Voluntary pilot program will support COVID-19 detection

Pearson Airport in Toronto

TORONTO — The Ontario government is launching a new innovative, voluntary and free border testing pilot program at Toronto Pearson International Airport for eligible international travellers returning to Ontario to help quickly identify and stop the spread of COVID-19 in …

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What happens to all those discarded Christmas trees?

Fresh Christmas Trees

Real Christmas trees were in demand this year, as more of us played it safe and hunkered down at home for the holidays.  But after the ornaments are boxed away and another year has turned over,  have you ever wondered …

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Vaccine supply for Niagara to start next week

COVID vaccine

Niagara communities will be receiving shipments of the COVID-19 vaccines early next week, with more each week thereafter, said Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff. In a press advisory, Oosterhoff said: “Many in Niagara have raised the urgent need for COVID-19 …

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Lower yields as challenging season comes to close for Niagara corn growers

Corn harvester

The end of the year makes for long days as farmers like Jeff Barlow slog away the hours in behemoth combines to get crops off the fields before night consumes day and Christmas arrives.  On  a recent Tuesday, Barlow’s crew, …

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‘A year like no other:’ Out of the Cold pushes through pandemic season

Out of the Cold Niagara

As the winter season rolls in, Niagara’s Out of the Cold program continues its work providing meals and accommodations to those in need — although just a little differently this year. Sue Venditti, director of Start Me Up Niagara, which …

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Victims of Niagara Region COVID-19 death spike are ‘our most vulnerable fellow citizens’: Hirji

Dr. Mustafa Hirji

Niagara Region has seen two spikes in its COVID-19 death toll in recent days and the people who are dying are residents of retirement and long care facilities, said the region’s acting medical officer. Through the fall, the death toll …

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