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Standing against gender-based violence
REDress display at MCC acknowledges killed and missing Indigenous women
Red dresses fluttered in a cold wind outside the community centre last Friday, with the...
Niagara EMS swamped says CUPE
Union asserts that public safety being put at risk
It’s a tragedy waiting to happen.
That’s the view of Local 911 of the Canadian Union of...
FEATURED
Blues, jazz, and funk with a Pelham connection
Jim Casson’s career has hit a lot of different notes, including some high ones. He’s a professional drummer and percussionist, a music educator, producer,...
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INVESTIGATIVE
Tenth hearing in Fonthill butcher sex assault case
Still no meeting with Crown prosecutor
Rick Lowes, 65, who was charged with three counts of sexual assault, and one count of sexual interference with...
OPINION
COMMENTARY | When the Wings played the Royals
Community centre experiences, a lifetime apart
We had to go “into town” to go to our arena. That in itself made it a special event...
COLUMN SIX
COLUMN SIX | A picker’s pitfalls
John,” I said, “this is perfection — brilliant blue skies, the silver whipped-cream clouds I love, the spicy smell of sun on junipers, an...
SPORTS
Beware the gale: Cyclone blow away Phoenix
The E.L. Crossley Cyclone rode a wave of athleticism and team play to a Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association (SOSSA) AA senior boys volleyball...
FIRST PERSON
FIRST PERSON | Niagara deserves better post-op treatment than this
Each week’s schedule is pretty much the same in our house—up early on Mondays and Tuesdays, sleep in a bit on Wednesdays. So it...
COVID-19
Pelham pharmacies say no to walk-in Covid testing, at least for...
The Ontario government has announced enhanced Covid-19 testing, with a broad expansion of the number of publicly funded testing locations for those with and...
THE CONVERSATION
THE CONVERSATION: A Leavens check-in
He left office 14 years ago, but former Pelham Mayor Ron Leavens seems to be as plugged-in as ever on local goings on. Leavens...
BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS FOCUS | Harmony Personal Care ready to serve
A new personal care service has entered the market, serving Welland, Pelham, and surrounding communities.
Business partners Tanya Dorvil and Njeri Mugwe were personal care...
HISTORY
Picture worth 1000 words
Last year marked Fonthill Lions’ 75th anniversary
BY MARYLOU HILLIARD
Special to The Voice
A short story could never do justice to the rich history of the...
FICTION & ENTERTAINMENT
FICTION | The Tables Turned
A SHORT STORY BY THOMAS RUEHLE
Damned vegetation!” muttered Jim Brandon, Space Cadet, as he slashed a narrow tunnel through the dense jungle with his...
