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Organ donation needed to save NOTL woman
Diane Peirce is a private person. She’s also a strong woman, very much the matriarch, the caregiver of her family, and not at all comfortable about asking for help. Her daughter, Natalie Cooper, has no such qualms. She doesn’t want to lose her mother. She has plans for Diane to stick around long enough to […]
Become a Local member
We are excited to introduce our new membership card, and hope our readers will be as enthusiastic about it as we are. It simply says, “I’m Local,” and if you present it to participating businesses, it entitles you to discounts and special offers The Local has arranged for you, for a period of one year […]
Measha Brueggergosman to return to Niagara
In a deep, sultry voice as hauntingly beautiful as when she sings, Canadian opera start Measha Brueggergosman describes her summer in Nova Scotia, where she has spent the last four months recovering from open-heart surgery, as an opportunity to be with her family when they most needed her. And when she needed to be with […]
Silversmith ready to celebrate the future
Silversmith Brewing Company is being “born again” next weekend, with a three-day celebration designed to “bring the lustre back,” and to repay the community for its patience and support. Vice-president and director of operations Kate Brzozowski says the past couple of years at the popular local craft brewery have been somewhat challenging. The weekend celebration […]
Insects such as hornets are scary, but useful
Halloween is coming up, so today’s article is seasonal and spooky. It’s also harvest season in the Niagara region. That means we have a new wave of visitors coming into the region to soak up the beverages and nice weather. But did you know that vespidae are also coming into town more often, too? Vespidae […]
Auchterlonie on Astrology
Welcome to Auchterlonie on Astrology for the third week of October. This is the week of the Third Quarter Moon in Cancer which occurs on Monday, Oct. 21. It’s also the week of the Sun moving from Libra into Scorpio on Wednesday, Oct. 23, in the middle of the day. If you follow my podcasts […]
Local search and rescue receives surprise gift
Leading up to Thanksgiving weekend, local volunteers of the Civil Air Rescue Emergency Service (CARES Niagara) received a surprise at their training session when member Ron Turnbull’s mother showed up — and a reason to be grateful. She had no intention of training as a “ground homing specialist,” for the search and rescue organization, which […]
Nyanyas to host African-inspired dinner
The Nyanyas of Niagara are expecting a good crowd for their African-inspired dinner at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club next Thursday, the highlight of which will be a dynamic guest speaker, Idah Mukuka Nambeya, from the Stephen Lewis Foundation. The chef at the golf club is preparing African recipes for the dinner, says Cindy Grant, one […]
Ghost tours continue to thrill
It was a dark and stormy night…well not really, it was more dark and chilly but unnerving nonetheless as I arrived at Fort George for an interview. The late night interview was scheduled for around 10:30 p.m. after the last ticket holders headed into Fort George for the final ghost tour of the night. As […]
Federal candidates court voters
Correction: in an article about an all-candidates meeting hosted by YourTV, Andrea Kaiser pointed to the success of British Columbia’s price on pollution, not Alberta’s in response to a question about the Liberal’s carbon tax. The Local apologizes for the error. Cannabis and climate change were two of the big issues discussed when about 100 […]
