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By DAVID BURKET Voice Publisher Say what you will about the "imminent demise" of print media—predicted now for some 20 years—when it comes to getting eyeballs for advertising, there's no substitute.

"Landmark" cited as source for new school name nowhere to be seen By VOICE STAFF While getting ready to do some painting earlier this week, longtime Pelham residents Ken and Ina Crowe made an interesting discovery in their basement.

By NATE SMELLE The Voice In the wake of the brutal attack on worshippers at a Quebec City mosque last Sunday evening, people of all faiths across Canada and around the world have come together to remember the six men killed in the mass shooting, and

On Saturday February 4, the E. L. Crossley Secondary School rowing team will be holding its 21 st annual pasta dinner fundraiser.

50 years on, restitution, forgiveness still hoped for BY NICK SALTARELLI Special to the VOICE In 1965 I was a 13-year-old paperboy delivering The Welland Evening Tribune. I’d inherited the route from my older brother that spring.

After 30 years in the field, Executive Director of youth program still energized BY NATE SMELLE The VOICE For most his working life, Mike Taylor has been working to improve the lives of children and youth in the communities where he has lived.

By VOICE STAFF Shortly after our January 25 issue hit the streets last week, Pelham Mayor David Augustyn sent an email to Pelham Town Council to address the revelation that he had sent what some observers considered an apologetic email to DSBN Truste

By VOICE STAFF In this week’s edition, the Voice reports on a recent decision by the District School Board of Niagara to revise its policies on the renaming of schools.

Freedom of Information request reveals email from Mayor David Augustyn to Board trustee By ZACH JUNKIN, Special to the VOICE At a district School Board of Niagara Policy Committee meeting held on Tuesday, January 17, committee members approved a numb

By NATE SMELLE, The VOICE A standing-room-only crowd of 150-plus gathered for the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority’s annual general meeting at the Balls Falls Centre for Conservation on the morning of Wednesday, Jan.