17 Feb 2019 
Posted by Paul Dayboll
By LISA KELLEY Staff Writer February is Black History Month. Black slaves fought oppression from the beginning of enslavement but the story of the Underground Railroad is about the many routes that paved the way to freedom for many of these freedom seekers in the mid-1800s. “It has never been an actual...
Read more →
14 Feb 2019 Posted by Paul Dayboll
By ALY LANCIONE Special to the News New impaired driving laws that allow police to randomly demand a breath sample from a driver have provoked both disapproval and applause. Defence lawyer Scott Newman says Canada’s new impaired driving laws disproportionately affect people of colour and provide...
Read more →
10 Feb 2019 Posted by Paul Dayboll
By TONI WHITE Staff Writer The past few weeks in the Niagara region have seen some incredibly cold temperatures, at times reaching as low as -20 C with windchill warnings as low as -30 C. On days like those where the wind leaves your cheeks bright red and angry, and you can’t have ungloved hands...
Read more → 10 Feb 2019 Posted by Paul Dayboll
By RILEY RADOBENKO Staff Writer Throughout the years, Ontario Place has served many purposes and has been home to many different events and attractions. But with the government-owned land being vacant since 2012, Premier Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives are about to end the longtime...
Read more → 09 Feb 2019 Posted by Paul Dayboll
By GUNCE AKPINAR Staff Writer Falun Gong (Dafa) is a cultivation practice that is based on ancient Chinese healing techniques. However, serious persecution of the religious sect has been ongoing against practitioners in China since 1999. Falun Gong is performed on the streets of more than 100 countries...
Read more → 07 Feb 2019 Posted by Paul Dayboll By ARJUN SINGH SAROY Staff Writer Canada has ranked as one of the top counties to live in based on its quality of life, according to the 2019 Best Countries Report. Overall, Canada was awarded third place in the study - after Switzerland and Japan - for the fourth year in a row. The project, which...
Read more → 07 Feb 2019 Posted by Paul Dayboll
By TALA MUHTADI Staff Writer Rising salt levels and harmful chemicals in lakes are affecting the quality of drinking water. Canadians are used to snow, so whenever it snows they go into the same routine: shovel the snow from the driveway and sidewalk then put down salt. And when they’re done, they...
Read more → 06 Feb 2019 Posted by Paul Dayboll
By LINDSAY TWEEDLE Special to Niagara News January means resolutions and for many people that means decluttering their homes and filling bags with items earmarked for donation to the local thrift store. Donating used clothing, housewares or electronics seems a better solution to throwing them away...
Read more → 05 Feb 2019 Posted by Paul Dayboll
By THERESA REDULA Special to Niagara News Three years after the announcement of plans of shutting off the American Falls in 2019, state officials now say that the shutdown may not happen this year. The American Falls “dewatering” did not push ahead because of the lack of funding for the project,...
Read more → 03 Feb 2019 Posted by Paul Dayboll
BY BREANNE ELRICK Staff Writer The fight against the Coastal GasLink Pipeline project seems like a non-stop battle for the Wet’suwet’en community. A Coastal GasLink (CGL) bulldozer tore down a trapline that was on Unist’ot’en territory in British Columbia last week. The construction of the pipeline...
Read more →