Sledding boy killed by truck in Lincoln
A snowsledding boy who was struck by a truck in Lincoln yesterday has died.
Beamsville / Lincoln
Ontario reports 1,969 COVID-19 cases Monday; Niagara Region cases also dropping
Ontario reported 1,969 new COVID-19 cases on Monday and 3,911 cases over the weekend. There were 57 new cases today and 147 over the weekend in the Niagara Region.
Schools in four more Ontario public health units to reopen for in-person learning
TORONTO — Schools in four more public health units in southern Ontario will reopen for in-person learning on Monday, but students in several other regions will continue to learn online.
Sisters tap generations of home cooking to survive the pandemic
Jenny and Clarissa Vasquez spent most of last year honing their techniques and recipes for a pop-up tamale business, blending influences from Mexico and Guatemala, where their parents were born.
Pelham family raising $250K for son’s restorative ear surgery that province denied
A Pelham family has established a GoFundMe campaign to help raise $250,000 to pay for their toddler’s restorative ear surgery, correcting a birth defect that left him deaf in one ear.
Flags at Lincoln town hall to be lowered in honour COVID-19 victims
Lincoln Mayor Sandra Easton has directed that the flags at Town Hall be lowered to half-mast for the month of February to recognize the lives lost as a result of COVID-19 and to express sympathy to these individuals’ families and friends.
Ontario reports 1,837 new COVID-19 cases; Niagara reports 91
Ontario reports 1,837 COVID-19 new cases with 58 new deaths. Niagara Region reports 91 cases with eight new deaths.
Niagara students will not be heading back to the classroom next week
The Ontario government has announced schools in four more public health units in southern Ontario will reopen for in-person learning on Monday — Niagara will not be one of them.
COVID-19 case at Grimsby’s Blessed Trinity
Niagara Catholic has been advised that an individual at Blessed Trinity Catholic Secondary School in Grimsby has tested positive for COVID-19.