Lincoln receives $60K grant for facilities upgrades

driver in wheelchair

The Town of Lincoln will receive funding through Ontario’s Inclusive Community Grant Program for community facility upgrades. The funding totaling $60,000 was the maximum amount a municipality was able to apply for.  The Province’s Inclusive Community Grant Program funds projects in small urban or rural communities (with a population of less than 30,000) that will make … Read more

Two new COVID cases at two Grimsby schools, plus four more in other Niagara schools

Nelles Public School in Grimsby

Niagara Region Public Health has advised the DSBN that three people at three differentschools, including one in Grimsby, have tested positive for COVID-19. There is one case at Governor Simcoe Secondary School in St. Catharines, one case atE.I. McCulley Public School, also in St. Catharines, and one case at Nelles Public School in Grimsby. Niagara … Read more

Grimsby pharmacy has Astra Zeneca vaccine available

Officials face battle of confidence amid controversy over Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

Shoppers Drug Mart in Grimsby, at the Grimsby Square location, has a limited supply of the Astra Zeneca vaccine as of Tuesday. People 55 years can book an appointment directly through the store’s website at Shoppersdrugmart.ca. There are 15 pharmacies across Niagara that have a stock of the vaccine including at least one in Smithville. … Read more