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Local teen bitten by coyote in sports park

Billy Pillitteri-Smith, 14, has grown up on a farm, and is accustomed to seeing coyotes. But he was surprised by how close one came to him and some friends at the Virgil Sports Park Monday evening.

Couple looking for answers over denial of B&B licence

Jen Elliott has a she-cave in one bay of a three-car garage, with a car, tools and a workshop taking up the rest of the space.

Hirji urges vaccinations, especially for younger groups

Samantha Fretz, 15 and a student at Laura Secord Secondary School, has now her first vaccination dose.

Chamber distributing rapid tests to local businesses

Business owner Jordon Williams, with NOTL Chamber president Eduardo Lafforgue, town CAO Marnie Cluckie and Lord Mayor Betty Disero, were at the chamber office Tuesday, when rapid testing kits were being picked up to be used by local businesses.

2:15 gathering honours Indigenous children

It was a time for quiet, not speeches, at a Sunday afternoon gathering organized to honour Indigenous children who were taken from their families. (Mike Balsom) A group of just under 30 people came together in Simcoe Park Sunday at 2:15 p.m.

Mourning deaths of Indigenous children

The town held a small ceremony Wednesday, with Jamie Knight, co-chair of the town's inclusivity committee, Lord Mayor Betty Disero, Michaiah Ivri, member of the Lord Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council, and Jeremy, the town staff member who assisted with

Varied background combines security, policy

Ken Chan and his husband Warren Duffy like an active lifestyle, and are enjoying discovering the trails of NOTL.

Significant historic building to get structural overhaul

An $800,000 Parks Canada project is intended to rehabilitate the historic junior commissariat building while respecting its heritage character.

Shaw Festival looking for support with ‘fairness issue’

Along with other arts organizations, the Shaw Festival is asking the province government to reduce reopening restrictions on the performing arts.

Rise in Indian variant feared in Niagara

While the number of daily COVID cases continues to decline, Niagara and across the province, Niagara’s acting chief medical officer of health is worried the variant from India is on the rise in the region. At a virtual press conference Monday, Dr.