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Coalition for a Better St Catharines Supporters Receive Great Gifts!
Our friends over at the Coalition for a Better St Catharines have just launched a new membership drive with exciting…
Proposed Plywood Replacement Project Expected to Receive CIP Grant
The SubStandard has learned that in the wake of Council’s recent decision to leave the current CIP scheme intact until…
Niagara Falls Recruits Rejected Reptiles
In a surprise move last week, St Catharines city councillors slammed the door on a proposed reptile zoo to be…
Affordable Peart? City Reveals Alternate Memorial
The million dollar price tag for a bronze statue of Rush drummer Neil Peart has raised eyebrows across the community…
Secret Development Plan for Port Dalhousie Revealed!
A document leaked to the Substandard appears to be a confidential development plan for Port Dalhousie. Titled “A New Look…
Preferred Parking Scheme to be introduced at City Waterside Parks?
Building on the successful revenue stream created by the introduction of paid parking at citizen-owned municipal parks, the SubStandard has…
City Wins Coveted Hot Mess Award from Ontario Asphalt Pavement Council
Rumours have been circulating for weeks, and we’ve all been on the edges of our seats, but it’s finally official:…
Mystery Surrounds Site Activity – Hoffa Under GM?
While people living near the old GM plant are reporting considerable activity on the site, what exactly is going on…
Oligarch’s Superyacht Heading for Port Dalhousie?
Rumours are swirling in Port Dalhousie about a superyacht once owned by the notorious Russian oligarch Boris Badanov that is…
West Lincoln Council Freedom Fighters Head to Ottawa
Along with Grimsby councillor Dave Sharpe and MP Dean Alison, a good chunk of West Lincoln’s mayor and council showed…
Council decides to abolish democracy
After an in-camera meeting last week, a spokesperson for the St Catharines City Council announced that it would be formally…
Heritage Rubble Pile, Toxic GM Site Top Mayor’s List of Priorities
At the November 15 council meeting, Mayor Sendzik confirmed that he is as concerned as ever about two ruins in…
St Catharines Fire Department Designates GM Site as New Training Facility
After racing to put out six fires blazing at the old GM site in six weeks, the St Catharines Fire…
Additional Bike Racks Qualify Development for CIP Funding
Hard on the heels of the $3.6 million awarded to Port Dalhousie’s Harbour Club, another developer of a new multi-million…
Hundreds Line-up for Chance to Own the Porter Suite at the Harbour Club
Thanks to a bold move by a St Catharines city councillor, a room in the luxurious Harbour Club Residences in…
Niagara Falls Calls CIP Foul!
Citing an unfair advantage resulting from the recent St Catharines CIP decision to fund a luxury condo project in Port…
City Announces Bold New Affordable Housing Initiative
Stepping up to the challenge of Saint Catharines’ affordable housing crisis, the city has announced a novel concept for those…
Bayshore Owner Stubs Toe – Smokestack Trial Delayed Again
June 17, 2025 The trial of Bayshore Group directors Robert and Chiara Megna has been postponed again due to a…
The Ballad of Mayor Jim
(To The Beverly Hillbillies Theme Song) Come and listen to my story about a man named Jim He’s the mayor…
Mayor Announces New Venue for 2022 Canada Summer Games
On the eve of the 12-month countdown to the start of the 2022 Canada Summer Games in Niagara, St Catharines…
Have GM Site PCBs Created Monsters?
Following up on rumours of heavy machinery operating along the Merritt Trail on the west side of the 2nd Welland…
Heritage Designation Curse Strikes Again!
Flames have resolved another troublesome heritage designation issue that City Council has been deliberating for over a year. On July…
School Board introduces Innovative Climate Change Program
While many observers driving by Lincoln Centennial Public School have expressed shock and dismay at the massacre of about a…
Parks Department Announces Magnetic Fishing Derby
If you get lemons, make lemonade. That was the spirit of the recent announcement by a spokesperson for Mayor Sendzik…
Welland Council Desperately Searches for a Bottom
Fresh from their internationally renowned attempt to expropriate a 150-year old family farm for a commercial development despite being cratered…
Could Bug Purchase Be Part of City’s GM Cleanup Strategy?
The SubStandard has just learned that the City recently placed an order for 16 million omniscids from a company known as “The…
Shocking Photo Reveals Real Smokestack Culprit!
Almost exactly four months ago, the skyline of St Catharines changed forever. At high noon on February 5, the smokestack…
St. Catharines to change name so people spell it right
ST. CATHARINES [sic] – The largest city in the Niagara peninsula has decided to change its name after realizing that the…
Councillor Finds New Toxin on GM Site!
As if lead, arsenic, copper, cadmium, barium, several kinds of PCBs and two dozen other pollutants weren’t enough, Councillor Karrie…
PCB Pollution in 12 Mile Creek Only 908 Times over Provincial Guidelines!
Two new tests of pollution discharge from the old GM site into 12 Mile Creek have shown that PCBs originating…
¿Citizens First?
“Oh, Hello. Is this Citizens First?” “Yep.” “Well, maybe you could help me.” “Probably not, but give it a shot.”…
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