How a Niagara College student went from help to helper
The body is Welland artist's canvas
It's officially springtime! Start planting
Strong showing boosts draft stock
2018 film previews: Silver-screen superheroes
First African-Canadian woman honoured on Canadian $10 bill
2018 Polaris Music Prize Nominees
Ticketmaster angers fans with no tickets left
23 Mar 2018
Posted by Lisa Brown 
By RAVVERNON SINGH Staff Writer Bobby T left the abstraction of art school behind to enter the real-life world of tattoo artistry To literally describe the life of Bobby T as just “cool” would be an understatement. He is a tattoo artist who also collects guns, cars and builds and rides...
Read more → 23 Mar 2018
Posted by Lisa Brown 
A preview of upcoming movies from Black Panther to Aquaman, that’ll keep you on the edge of your seat through the year By April Hounsome In 2017, both Marvel and DC released stellar superhero movies. Wonder Woman was one of the most exciting and the one you have to see. Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man:...
Read more → 22 Mar 2018
Posted by Lisa Brown 
By ALEX LUPUL Staff Writer Dates have been revealed for the 2018 edition of the Polaris Music Prize. Presented by CBC Music, the Polaris Music Prize awards $50,000 to the artist or group who creates Canada’s album of the year. The albums will be judged solely on their artistic merit, with...
Read more → 22 Mar 2018
Posted by Lisa Brown 
By APRIL HOUNSOME Staff Writer This is the era of technology, and it’s helped move the world forward in a lot of ways. One of the major advances has been access to music. Whether it’s browsing in a store, watching a movie or putting headphones in, music is always playing and being listened...
Read more → 21 Mar 2018
Posted by Lisa Brown 
By DANIELA VILANOVA Staff Writer The 2017 provincewide strike has taken a new victim. This time, the Great Amazing Duck Race. On Feb. 23, an announcement was sent to the participants with the sad news that this year’s competition has been cancelled. The competition was scheduled for April 7. Rafael...
Read more → 20 Mar 2018
Posted by Lisa Brown 
By BETH AUDET Staff Writer “There’s nothing you can’t do.” That’s the message a Welland resident hoped to convey when he set out to write VA3DV: Vincent’s Diary, a book about his life. Vince Dellemonache, is a 78-year-old blind man born in Penne, Italy, and raised in a farm house...
Read more → 16 Mar 2018
Posted by Lisa Brown 
By KEARA JOYCE Staff Writer Kick off and let loose for St. Patrick’s Day festivities at your local watering hole on Saturday, March 17 taking care to get yourself and your friends home safely once the party’s over #YouAreResponsible Booze, booze and more booze. Yup. St. Patrick’s Day is here...
Read more → 08 Mar 2018
Posted by Lisa Brown 
Photos and story by Amanda Filardi Staff Writer Car lovers from all over the province come to Toronto for a week of fast-paced fun. Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Bugatti. Those are just some of the elite brands at the 2018 Autoshow in Toronto, but even if you’re not looking to spend the equivilant...
Read more → 08 Mar 2018
Posted by Lisa Brown 
By BETH AUDET Staff Writer A local wedding photographer is recruiting creative small businesses to rent space in a fully restored building in St. Catharines that he is calling The Duke. Andrew Hildebrand, who has been capturing the most important day of his clients’ lives for seven years, had a vision...
Read more → 06 Mar 2018
Posted by Lisa Brown 
By LISA BROWN Staff Writer Hedley, one of Canada’s most beloved and famous home-grown bands - consisting of frontman Jacob Hoggard, guitarist Dave Rosin, drummer Jay Benison and bassist Tommy Mac - is the most recent to be widely accused of sexual misdeeds including at least one alleged sexual...
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