the local realtors' association is already signalling it wants to work with her. From $69,000 in pre-construction fees to broken generat...

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After 26 years at Stelco, she was laid off earlier this month. Then — suddenly — she was called back stcatharinesstandard.ca/busi… via @stcatstandard
After 26 years at Stelco, she was laid off earlier this month. Then — suddenly — she was called back

After 26 years at Stelco, she was laid off earlier this month. Then — suddenly — she was called back

Unsure if or when workers will be called back, one laid-off employee says not knowing is the “worst part.”

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Norway turns to toilet humor after Trump bashes Scandinavian country stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard
Norway turns to toilet humor after Trump bashes Scandinavian country

Norway turns to toilet humor after Trump bashes Scandinavian country

Norway has turned to a bit of toilet humor in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent comments insulting the Scandinavian country and the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Canada and EU sign deals charting path to 'associate member' status stcatharinesstandard.ca/poli… via @stcatstandard
Canada and EU sign deals charting path to ‘associate member’ status

Canada and EU sign deals charting path to ‘associate member’ status

The two sides concluded deals on digital trade, critical minerals and more.

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Massage therapist who told Niagara teen 'guys can't wait for you to turn 18' pleads guilty to sexual assault of multiple clients stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard
Massage therapist told Niagara teen 'guys can't wait for you to turn 18'; pleads guilty to sexual...

Massage therapist told Niagara teen 'guys can't wait for you to turn 18'; pleads guilty to sexual...

Ivo Ivanov, 60, who worked at clinic in Fort Erie and Niagara Falls, pleaded guilty to several counts of sexual assault and is to be sentenced in January.

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10 minutes apart: Impaired driving, unsafe turn charges after pair of Grimsby collisions stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard
2 collisions in Grimsby less than 10 minutes apart

2 collisions in Grimsby less than 10 minutes apart

Emergency responders were called to two collisions in Grimsby Thursday evening, each occurring less than 10 minutes from the other.

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An Ontario justice of the peace allegedly sexually harassed a colleague. His discipline case was just cancelled because he turned 75 stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard
An Ontario justice of the peace allegedly sexually harassed a colleague. His discipline case was...

An Ontario justice of the peace allegedly sexually harassed a colleague. His discipline case was...

James Ziegler turned 75 this week, the mandatory retirement age for justices of the peace.

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A Hamilton teacher retired to live on a never-ending cruise. After 2 years, it's docked for good — and left her stranded stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard
A Hamilton teacher retired to live on a never-ending cruise. After 2 years, it’s docked for good —...

A Hamilton teacher retired to live on a never-ending cruise. After 2 years, it’s docked for good —...

Mary Ann Demsar was among the 200 residents of the Villa Vie Odyssey who were suddenly told to disembark in Cambodia: 'We were left on our own.'

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Boy who played 'central role' in hammer killing of homeless Toronto man at age 12 is sentenced to intensive rehab stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard
Boy who played ‘central role’ in hammer killing of homeless Toronto man at age 12 is sentenced to...

Boy who played ‘central role’ in hammer killing of homeless Toronto man at age 12 is sentenced to...

'The young person’s risk of future violence is high as is his risk of general offending.'

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Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk says seeing Earth during spacewalk 'changed' him stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk says seeing Earth during spacewalk ‘changed’ him

Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk says seeing Earth during spacewalk ‘changed’ him

LONGUEUIL - Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk says he was overwhelmed with emotion looking at the Earth during a seven-hour spacewalk on Thursday.

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A Toronto home Is dressed up as a UNICEF donation box this Halloween: Here's how to give across Ontario stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard
Trick-or-treat for good? This Toronto house wants your donations

Trick-or-treat for good? This Toronto house wants your donations

UNICEF Canada turned a High Park home into a donation box this Halloween. Learn how to give and why aid cuts matter.

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Insinna ready to make good on campaign promises as Fort Erie's next mayor stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard
Fort Erie's next mayor ready to fulfill campaign promises

Fort Erie's next mayor ready to fulfill campaign promises

Fort Erie mayor elect Tom Insinna is looking forward to working with council and getting the ball rolling on his campaign promises.

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