Inport News, January 1, 2015

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SERVING PORT COLBORNE • WAINFLEET • SHERKSTON • LOWBANKS
Sparks fly at Port High
ALLAN BENNER/QMI
AGENCY NIAGARA
Grade 11 Port
Colborne High
School welding
student Justin
Nisbett was
one of about 22
students from
four Niagara
high schools
vying for their
Canadian
Welding Bureau
certification.
It's a step
towards going
apprenticeship
in an industry
where the
students could
earn more than
$100,000 a
year. Students
from South
Beamsville
and Eastdale
secondary
schools also
participated in
the testing.
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■ HEALTH
Province putting limits on e-cigarettes
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LOCAL JEWS
■ HEALTH: NHS launches online community for people undergoing dialysis
Kidney patients get connected
MARYANNE FIRTH Cindy Bryson, the outpatient
QMI Agency Niagara kidney care program manager
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■ MUSIC: Port Colborne singer releases debut CD
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Port Colborne singer/songwriter Sarah Boulton Is hosting a free concert at
Riverstone Event Centre in Welland on Monday, Dec. 29 to celebrate the launch of
her debut album, Undefined. SOLID WOOD
Health scare
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prompts leap
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toward dream job
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□ THEATRE
Shaw names new
communications manager
started at Shaw Media in January of
this year.
Earlier this year, she completed
a four-month term as professor in
the English and liberal arts depart¬
ment of Seneca College.
Hughes has an honours BA in
both drama and English from
Queen's University.
“Laura has a passion for Cana¬
dian theatre," said Valerie Taylor,
the Shaw Festival's director of mar-
adding Hughes will be "a valuable
asset to the Shaw Festival and our
Yazbeck worked in Shaw's public
relations department for 25 years.
Shaw's executive director, Elaine
Calder, will retire after next season,
and 2016 will be the final season for
artistic director Jackie Maxwell.
[email protected]
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□ PUBLISHING: One of Canada’s most successful kids’ book writers still calls St. Davids home
The two worlds of author Jon Klassen
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Niagara-on-the-Lake lord mayor; Bob ■ CHARITY
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and former Welland mayor Barry
Award nominees sought
Welland's MPP Cindy Forster is looking
for women and girls who are making a
difference in their communities.
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