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'It's probably overdue': Niagara Centre MPP Jeff Burch calls for Highway 3 safety review after fatal crashes at Port Colborne intersections stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard

Niagara Centre MPP Jeff Burch wants safety assessment on Highway 3

The New Democrat sent a letter to Ontario's transportation minister after recent fatal collisions on Highway 3 in Port Colborne have resurrected residents' concerns.

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Niagara Falls MPP named NDP shadow minister for tourism, gaming and sport — with online gambling in his crosshairs stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard

Niagara Falls MPP new NDP shadow minister for tourism, gaming and sport — with online gambling in...

Wayne Gates has a new role — and a warning: Ontario's online gambling boom is hollowing out bricks-and-mortar casinos and sending money out of the country.

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Meet 7 of the candidates running to represent Grimsby's Ward 3 stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard

8 candidates compete for Grimsby's Ward 3 council seats

As municipal elections approach on Oct. 26, the candidates for Grimsby Ward 3 outline their priorities.

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What are ya — yellow? The rubber duck carries filaments of American history in its 'feathers' stcatharinesstandard.ca/ente… via @stcatstandard

What are ya - yellow? The rubber duck carries filaments of American history in its ‘feathers’

NEW YORK (AP) — It's not just a squishy noisemaker. The rubber duck is an American invention with a deep and rich past.

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NASA adopting Apollo’s urgency to build a moon base and land astronauts within two years stcatharinesstandard.ca/busi… via @stcatstandard

NASA adopting Apollo’s urgency to build a moon base and land astronauts within two years

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years.

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Crime Stoppers put on hold by Niagara police in wake of widespread data breach stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard

Niagara police pause Crime Stoppers use after data breach

Local agency says it remains operating as police review risks tied to breach of tip-management platform.

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Industry Minister Mélanie Joly wants to build an aluminum rolling mill in Canada stcatharinesstandard.ca/busi… via @stcatstandard

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly wants to build an aluminum rolling mill in Canada

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says new federal investments announced Friday are a first step toward reducing the Canadian aluminum sector's dependence on the United States.

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Why big music stars like Harry Styles and Celine Dion are embracing residencies stcatharinesstandard.ca/busi… via @stcatstandard

Why big music stars like Harry Styles and Celine Dion are embracing residencies

NEW YORK (AP) — For Harry Styles' dedicated audience, it is the can’t-miss event of the year: Tens of thousands have descended on New York City’s Madison Square Garden each

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A rare illness stole his taste. Now this Niagara pirate-patch farmer feeds Canada's best Michelin-starred restaurant stcatharinesstandard.ca/life… via @stcatstandard

Niagara's Shane Harper lost his sense of taste, and now farms for Canada's best restaurant

Shane Harper went from pastry chef to rare illness to eye-patch-wearing chef de farm at two-Michelin-starred Restaurant Pearl Morissette in the Niagara region. His unlikely journey is the subject of...

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Which Niagara Falls home is scariest? Vote in the 2026 Spooky Awards through Sunday stcatharinesstandard.ca/life… via @stcatstandard

Niagara Falls homeowners battle for Spooky Awards glory this Halloween weekend

Vote for the scariest, most creative Halloween display in Niagara Falls' 2026 Spooky Awards. More than 50 homes competing across three categories with voting Friday through Sunday.

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AP Interview: U.S. Coast Guard swimmer says he fought waves, darkness to rescue 16 people from ocean stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard

AP Interview: Coast Guard swimmer says he fought waves, darkness to rescue 16 people from ocean

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Strapped into a harness, Josh Law was lowered from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter into the rough Pacific Ocean in the pitch black night, far off

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Oregon man who killed school shooter says he regrets there were children he didn't save stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard

Oregon man who killed school shooter says he regrets there were children he didn’t save

The Oregon man who fatally shot a teenage gunman to end a deadly rampage at an elementary school last week says he was the children's “last line of defense” and

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Finally, The Standard has an app stcatharinesstandard.ca/busi… via @stcatstandard

App now available for The Standard

Through the app, St. Catharines and Niagara residents can have faster, more convenient access to news and local content at the click of a mobile icon.

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You asked: We gave St. Catharines mayoral candidates 3 questions. These are their responses stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard

St. Catharines mayoral candidates answer your questions

Four of the candidates responded — Anthony A. Adeoye, Henry Bosch, Mat Siscoe and Ann-Marie Zammit. Their answers are below, presented by name in alphabetical order. We did not receive a response...

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Maine senator says she secured tariff exemptions for some Canadian goods stcatharinesstandard.ca/poli… via @stcatstandard

Maine senator says she secured tariff exemptions for some Canadian goods

A U.S. senator announced exemptions on products that are crucial for Maine agricultural and seaweed producers.

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Mystery company's now-deleted website fuels data centre rumours across region stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard

Mystery company's now-deleted website fuels data centre rumours across region

Residents questioned fake data centre developments by HyperCan AI in Hamilton, Brant County and Niagara Region.

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Buffalo Bills' Sam Franklin wins appeal of one-game spitting suspension, has it reduced to a fine #NFL #BillsMafia stcatharinesstandard.ca/spor… via @stcatstandard

Bills’ Sam Franklin wins appeal of one-game spitting suspension, has it reduced to a fine

NEW YORK (AP) — Buffalo Bills defensive back Sam Franklin has successfully appealed his one-game suspension for what the NFL said was an act of spitting at an opponent on

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A giant pile of red bicycles has appeared in a Bloor West park to protest Doug Ford's bike lane removals stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard

Who left a pile of red bikes in Bloor West to fight Doug Ford over bike lanes?

Anonymous group Urban Repair Squad erected the art piece honoring fallen cyclists.

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A Ukrainian soldier lost his sight in war. Now he hopes to see his children again stcatharinesstandard.ca/news… via @stcatstandard

A Ukrainian soldier lost his sight in war. Now he hopes to see his children again

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Mykola Kasiuk’s world plunged into near-total darkness when a land mine exploded on the battlefield with Russian troops.

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Ford gives Stan Cho parliamentary assistant role three months after hotel-expenses resignation stcatharinesstandard.ca/poli… via @stcatstandard

Ford gives Stan Cho parliamentary assistant role three months after hotel-expenses resignation

Cho resigned his post as tourism, culture and gaming minister on July 17 after coming under fire for claiming $16,000 in Toronto hotel stays even though he lives a short distance away.

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