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Update: St.Catharines thanks its volunteers
April 13, 2016 | St.Catharines Standard
Lending a helping hand can be rewarding. It can also be an experience deserving of recognition. Dozens of people Tuesday were recipients of the City of St. Catharines Volunteer Recognition Award, an honour that recognizes outstanding volunteers whose unselfish and dedicated service to an organization has made a significant difference in the community.
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EDITORIAL: Trafficking hidden in plain sight
January 20, 2016 | Niagara This Week
People hear the term human ‘trafficking’ and they envision vulnerable, poor people being smuggled across borders by mercenary-type criminals in far-away countries. Few Niagara residents probably even realize there’s a grim practice of young girls as young as 13 being turned into virtual sex slaves right here in this region.
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Red Sand Project draws attention to human trafficking victims
January 15, 2016 | Niagara This Week
A man walking down Queen Street in Niagara Falls sees a small crowd of people pouring red sand into cracks and expansion gaps in the sidewalk and pauses, curious. “What’s this about?” he asks.
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Norm Foster ready to make himself at home in Niagara
October 26, 2015 | Niagara This Week
Once they got through the business of announcing which plays will make up the first season of The Foster Festival, Patricia Vanstone and Norm Foster settled into roles as familiar as an old married couple. More precisely, Foster played a cantankerous novelist, with Vanstone his maid of 28 years.
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Comedy fundraiser supports Foster Festival
October 21, 2015 | Niagara This Week
Organizers of the Norm Foster Theatre Festival are putting the fun in fundraising. Take a trip with the festival during a Comedy Through the Ages fundraiser, set for Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. at Rodman Hall Art Centre, 109 St. Paul Cresc. in St. Catharines. The event, a fundraiser for next summer’s festival, takes place just a day after the lineup for the inaugural season is announced.
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Couples retreat seeks to demystify love
October 11, 2015 | Niagara This Week
Love has been called one of life’s greatest mysteries. Is there a way to solve that mystery without ruining the magic? A couple’s workshop being held in St. Catharines later this month will look at the science of love, with a focus on the bonds that form between people.
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Harper: law and order on election trail
September 18, 2015 | Niagara This Week
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper used an informal fireside chat with victims rights advocate Sheldon Kennedy to announce new support Friday for child advocacy centres and a further crackdown on serious crime.
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Community foundation funds $118,850 in projects
July 3, 2015 | Niagara This Week
Local causes from paramedics to palliative care will receive a funding boost thanks to $118,850 in grants from the Niagara Community Foundation. The Foundation recently announced it is helping 34 projects across the Niagara region.
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Niagara developers building for change
April 14, 2015 | Niagara This Week
Niagara developers are helping build for the future. This weekend a team of community partners, including a number of developers from across the region, will be participating in the inaugural Niagara Developers Playhouse Competition and Auction for Victims. A kickoff to National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, the event is follows the motto of “Building for change and shaping the future together.”
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