Emily McKay's generous number of minutes from last season is starting to pay dividends this year for the Brock Badgers women's basketball team.[...]

At first glance, Mark Cicuttini's numbers on the scoresheet don' seem to be that impressive: Six rebounds, six points and a couple of steals in 24 minutes of floor time.[...]

Oprah Winfrey said yesterday that she will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it "feels right in her bones" after 25 years, and urged viewers not to believe rumours of why she's quitting. "This show has been my life and I love it enough to know when it's time to say goodbye.[...]

Ter verius Black believes in hip-hop gospel so much he sold his first home to get the money needed to start his Christian-themed entertainment company.[...]

I'd like to commend The Standard for publishing the Lest We Forget special edition Nov. 10 dedicated to Remembrance Day to honour those who serve and have served for the freedom of our great country.[...]

The last time the Brock Badgers women's team opened a basketball season with five straight victories, Lauren Stewart was an 18-year-old rookie.[...]

A St. Catharines math teacher is using the Toronto Maple Leafs' dismal season as a learning opportunity for his students. Norbert Preiner's philosophy is when life gives you a lemon of a hockey team, you might as well make mathematical lemonade.[...]

Coming off a season of being named to the Ontario University Athletics' all-rookie team, Brock guard Joel Whitty was looking to take the next step in his basketball career. Unfortunately, a few weeks into the pre-season, he injured his shoulder and missed three weeks.[...]

Missing two of their key offensive players, it's not surprising the Niagara IceDogs were blanked Friday night. The IceDogs, minus Alex Friesen (shoulder) and Andrew Agozzino (lower body), managed just 20 shots in a 3-0 loss to the Mississauga St.[...]

The St. Catharines Falcons got a lot more than they bargained for with Jake LaPlante. The former Peterborough Petes defenceman has been a rock solid contributor on and off the ice for the Falcons.[...]

It looks like a made-in-Niagara solution to a stinky Niagara problem. A new trash-to-energy technology, developed right here in the Garden City, claims to avoid the dirty environmental reputation of incineration.[...]

They greeted Ted Berdowski on the front steps of an apartment building like an overzealous welcoming committee. Inside one unit, some jumped around on the couch. Others came rushing toward Berdowski with every step he took.[...]

Evening and weekend classes and activities at Niagara College's Niagara-on-the-Lake campus will go ahead as scheduled after power was restored late Friday afternoon. Daytime classes were cancelled Friday after the main electrical feed broke down and cut all hydro at the college.[...]

NIAGARA FALLS — Ryan Saunders would be the first to admit he wasn't at his best in last year's Varsity 1 15-14 championship game victory over Stamford. The six-foot, 210-pound middle linebacker tore the MCL in his left knee in the third game of the season and never did return to full health.[...]

Insolvent AbitibiBowater and its major union are urging governments to back a proposed pension trust.[...]

Somebody out there knows who did it. Somebody saw something or maybe heard someone brag about their twisted deed. Carrie Hawkes is convinced the information is out there.[...]

A community coalition has released the first comprehensive report on child welfare in Niagara's history. The 186-page report tracks how well Niagara is supporting its youngest citizens, children six years and younger, as well as their families, said report co-author Sandra Noel.[...]

A small section of St. Paul Street that remains only open to one-way traffic may finally be converted to both directions by the end of the year.[...]

The intellectual Olympics are coming to Brock University. Brock announced Friday that it won a bid to host the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in spring 2014 — an annual meeting of thousands of academic minds from across Canada.[...]

A Niagara Regional Police officer is preparing for another marathon, caffeine-fueled shift to help out the United Way of St. Catharines and District. For the second-year in a row, Const.[...]