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Kiwanis McMillan Park Pool History

Do you remember the Kiwanis McMillan Park Pool in Thorold? Let’s take a few back strokes on Throwback Thursday in Thorold to check out the former Kiwanis McMillan Park Pool, which was built in 1948 at a cost of $45,000.  The McMillan Park Pool collage shown above was captured from the heritage photo on display […]

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Italian Heritage Month Celebrates All Things Italiano

It’s Italian Heritage Month. June is the month to celebrate the Italian Canadian culture in Thorold and surrounding areas. Across Canada, various groups and organizations are holding Italian-themed events. Locally, we have the Feast of St. Anthony at Holy Rosary Church, Ballo Al Chiar di Luna and a Summer Kick Off Party at Club Roma, […]

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Landlords Get Help | Thorold Residential Rental License Program

Who can landlords call when they can’t handle the time-consuming and complicated process to obtain a Residential Rental License in Thorold? Meet George Cottage, the local expert to call for a no charge consultation offered by Boncore Rental and Property Management. An experienced rental property specialist in Niagara, George is offering landlords an all-in-one service […]

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Amma’s Place  Home Childcare Service Opens June 4

Amma’s Place  Home Childcare Service Opens June 4 Carol Ford is renewing her passion for childcare by opening Amma’s Place in Thorold. The new home childcare service opens on June 4. Designed with young ones in mind, the spacious playroom is set up with toys and activities to interest boys and girls from ages 9 […]

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Downtown Thorold Market | Grand Opening June 9

As Niagara shows an appetite for local, fresh foods and handmade specialties, so grows the popularity of the new Downtown Thorold Market, slated for its grand opening on Saturday, June 9, 8 am to 12 noon.  The general public is invited to participate in the community event that has scheduled an array of vendors for […]

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Thorold Spring Arts Crafts Show | Major Attraction

The place to be on Saturday in Thorold was the community arena for the city’s major cultural attraction of the season at the Spring Arts Crafts Show.  The 40th annual Thorold Spring Arts and Crafts Show featured close to 70 artisans from across Ontario at the event organized by Cathy Henderson along with a team […]

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Fertilizer Sale Raises $1200 | Local Charities Benefit

Did you hear about the good news on the Thorold Fertilizer Sale ? Good deeds keep on growing in our community as we can appreciate from this nice note sent to us from the organizers of Thorold’s 9th Annual Fertilizer Sale.  If you can recall the chilly, wet weather we faced in early April, then […]

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Artisans Thorold Art | Craft Show | Spring 2018 

For the past 39 years, visitors and artisans have enjoyed coming to the annual Thorold Art and Craft Show which is scheduled to run again on Saturday, April 28,  from 10 am to 4pm.  As a volunteer team prepares for the 40th annual community event, 70 vendors from across Ontario are slated to fill the […]

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