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Niagara Region
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Niagara Falls and St. Catharines are the last Canadian cities along the United States border. Here, the famous Niagara Falls flow north, into Lake Ontario. The area is a mix of suburban development and some industry. Because of its unique soils and microclimate, the Niagara Region boasts a thriving wine industry. Like most cities on Lake Ontario, the area suffers from chronic sewage pollution and its beaches are frequently posted.
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Federal Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is courting future St. Catharines voters with a promise to recognize their past.
The Opposition leader pledged a Liberal government's support -- and maybe federal cash -- toward a historic designation of the region's old and new Welland Canals.
After the election-style Liberal Express tour rolled into Merritton Friday, Ignatieff... (more)
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Great Lakes-Basin
Niagara Region
Shipping, boating & navigation
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Experts' predictions that the Great Lakes could hit record high temperatures this summer come as both good and bad news, says one local outdoorsman.
"Swimmers are enjoying it," said Al Oleksuik, who lives near the Welland River in Chippawa.
"I notice a difference here. (The water is 24°C). It usually doesn't hit that until mid-August. I have a feeling we're headed... (more)
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Niagara Region
Swim
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If he could, Rene Ressler would dig up every buried remnant of the third Welland Canal in the name of historical preservation.
At Lock 25 in Thorold, however, he'd settle for shovelling in the name of environmental health.
Ressler, an avid canal explorer who runs The Welland Canals Advocate website, recently stumbled across a smelly, bright yellow substance spread across... (more)
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Environmental Law
Fish
Industrial Emissions
Niagara Region
Shipping, boating & navigation
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Aaron Easton is fed up with catching more tires than fish along the shoreline of Twelve Mile Creek.
So the St. Catharines fisherman has swapped his rod for a grappling hook specially made by a local welder and enlisted the help of his nephew, Kevin, to haul dirty rubber relics out of the creek, not far from the Henley Bridge.
So far, they've amassed quite the... (more)
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Fish
Niagara Region
Swim
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You can just glimpse a view of one of Thorold's biggest toxic cleanups from the bike path along the Welland Canal.
An excavator was busy Tuesday digging out the Beaverdams channel between Lake Gibson and the canal, removing up to 6,000 cubic metres of muck contaminated with PCBs almost half a century ago.
"I think it's wonderful that we're getting this stuff out of our... (more)
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Development & Land Use
Industrial Emissions
Niagara Region
Waste Management
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The search is on for a world-class beach in Niagara.
Although the peninsula features more than 50 stretches of sand on two Great Lakes, not one boasts the international recognition for beach quality that comes with a Blue Flag designation. The award is bestowed annually on beaches around the world that meet strict standards for water quality, user safety and eco-friendliness... (more)
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Niagara Region
Swim
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With temperatures rising, more than half of Niagara's beaches were posted unsafe for swimming over the weekend.
But you wouldn't have known it by going to Bay Beach, where thousands gathered on the sand -- hundreds at a time in the water Sunday. Needing a place to cool off , people ignored prominently displayed signs from Niagara Region public health that water tests last... (more)
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Niagara Region
Sewers & Urban Runoff
Swim
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Darcy Baker stands on a dock in Jordan Harbour, ready to unlock the door to a secret world.
The key is a paddle.
Most highway drivers only know the wide outlet to Twenty Mile Creek as a sparkly flash of blue along the fast-moving Queen Elizabeth Way. Between Lake Ontario and Ball's Falls Conservation Area, motorists can only sneak two more good peaks at the unique... (more)
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Niagara Region
Swim
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