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SHOP LOCAL: Garrison Gifts
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SHOP LOCAL: Seredipity: The Little French Shoppe
Shop Local.
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SHOP LOCAL: Sandtrap Pub & Grill
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SHOP LOCAL: Waterscapes and Ponds
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SHOP LOCAL: NOTL Health and Wellness
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SHOP LOCAL: Stone Road Pharmacy
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SHOP LOCAL: WOW Me
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SHOP LOCAL: Konzelmann Estate Winery
Editorial.
News, Opinion
Editorial: Town deserves massive applause for tackling short-term rental issue
Letter.
Opinion
Letter: Chautauqua 'Friends' team up with residents association
Rob Grindlay is a production supervisor at the Royal George, helping to bring Shaw’s magic to theatre-goers for almost 35 years.
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Rob Grindlay: Helping bring 'magic' to the Shaw stage
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Parks Canada to burn brush, remove and replace hazardous trees in Commons
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History in the Vineyard adapts with take-out dinner fundraiser
Triston Ibbotson, back home and working at the Niagara on the Lake golf course, after 11 months pinned down in Costa Rica. (Tim Taylor)
News
Tristan Ibbotson is back home, finally
Tanya Rice is holding a drop-off fundraiser for NOTL Cats Rescue after the Virtual Candlelight Stroll Dec. 4. (Brittany Carter)
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NOTL Cats Rescue fundraiser after virtual Candlelight Stroll
Litter collected at Firelane 1 last week, including 17 straws and 42 bottle caps. (Kyra Simone photo)
News
Keeping it Green: 'Plogging' along for environmental change
Dorothy Wilson of Virgil gets her first flu shot at the drive-thru clinic Saturday. (Richard Harley)
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Drive-thru flu shot is preparation for delivering COVID vaccine
Winners of this year's Christmas card contest. Cards will be delivered to residents in NOTL's long-term care facilities. (supplied)
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NOTL kids design Christmas cards for seniors
Joan King put out a call to gather stockings for NOTL's long-term care homes this year and she says the response was "overwhelming." (Supplied)
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Christmas stockings for seniors project a heart-warming success
Terry Flynn says trees are going quickly at the annual fundraiser for the St. Davids Lions Club. (Richard Harley)
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Christmas trees selling quickly at annual Lions fundraiser 
An 1843 sketch shows the proposed location of the cricket grounds. (Supplied)
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Niagara's History Unveiled: The Schoolmaster's House and cricket in NOTL
Back in the Daze members Joel Lewczynski, Scott Robinson, Billy Sadler, Jesse Day and Cole Shennan. (Supplied)
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NOTL band performing online show Saturday
The Winter Festival of Lights has more than three million lights. (File/Richard Harley)
Opinion, Featured
Ross' Ravings: Awe and shock at Niagara Falls OPG Winter Festival of Lights
Pixabay photo
Opinion
Dr. Brown: Now there are three vaccines and two antibody treatments
Fire chief Nick Ruller, deputy chief Darren Trostenko, Queenston assistant district chief Dave Jones and deputy chief Jay Plato.
News
NOTL firefighters receive medals for years of service
Letter.
Opinion
Letter: Town needs to deal with rentals that cause problems
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Proud to be a senior who still exercises
Cutline
News
Letter: Texas visitors support short-term rentals
Letter.
Opinion
Letter: Two suggestions for council's consideration
Letter
Opinion
Letter: 'Me' society and selfishness amid the pandemic
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Council needs to stick to short-term rental plan
Kim McQuhae of Gryphon Ridge Highlands took home three first-place awards at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. (Brittany Carter)
News
Jam queen Kim McQuhae scores big at Royal
Sandy Sugarswirl helps Santa Claus respond to Christmas letters from NOTL children. (Richard Harley)
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Santa's helper in NOTL eagerly awaits kids' letters
Letter.
Opinion
Opinion: Is principal residence rule for short-term rentals helpful?
All brass rimlock. (Supplied/Brian Marshall)
Opinion, Featured
Arch-i-text: Locks and lock-rails
Supplied photo/Ross Robinson
News
Photo: Tennis-playing Men in Black
Supplied photo.
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Kids make cards for Pleasant Manor residents
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
Featured
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Youngstown/NOTL ferry
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Culverts to cost $712K
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Mixed Up: Shaw actor, director releases film on Prime Video
Circa 1910 wainscot and plate pail. (Brian Marshall)
News
Arch-i-text: Panel and wainscot
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
Opinion, Featured
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: MB Foods
Letter.
News, Opinion
Letter: Short-term rentals need more regulation
Editorial.
News
Editorial: Let's all support NOTL businesses
Marnie Cluckie has been hired as NOTL's new chief administrative officer. (Supplied photo)
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Town hires new chief administrator
A large pile of garbage bags, but no recycling, outside the Campbell Scott house after a weekend rental. (Supplied)
News
Town moves to restrict short-term rentals
Mike Penner decides to close down Mikreations on Niagara Stone Road after a "basket full of reasons," but will be seen again. (Brittany Carter)
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Mikreations closing and moving on after 13 years
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Sparks light diyas for Diwali
Chris Rigas stands in his mostly-empty restaurant Old Firehall on Tuesday. He had one table of two. (Richard Harley)
News
New COVID restrictions could be 'crippling' for restaurants
Nursery school staff Karen Denbesten and Matthew Maxwell with students. (Jessica Maxwell)
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Nursery school important to town's future, mayor says
File photo/Rene Bertschi
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COVID UPDATE: NOTL cases decline but restrictions tightened
Ted Kirkpatrick, Heddle Shipyards director of business Development and government relations, surveys work underway at the company’s Port Weller Drydock in February 2020. (Tim Taylor)
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Heddle Shipyards wins another major contract
Nataschia Wielink, left, and Kalin Falconer, show off both their popular NOTL ball caps and their lifestyle boutique, Bloom & Co. Curated Living, in St. Davids. TIM TAYLOR
News
Fledgling business adds new life to St. Davids
A baboon with its youngster. (Pixabay photo)
Opinion
Dr. Brown: Other species mirror common human behaviours
Erendira Wallenda performs stunts over Niagara Falls in 2017, including hanging by her teeth above the deadly waters. (File photo/Richard Harley)
News, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Wire-walkers and miracles at Niagara Falls
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NOTL's new $3 ride-share transit service starts Nov. 23
Ryerson Park
Opinion
NOTL Reflections: COVID-19 masks can't hide joy of NOTLers during Indian Summer
Letter
News, Opinion
Letter: COVID exposes flaws in Niagara school consolidation and busing policies
Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane with Andrew Broderick. (Photo by Peter Andrew Lusztyk)
News
Shaw adds free Christmas shows Dec. 5-19
NOTL Community Centre.
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NOTL closes community centre on weekends
File photo/MPP Wayne Gates
Opinion
Opinion: Ford dropped the ball on COVID. The time to act is now
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Washrooms always closed in winter, Disero advises
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Town launches Christmas decoration contest
The Village sign. (Jessica Maxwell)
News
Developer John Hawley to build rental housing in Village
A tree down on Lakeshore Road. (Photo by Maria Mavridis)
News
High winds keep NOTL Hydro crews busy
Barbara Ahluwalia is inducted as a lifetime member of the NOTL Golf Club last week. WIth her are owner John Wiens, club controller Kevin Winnington, greenskeeper Mike Magwood and head pro Billy Simkin. (Kevin MacLean photo)
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Golf club honours Ahluwalia with lifetime membership
Letter.
Opinion
Letter: Community centre hours likely to hurt cafe, seniors
Letter.
Opinion
Letter: Limiting short-term rentals could hurt Shaw Festival
Letter
Opinion
Letter: What's the harm in opening Parks Canada rink?
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Newest restaurant restrictions are unfair
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Annual visitors rely on short-term rentals
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News
SHOP LOCAL: Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery
Lou Puglisi - PondView Estate Winery. (Supplied)
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SHOP LOCAL: Pondview Estate Winery
Sonos Cafe. (Supplied)
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SHOP LOCAL: Sonos Cafe
Cheese Secrets co-owner Xavier Allard prepares a charcuterie board. (File/Richard Harley)
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SHOP LOCAL: Cheese Secrets
Students social distance in class. (Supplied)
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SHOP LOCAL: Yellow Door Theatre Project
Lorenzo Lucchetta of The GoGo Food Co. and Lorenzo’s Diner. (Richard Harley/File)
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SHOP LOCAL: The GoGo Food Co. and Lorenzo’s Diner
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SHOP LOCAL: Nina Gelateria & Pastry Shop
Juliet Orazietti of Linc Farms with one of her lambs. (File photo/Richard Harley)
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SHOP LOCAL: Linc Farms
Playing partners Brian McKillop, Stu Young and Paul Dickson celebrate Joe Doria’s hole-in-one last Thursday on the fourth hole at NOTL Golf Club. (Greg McCaughey photo)
News
Golfer aces same hole twice in five days
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
Featured
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Roy 'Dewey' Greaves
Shaw Guild volunteers Barbara Webber and Christine Lancaster walk the streets to greet visitors. (Richard Harley)
News
NOTL ambassador program suspended
Village Christmas decorating volunteers. (Supplied)
News
NOTL takes home six Niagara Biennial Design Awards
An artist's rendering of what the first barrel might have looked like. (Sourced)
Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Daredevils drawn to challenge Niagara Falls
Legion president Paul Eramian, Lord Mayor Betty Disero, Legion members Stan Harrington and Doug Garrett pay respects during a small Remembrance Day ceremony at the Legion. (Jessica Maxwell)
News
Legion ceremony livestreamed on social media
Legion member Stan Harrington places a wreath at the cenotaph on Queen Street Tuesday. (Richard Harley)
Opinion
Editorial: A day to remember
Rob Wilson and sister Debbie Zabek place poppies at the cenotaph on Queen Street Wednesday. (Richard Harley)
News
A father remembered on November 11
A conversion that works. (Supplied/Brian Marshall)
Opinion
Arch-i-text: One of the few
File photo/Rene Bertschi
News
Region could face COVID restrictions, medical officer warns
Needs
News
Greatest Baker contestant advances, but needs support in latest round
Benny Marotta. (File photo)
News
Plans not certain for former Mori property, developer says
Miller Waste employees collect recycling during the first week of schedule changes. (File/Richard Harley)
News
Minor hiccups, but people getting used to new garbage schedule, region says
A screen capture of Roger Beedles and Wally Knash perform "When Will I Be Loved".
News
Beedles & Knash: NOTL duo deliver folksy cheer in daily music videos
Wayne Gates. (File photo/Richard Harley)
News
Budget's tourism plan not enough, Gates says
Dr. William Brown. (File)
Opinion
Dr. Brown: Vaccine progress but still concerns over COVID-19
Bostyn Venus and Rick Rivait work together to organize items at the Niagara Furniture Bank warehouse. SUPPLIED
Opinion
Keeping it Green: Niagara Furniture Bank is a green community hub
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Exercise is hugely beneficial for seniors
Letter.
Opinion
Letter: Were current residents association board members elected properly?
Retirement Coach with Mike Keenan
Opinion
Retirement Coach: A phrase book for your retirement years
A new Ted Baker sweater is up for grabs. (Sourced)
News
St. Mark's online auction is 'the COVID closet clean out'
Letter
News, Opinion
Letter: Disero wants horses included in farm security bill
Rebecca van der Zalm (supplied Cassandra St. Onge)
News
UPDATE: NOTL's Rebecca van der Zalm progresses through to the next round of Greatest Baker competition. She still needs your vote.
Sibling owners of Silks Joel Dempsey and Jen Phelan. (Brittany Carter)
News
Silks marks 25 years serving up community
Letter
News
Letter: Why are NOTL house prices so appealing for buyers from the GTA?
Letter.
News
Letter: Province should let municipalities borrow more to avoid tax hikes
Letter.
Opinion
Letter: Thanks for lighting up Brock's Monument
Letter.
Opinion
Letter: Hotel plan for Rand Estate was not appropriate
Painted Turtles by Artist Vera Graham. (Supplied)
News
Pumphouse kicks off fall online art auction
Brock’s Monument on Halloween. Queenston resident John Scott says the lighting is a “vast improvement.” (Supplied)
News
Letter: General Brock deserves remembrance, too
Karsin Maclean, 6, is one of the first to try out the Vintage-Parks Canada skating rink in 2019. (File/Brittany Carter)
News
Fort George ice rink to remain closed due to COVID
File photo. (Rene Bertschi)
News
COVID UPDATE: NOTL sees new spike in cases
Editorial
News
Editorial: Nursery school, poppies and more
The staff at Mori Garden. (Richard Harley)
News
Mori Gardens closing after land sold to developer Benny Marotta
Nine-year-old Maya Webster shows off her glucose monitoring device. (Brittany Carter/Niagara Now)
News
Maya Webster, 9, continues fight for diabetes research
Lewis Lambert, shortly after he was inducted in 1941. (Supplied photo)
News
Remembrance Day: Lewis Lambert: A veteran's story gets new life
Dr. William Brown
Opinion
Dr. Brown: Nobel-winning gene research could also have damaging effects
Jessica Lattanzio, Candice Penny, Wendy Kulp and Tanya Tavender, NOTL Nursery School staff members with members of the preschool class. (File/Brittany Carter)
News
$100,000 fundraising drive for nursery school kicks off
An aerial view of Niagara Falls. (Courtesy of Christine Hess Photography)
News, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The story of Niagara Falls part 1
Former Legion president Al Howse gives remarks at the Remembrance Day ceremony at the clock tower cenotaph in 2018. (File/Richard Harley)
News
Remembrance Day: NOTL Legion's Memories Project preserves the past
Can you spot the rads?
Opinion
Arch-i-text: The gentle heating solution
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Traffic, trash and other boondoggles in prettiest dysfunctional town in the colonies
Letter.
Opinion
Letter: It's time for bird bangers to be regulated by town
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Letting government take over nursing homes is not the answer
Letter
Opinion
Letter: Public criticism of volunteers unwarranted
Supplied photo.
News
Letter: 5 of 9 directors resigned from residents association board
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
News
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Second World War salvage drive
 From left, Ruth Denyer, Shauna Press, Sue Baxter, Jody Evans, Lorraine Peterson, Marilyn Crow with "Tula," the tulip tree. (Supplied)
News
A tree grows in Chautauqua
Wizard and witch Tom Lapicco, 63, and Maria Goulart, 60, ride a broomstick. (Supplied)
News
PHOTO GALLERY: Halloween Costume Contest
Richard Harley photo
News
PHOTO: Rotary raises $660K for World Polio Day
Cats in a common area at teh Fort Erie SPCA. Former staff say the area is often overcrowded, and cats with contagious conditions are allowed in. (Deanna Buller, former SPCA employee)
News
Fort Erie SPCA complaints prompt review by town
A Ryerson Park sunset. In the summer, the sunset attracts flocks of people, who often park illegally. (File/Richard Harley)
News
Opinion: Trouble in paradise: Chautauqua needs strong voice to advocate for change
Tanya Tavender, Jessica Lattanzio, Candice Penny and Wendy Kulp, NOTL Nursery School staff with members of the preschool class. (File/Brittany Carter)
News
Town approves extra $340,000 for nursery school expansion
William Morris – Pimpernel – V & A Museum Collection. (Supplied)
Opinion
Arch-i-text: The other choice
Exploring photos with the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.
News, Featured
Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Rural Matinee
File photo.
News
COVID UPDATE: NOTL has no active cases again
Pixabay photo.
News
Editorial: What's it like to get a COVID test?
A town ad campaign through Bell Media shows about 135,000 people entered Niagara-on-the-lake during a 30-day period from mid-September until just after Thanksgiving. (File photo/Richard Harley)
News
Mobile phone data tracks thousands of visitors to NOTL
Alfred Nobel. (Sourced image)
Opinion
Dr. Brown: Popular Nobel Prize series kicks off Nov. 4
Town parks lead hand Dylan Muileboom shows how to plant tulip bulbs. (Richard Harley)
News
Rotary plants red and yellow tulips as part of polio campaign
Summer Shepherd, Natalie Schirrmacher, Tasha Ewasiuk and Xaina Choukeir help host a vintage pop-up sale Saturday. (Richard Harley)
News
Cool Clothes Collective brings first pop-up to NOTL
Richard Harley photo
News
Trick or treat: Guidelines for a safe COVID Halloween
Brenda McArthur at her estate. (Richard Harley)
News
Rotary totes and outdoor tour of McArthur estate highlight holiday season
Tony Giordano is virtually scuba diving while receiving his flu shot at Stone Road Pharmacy. (Supplied)
News
Pharmacy's virtual reality headsets take the edge off flu shot angst
Richard Harley photo
News
Rand Estate on market for cool $19 million, developer says town didn't respond to new plans for hotel
Peter Secord House. (Supplied/Brian Marshall)
News, Featured
Arch-i-text: Peter Secord house among the first
William Lyon Mackenznie. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: W.L. Mackenzie Part 2 of 2
William Lyon Mackenzie. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: W.L. Mackenzie Part 1 of 2
(Supplied/Pixabay)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Tender fruits
(Supplied/Niagara Historical Society and Museum)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Swimmers of Lake Ontario
(Supplied/Niagara Historical Society and Museum)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Mural Project
The collapse of Honeymoon Bridge in 1938. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: When the river stopped flowing
Brock’s Monument in Queenston. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: St. Davids in the 20th Century
Four Mile Creek Road in St. Davids circa 1920. (St. Davids Ratepayers Association/Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: St. Davids in the 20th Century
Four Mile Creek Road in St. Davids circa 1920. (St. Davids Ratepayers Association/Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The Early Years
The Lake Report makes great wrapping paper. (Lauren O'Malley/Niagara Now)
News, Entertainment, Opinion
Wrap your gifts with The Lake Report
An illustration of the ghost of Sarah Ann by Conor MacNeil. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Ghost stories of NOTL
240 Centre St. in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Niagara Now)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The John Breakenridge homes
Spring daffodils covered in snow after an ice storm hit the Niagara region April 15.
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara’s History Unveiled: The summer that never arrived
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara’s History Unveiled: St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
St. Vincent de Paul Church, built in 1834.
News, Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: St. Vincent de Paul Graveyard
The owner of this NOTL house, William Steward, signed a petition for the release of runaway slave Solomon Moseby. His wife Susannah might have been among the women blockading the carriage that Moseby was to be transported in, though no documentation exists to prove her participation.
News, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Solomon Moseby
Four sights on Queen St. in Niagara-on-the-Lake — Exchange Brewery (the former Bell Exchange Building), the old Court House, a coat-of-arms on top of Natasha Bradley (former customs building) and the clock tower cenotaph. (Richard Harley/Niagara Now)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: A stroll down Queen St.
"Miss Rye's" Our Western Home. (Canadian Illustrated News, Dec. 6, 1879)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Our Western Home
Elizabeth Ascher. (Supplied)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Four notable women of NOTL
Colonel John Butler. (Wikimedia Commons)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Colonel John Butler
An inscription on Parliament Oak school. (Niagara Now)
News, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Parliament Oak School
Henry Paffard. (Supplied photo)
News
Niagara’s History Unveiled: Henry Paffard and the Niagara Apothecary
The Queen's Royal Hotel in NOTL. (Supplied photo)
Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The Queen's Royal Hotel
Niagara Falls New Year's Eve celebrations will be hosted by Rick Mercer and aired live on CBC. (Sourced photo)
News, Entertainment
New Year's Eve comes back with a bang
244 King St. in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Submitted photo)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: Exploring the history and people of 244 King St.
Restored photo of the Queen St. train station in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Photo provided by the Niagara Historical Society and Museum.)
Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The train of NOTL
Janet Carnochan. (Supplied photo)
Entertainment, Featured
Niagara's History Unveiled: The woman behind Canada's first purpose-built museum
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