Mieke Van Es, co-ordinator of the Port Colborne-Wainfleet Inter Church Food Bank, and Dan Fuaco, chair of the Lions Food Drive, stand in front of the empty food bank shelves. The shelves will be overflowing with food after Saturday's food drive.
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Food drive keeps food bank alive
Students at Ecole St. Joseph hunted through their cupboards and brought in hundreds of non-perishable food items, which on Saturday will be dropped off at the headquarters of the Lions Annual Food Drive, Christian Life Assembly Church. Student council organized the food drive and categorized donations into 15 categories to ensure users of the Port Colborne-Wainfleet Inter Church Food Bank had a good variety of food to choose from. Pictured are Grade 6 student council members Alysha Fontaine, Natalie Bilodeau and Emily Menard.
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A man and his home
Niagara-on-the-Lake resident Tom Braybrook has spent the past few weeks gutting a Chautauqua cottage with the aim of modernizing the interior. Braybrook, who owns several properties in the neighbourhood, plans on moving into the home when completed in the spring.
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Little Red Rooster given green light to re-open
Louis Pullman, owner of the Little Red Rooster, serves up plates of eggs and toast in the kitchen. The Little Red Rooster reopened Wednesday after shutting down for 13 days because of an E.Coli outbreak.
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Rose bush finds roots at mcnally house hospice
A 200-year-old rose bush which family tradition says came to Grimsby from Pennsylvania in the 1780s with United Empire Loyalists William and Anna Lawrence is now flourishing in the gardens at McNally House Hospice. Carefully nurturing its new shoots are McNally House volunteers from left: Joan Slack, Azi Jackson, Diana Nestmann and Genevieve Paradis.
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A taste of Italy
Pancetta spinach frittata.
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Peach King Centre set to turn into 'Mom Marketplace'
Town of Grimsby Recreation Director Sarah Sweeney helps Crock A Doodle rep Lea-Anne Drew make a Christmas ornament with 15-month-old Brett. Drew, of Winona, will be an exhibitor at the Mom and Me Expo Nov. 22.
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War experiences haunted NOTL veteran
It's always an emotional time to remember those lives lost during wartime says veteran Reg Stewart.
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Working hard to preserve NDSS
Friends of Niagara District Secondary School member Joanne Hicks holds up a flyer for the NDSS community social which takes place this Saturday, Nov.8. Hicks was on hand at council Monday night to discuss the social event and the appointment of a provincial facilitator that will study the accommodation review of NDSS.
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'A soldier is never at peace'
John Feduck stands beside a photo of the First Canadian Parachute Battalion, of which he was a member.
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Emergency program launches
Niagara Falls Fire Chief Lee Smith sits next to the "brains" of the station's new emergency preparedness program that allows fire, police and city leaders to come together in the event of an emergency.
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Quinn ready to enjoy life in retirement
Blanche Quinn
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Legion losing money
Veterans Roy Van Tassell, Wayne Haslam, Harold Clement, Stella VanTassell and John Walker share cups of coffee at Br. 124 of the Royal Canadian Legion.
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Mayors fulfill McNally House pledge
Niagara West mayors made their final donation as part of a pledge for McNally House's capital campaign. At front, from left are: West Lincoln Mayor Katie Trombetta, Grimsby Mayor Bob Bentley and Lincoln Mayor Bill Hodgson. Back: Pamela Blackwood, McNally House; Eric Gilbert, Niagara West Community Fund; and Shirley Martin, McNally House.
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FACS visits Falls students
James Morden Student Ruby Lee is congratulated by Principal Mark Piazza for her winning entry during a school assembly last week. Students were asked to create a poster as part of FACS Niagara Child Abuse Prevention campaign in the city.
