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By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Scott Brownlee is proof positive that necessity is the mother of invention. COVID-19 impacts bringing on the lockdown and ban of in-restaurant dining has necessitated some […]
UPDATED – The provincial government has altered its post-holiday plans and students will not be returning to classes as planned on Jan. 11. Online teacher-led learning will be extended […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow While motorists are not supposed to text and drive, it may be a good idea to add no taking messages from the Governor General’s office while […]
This morning ( Wednesday, Jan. 6) at approximately 9:15 a.m., 8 District (Grimsby) uniform officers responded to a robbery call at The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in the Village Inn Plaza. […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow The Grimsby Fire Department will be reviewing the Town’s current open air fire bylaws and it wants to hear from the public. Starting next week, Grimsby […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow This year’s Toonies for Toys campaign was a great success, despite the cancellation of the Smithville Santa Claus Parade. Businesses and community organizations raised more than […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow After one councillor flipped on his initial vote to support a Heritage Conservation District (HCD) Study for Main Street East which killed the initiative at Grimsby’s […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow While the provincial government has given the green light to West Niagara’s new secondary school going out for tender, officials may also be awaiting an explanantion […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow Grimsby’s intrepid historian Dorothy Turcotte has launched her latest book, More Gleanings from Grimsby. This work is the venerable author’s 14th book and a follow-up to […]
Last week, Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff announced that the Regional Municipality of Niagara, along with twelve lower-tier municipalities, will receive an additional $17,437,000.00 in Safe Restart Agreement funding. The […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow Grimsby’s FORT (Foundation of Resources for Teens) will be closed for Christmas, starting Dec. 24 and reopening Jan. 4. Once reopen, the youth organization will run […]
Painted rocks unite community during COVID-19 pandemic By Joanne McDonald For NewsNow The first rocks appeared the day that police and firefighters surrounded West Lincoln Memorial Hospital in a massive […]
By Joanne McDonald For NewsNow Dennis D’Alessandro calls a future three-kilometre waterfront trail one of the seven wonders of Grimsby. It will play a critical role in the economic prosperity […]
Central French Immersion Public School students did their share to spread Christmas cheer last week. Grade 3 and Grade 8 students joined together with the Grimsby Public Art Gallery (GPAG) […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow The Town of Lincoln has moved forward on its 2021 capital budget, setting a zero per cent capital levy increase with a proposed one per cent […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow It’s the Christmas gift nobody wanted, but an Ontario-wide lockdown was issued by Premier Doug Ford on Monday. Noting the measure came after exhaustive discussion with […]
By Tristan Marks NewsNow He just couldn’t wait to come into the world. Kellan Long, born Sunday, Dec. 6, 8 lbs, shortly after 10 p.m., decided that he would not […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Save for a couple of days with spiked COVID-19 positives, Niagara Region’s test results have been relatively steady in the face of surging numbers across the […]
CORRECTION The “Grimsby IC complaint process referred to staff” story in the Dec. 10, 2020 edition of NewsNow contained an error regarding the council vote on the matter of names […]
By Mike Williscraft NewsNow The volunteers from the Grimsby Firefighters Association knew it was going to be a good day when they already doubled their best donation year before Saturday […]
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