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Up Front Show & Tell time Remember Show & Tell? You could bring along your favourite things and tell your classmates all about about them? The Grimsby Historical Society is holding a grown-up version next Wednesday, Feb. 18. Bring your old things or new things to the next meeting and tell us all about it. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Carnegie Commons, 25 Adelaide St. Grimsby.
Sweep sensations
Team Ontario (clockwise from top left: second Brenda Holloway of Mississauga, Danielle and Claire Greenlees of Grimsby (lead and third respectively) and skip Chelsea Brandwood of Beamsville earned silver at the Canadian Jr. Curling Championships in Cornerbrook, Nfld. See Page 4 for details.
BBBS Mardi Gras rolls into town With the Tim Hortons Bowl for Kids Sake, a major event on the Big Brothers Big Sisters schedule, set for Feb. 28, just 11 spots of the available 50 remain. With outfits as above, it will be a lively atmostphere.
(L to R) Team Tim’s aka Dark Roast Parade: Gynette Smith, Jennie Swayze, Jon Currie, Catherine Musk and Chris Riediger, with BBBS representatives in back, Mary Champ, left, and Pauline Wilts. Call 905-945-9353 to sign up.
Grimsby needed stop for GO, but Stoney Creek first stop By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Proponents of bringing a permanent GO rail connection to Niagara have their eyes fixed to the west. “There are a lot of moving parts to this thing but the whole key is to get it moving east-west,” says Grimsby Mayor Bob Bentley. “Once they have made that turn (to Stoney Creek), they
will be committed.” Bentley was please to see some firm estimates of cost for the proposed Stoney Creek extention at Centennial Parkway come out this week. It is the first time firm numbers have been circulated. Estimates for Grimsby’s stop on the rail line have been speculative at this point. Hamilton’s transit director has said
the cost to get the line to Stoney Creek would be $150 million, including a $35 million station. This past Friday, Niagara’s stakeholders – mayors, CAOs, economic development officers and the regional chair all met to review the current status of the region’s efforts to generate some movement on the GO file. See GO, Page 2