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Ray Spiteri @RaySpiteri

Multimedia Journalist at The Niagara Falls Review (@niafallsreview)

Joined May 2009
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Someone doesn't want Niagara Falls' mayor to win a 5th term niagarafallsreview.ca/news/m…

Someone doesn’t want Niagara Falls’ mayor to win a 5th term

“For 15 years, I’ve listened to this city from behind a barber chair,” said Kevin Martineau, who has put his name forward to take on Jim Diodati.

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More GO buses — not trains — for Niagara during World Cup niagarafallsreview.ca/news/n…

More GO buses — not trains — for Niagara during World Cup

Metrolinx’s expanded FIFA World Cup service plan that focuses primarily on the GTA “makes absolutely no sense,” says Niagara Falls MPP Wayne Gates.

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More time to wave the red and white flag: Canada Day celebration extended in Niagara Falls niagarafallsreview.ca/things…

More time to wave the red and white flag: Canada Day celebration extended in Niagara Falls

“It’s become a huge success, people love it —and the demand, we found out people didn’t want to leave when it was over, there were still sizable crowds when it ended,” the mayor said of July 1...

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Niagara Falls to be illuminated in celebration of World Cup niagarafallsreview.ca/news/n…

Niagara Falls to be illuminated in celebration of World Cup

To kick off FIFA World Cup 2026, Niagara Falls will be illuminated with a customized light show featuring the colours of the three host nations — Canada, Mexico and the United States — followed by a...

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'Working on municipal diplomacy': Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati in Turkey, Bulgaria on foreign trade mission trip niagarafallsreview.ca/news/n…

‘Working on municipal diplomacy’: Diodati in Turkey, Bulgaria on foreign trade mission trip

Investment and other collaborative opportunities are being explored as Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati is on a weeklong foreign trade mission trip to Turkey and Bulgaria

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Couples can now tie the knot in a rejuvenated Niagara Falls city hall courtyard niagarafallsreview.ca/news/n…

Couples can now tie the knot in a rejuvenated Niagara Falls city hall courtyard

The Honeymoon City area where brides and grooms have been saying “I do” for years now features a trellis-like pergola, a garden feature and retiled pavement.

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Noteworthy progress in environmental conservation and climate resilience has been made across the Niagara River corridor, concludes Niagara Parks’ first-ever sustainability report. niagarafallsreview.ca/news/n…

‘It’s an impressive body of work’: Niagara Parks’ first-ever sustainability report outlines...

Noteworthy progress in environmental conservation, climate resilience and sustainable operations has been made across the 56-kilometre Niagara River corridor, concludes Niagara Parks’ first-ever...

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'It's been highs and lows': Man juggling soccer ball from Toronto to Niagara Falls niagarafallsreview.ca/life/n…

Soccer magic: Man with wonky knees juggles ball on 140-km walk to Niagara Falls

Imagine keeping a soccer ball in the air using your feet, thighs, chest, shoulders or head without letting it hit the ground between Toronto and Niagara Falls, and coming off two knee surgeries

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Marineland seeks federal funds for 'optimal' transfer of its whales - story by @JohnLawMedia niagarafallsreview.ca/news/n…

Marineland seeks federal funds for ‘optimal’ transfer of its whales

Thirty beluga whales will be sent to five destinations 'within months.'

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'Toronto sneezes, Niagara Falls catches the cold': Niagara Falls ready to catch World Cup fever niagarafallsreview.ca/news/n…

‘Toronto sneezes, Niagara Falls catches the cold’: Niagara Falls ready to catch World Cup fever

Niagara Falls is hoping to score big during the FIFA World Cup as tourism officials game plan for ways travelling fans can get off the sidelines between matches and visit Canada’s No. 1 leisure...

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15 to 20 tall-grass complaints fielded daily by City of Niagara Falls niagarafallsreview.ca/news/c…

15 to 20 tall-grass complaints fielded daily by City of Niagara Falls

It’s a busy time of year for Niagara Falls bylaw officers who are dealing with about 15 to 20 tall-grass complaints daily.

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Asphalt recycling trial could yield verdict on better pothole repairs in Niagara Falls niagarafallsreview.ca/news/c…

Asphalt recycling trial could yield verdict on better pothole repairs in Niagara Falls

City will test rental hot-mix asphalt recycling equipment this summer.

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Another Niagara Falls ferris wheel? The city can do better, council says niagarafallsreview.ca/news/c…

Another Niagara Falls ferris wheel? The city can do better, council says

City councillors in Niagara Falls have added their opposition to the idea of a second ferris wheel in the tourist core.

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'If you want to play, you’re going to have to pay': Niagara Falls targeting vexatious complaints niagarafallsreview.ca/news/c…

‘If you want to play, you’re going to have to pay’: Niagara Falls targeting vexatious integrity...

Mayor Jim Diodati says a cost-recovery bylaw is necessary to deal with integrity commissioner complainants gaming the system; a critic says it risks discouraging residents from filing legitimate...

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Fort Erie travel centre 'reimagined from the ground up' niagarafallsreview.ca/busine…

Fort Erie travel centre ‘reimagined from the ground up’

Flying J Travel Center, off the QEW on Pettit Road, was subject to Pilot Co.‘s more than $1-billion investment to its more than 900 North American stores.

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New deputy fire chief appointed in Niagara Falls niagarafallsreview.ca/news/n…

New deputy fire chief appointed in Niagara Falls

Ed Melanson, a former fire chief for Fort Erie, takes on his new job June 29.

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'Something for everyone': Niagara's Birchway Book Riot just days away niagarafallsreview.ca/things…

‘Something for everyone’: Niagara’s Birchway Book Riot

The event for bibliophiles that supports survivors of gender-based violence takes place at Gale Centre in Niagara Falls June 2-7.

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The province handed strong-mayor powers to cities to get more homes built. But much like across the rest of Ontario, Niagara’s mayors mostly used those abilities for other reasons niagarafallsreview.ca/news/c…

How have Niagara’s mayors been using their strong mayor power?

Eleven Niagara mayors have issued 250 strong-mayor decisions since being given such powers by the provincial government. But only eight of those uses, made by three mayors, were for their intended...

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Strike averted: Niagara Parks and union reach tentative agreement niagarafallsreview.ca/news/n…

New labour deal for Niagara Parks workers eases fears about peak tourism turmoil

It appears hundreds of Niagara Parks workers will remain on the job during the peak tourism season, after the provincial agency and union that represents more than 850 employees reached a tentative...

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Niagara Parks workers strike possible as talks go down to the wire - story by @abenner1 niagarafallsreview.ca/news/n…

Niagara Parks workers strike possible as talks go down to the wire

The union representing attractions operators, roads crews, cooks and others warns a walkout could ripple through Niagara’s tourism economy.

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