Five suspected fatal opioid overdoses in one week have community outreach agencies concerned for people who use substances.

For more than a decade, the owner of the Sunset Grill restaurant on Welland Avenue in St. Catharines on both days has made and distributed 200 pancakes to District School Board of Niagara E.I. McCulle...

Vacant city land could be used for building up to 60 units of affordable housing.

The restaurant and bar is set to change hands after John Scott and his brother Mike Scott sold the business after 32 years.

Liz Hay was 16 when Terry Fox began the Marathon of Hope. Now 62, a disabled colon cancer survivor, she ran in her second Terry Fox Run at Lakeside Park in St. Catharines.

Residents got to ask questions about growing interconnected crises in the region and how politicians planned to address it

Niagara Advocacy Coalition will host No One Should Be Left Outside: A Public Forum on Homelessness and Housing. It runs Saturday 9 a.m. until noon at St. George’s Anglican Church, 83 Church St. in St....

Student enrolment in Niagara school food programs has jumped from 24,000 to over 30,000 in a single year — and demand keeps growing.

Chris and Tammy Embrey host Kiesha's Crusade every year to support families at Ronald McDonald House. On Sept. 12, they return to Port Colborne to raise $5,000 in their daughter's memory and help othe...

Diann Brown has placed 1,150 purple ribbons at St. Catharines city hall since her son's overdose death in 2018. Now she demands systemic change— housing, treatment beds and harm reduction services tha...

Thorold councillors voted to require a full watershed study for Port Robinson West development after recent flooding raised drainage concerns. Primont Homes' exemption request was rejected.

A Niagara apartment building flooded in July, displacing tenants for 11 days. The landlord offered rent credits, but a paralegal says they should also cover hotel, food, and other out-of-pocket expens...

She had a full-time job and apartment — until two floods forced her out. Emergency shelter was available, but it didn't accept pets. She, her boyfriend and her cats slept nearly two weeks in the car.

A team of volunteers came together to ensure St. Catharines residents staying at Niagara Falls MacBain Centre were well fed

A Geneva Street apartment building was evacuated after this week's flash floods. Community volunteers are feeding displaced families who fear returning to homelessness.

Areas across Thorold were impacted by a severe thunderstorm early Saturday morning that downed large growth trees, broke utility poles and frightened many residents.

Staff and clients of Niagara’s only safe consumption and treatment site closed Friday after provincial funding was cut earlier this year. “(We’re) heartbroken about what this means for our community,...

Visible encampments across St. Catharines have effectively dropped to zero, according to city staff, after a punitive bylaw targeting at-risk populations came into effect late last year.

Niagara Falls MPP Wayne Gates says he is disappointed after legislation was defeated in its second reading that would have helped to address food insecurity in Ontario.

Food assistance groups continue to form aiding many people living in poverty, unhoused or precariously housed, get access to food.

Rose Bisson said her 50-year-old daughter has been an active drug addict since youth and would likely die without the treatment and health services the centres provide

Modern thoroughfares like St. Paul Street follow routes laid down by Niagara’s first peoples.

Ashley Cronkwright says the justice system continues to fail not just her family, but many Indigenous communities.

Heather Winterstein died in December 2021 while waiting in the St. Catharines emergency department.

Outreach workers say sudden displacement leads to a disruption of services, which can worsen health and societal outcomes.

It’s being called a step backwards that will lead to more overdose deaths and further stress hospital emergency medical services, after the Ontario government confirmed it will pull funding from all d...

Jim Handley attends meeting electronically while spending the winter in Dominican Republic. He says nothing restricts constituents from contacting him.

Niagara Regional Police are working with city bylaw staff to clear a property near the corner of Victoria Avenue and Buttrey Street while outreach workers try to move people into shelters.

As the United States and Israel enter the second week of their aerial campaign in Iran, Iranians in Niagara fear for family and friends caught in the crossfire, condemning the attack on the Persian Gu...

A St. Catharines man ‘s food recovery setup might need to bite off more than it can chew, after Niagara Public Health informed him of needed upgrades to his home kitchen if he plans to continue.

Under provincial legislation, the St. Catharines centre would not be permitted to relocate if a Montessori school continues with its plan to move nearby.

Evidence shows people in low-income households will attempt to cut other expenses in order to keep a roof over their heads — until they can’t.

Nearly 97 per cent of people experiencing homelessness in Niagara receive some form of government assistance, that’s the finding of data in a new policy brief, released by Toronto-based human rights o...

The sister of a man who died last winter after first responders came to his aid on a downtown St. Catharines street last winter is expressing dissatisfaction with Niagara’s cold weather response for u...

Releasing people from lockup into homelessness has “been getting worse over the past several years,” says Brock sociology and criminology professor.

It was a year ago that Robert (Bob) Allen died days after being released from Thorold Detention Centre and after being turned away from a local emergency shelter due to an outbreak. He was found Jan. ...

Lutheran Homes Niagara was ordered by the Landlord and Tenant Board to pay more than $12,000 to a former tenant after locking her out after repairs were made following a kitchen fire and renting her u...

Policies targeting at-risk populations seem to favour addressing people’s discomfort at witnessing the effects of inequality over working toward long-term solutions, they argue.

Temperatures dropped over the holiday break, but didn’t reach the threshold set by Niagara Region.

Several competing theories look to explain how partial remains of a St. Catharines man found their way to Hamilton as a lack of information stymies progress in Nicholas Adamson’s disappearance more th...

A tense nearly 24-hour standoff that ended early Saturday morning in the arrest of a 59-year-old Welland man is being described as “scary” and “a matter of time before this happened,” by nearby reside...

Its being called a threat to democracy, as the provincial government rammed through highly contested legislation stripping tenants’ rights and consolidating power in the hands of landlords.

Brenda Boulanger breathed a sigh of relief on the other end of the phone, fighting back tears and emotions as the reality set in, she would no longer have to stay in a Niagara shelter.

After the first frigid, snowy night this year, with temperatures dipping below freezing, a regional councillor is hoping to implement stopgaps to prevent more unhoused deaths this winter.

Supporting veterans and providing vital services is the hope for The Docks Pub Saturday as they host their annual poppy fund raffle.

A St. Catharines resident and business owner is frustrated with the Region after having to clean up an abandoned encampment, bagging garbage and move it to the curb, while receiving the silent treatme...

The community funded program is expected to have 10 per cent more people accessing its nightly meals

With demand continuing to increase while donations stagnant, operators are dipping into their coffers more than ever to keep shelves full.

Photographers James Mattiazzo and Dave Conlin have organized “Urbex, The Urban Exploration Exhibit” happening Saturday in the gallery at Ironwood Cider House.