Sign In search Newsletters Today’s paper HOME MY LOCAL CANADA POLITICS WORLD OPINION LIFE SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS OBITUARIES Holiday Health Food & Drink Relationships Travel Fashion & Beauty Homes Horoscopes Top Life Stories Top Life Stories LIFE Niagara Nature: Nature’s amazing drills The pigeon horntail has evolved a complex piece of engineering: a drill-like ovipositor, which it uses to place its eggs directly into hardwood... 12 hrs ago LIFE ‘Elves’ step up to save local woman’s Christmas campaign 1 day ago LIFE Wanted: Memories, souvenirs from iconic Niagara arena 1 day ago LIFE Niagara Parks to host virtual public information session to provide overview of accessibility plan 3 days ago HOMES Growing Your Garden: Leaves create tapestry of colour 4 days ago LIFE Adopt a Pet: Ripley can be yours, believe it or not 4 days ago LOCAL HISTORY Yesterday and Today: The changing face of Twelve Mile Creek, DeCew Falls 5 days ago LIFE Public skating is returning to Gale Centre in Niagara Falls 4 days ago LIFE Salvation Army Christmas Kettle campaign gets underway in Niagara Falls Nov. 17, 2021 LIFE Winter at the Market returns to St. Catharines Market Square Nov. 17, 2021 SKIP ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Health HEALTH & WELLNESS Canada’s breast cancer screening policy based off flawed study: researchers 4 hrs ago HEALTH & WELLNESS Europe’s Christmas markets warily open as COVID cases rise 7 hrs ago HEALTH & WELLNESS Europe is only region with more COVID, with 11% case rise 1 day ago Food and Wine FOOD & DRINKADVICE Best wines at the SAQ that you can’t always get at the LCBO 3 hrs ago PROFILE Looking for creamy, frothy kaapi? Toronto’s new Madras Kaapi specializes in the traditional South Indian filter coffee 4 hrs ago RECIPE How to make Caribbean black cake, a rum-soaked holiday tradition 4 hrs ago SKIP ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Relationships RELATIONSHIPS We were sitting on an old blanket and not in a Michelin-starred restaurant, but the date felt perfect to me 3 days ago CONTRIBUTORSOPINION Canada must get with the times and make corporal punishment of children illegal Nov. 09, 2021 RELATIONSHIPS Should you ‘creep’ a potential date’s social media? Experts say it may be enlightening, but take it with a grain of salt Nov. 01, 2021 Recipes RECIPE This is the irresistible veggie side dish Trish Magwood makes to win over kids Oct. 14, 2021 TOGETHER: CITY INDEX Author Camilla Wynne says Ontario-born preserves will take your jam game to the next level Jul. 11, 2021 CHEF’S CORNER Let Chef Mark McEwan show you how to make the world’s most delicious lobster poutine Mar. 06, 2021 Travel BLACK BOOK New spa, nature trails and delightful afternoon tea: How to spend a weekend in Burlington, Ont. Burlington is close and small enough for day tripping, but also a perfect spot to overnight, especially with the arrival of the Pearle, a new... 5 days ago FRANCE Longing for home, I set off for ‘le petit Canada’ — a wonderland of natural beauty just a few hours from Paris 5 days ago CARIBBEAN In pitch-black night, I dive into one of Puerto Rico’s bioluminescent bays, where the seemingly magical waters glow in the dark 5 days ago Fashion & Beauty GIFT GUIDE Save big on beauty with these stellar Black Friday deals 3 hrs ago GIFT GUIDE The best Black Friday deals for everyone on your list 8 hrs ago GIFT GUIDE Shop local this holiday with these 13 outstanding Black Friday Etsy deals 1 day ago Homes HOMES Light-filled renovation transforms a family’s 1880s Toronto home 13 hrs ago HOMES A lien on your property title could really cost you 1 day ago HOMES What these Toronto houses got: $830,000 for a semi-detached in Scarborough, $1,227,500 for a two-storey in East York 1 day ago Horoscopes HOROSCOPES Horoscope for Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021 15 hrs ago HOROSCOPES Horoscope for Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021 1 day ago HOROSCOPES Horoscope for Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 2 days ago St. Catharines Standard About Us Accountability Join our Team Contact Us Resource Centre Helpful Links Manage my Profile Subscribe to Home Delivery Manage my Home Delivery Subscription Digital Subscription FAQs Sitemap Advertise with Us Place an Ad Advertising Terms Post an Obituary or Classified Ad Special Features Become a Customer Subscribe to The Standard Gift a Standard Subscription Redeem a Standard Gift Subscription Sign Up for Newsletters Metroland Media Group Privacy Policy Terms of use Accessibility © Copyright 2021 Metroland Media Group Ltd. All Rights Reserved