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In honour of YMCA Peace Week, YMCA of Niagara held a ceremony to honour 3 local recipients for their generous work in the community and their commitment to peace. Brenda Schultz files this report.

5 Port Colborne schools have used city snow plows as a canvas to show off their school spirit. 

Garden City Productions is busy rehearsing for their upcoming Variety Show at 'The Kirk", located at 372 Merritt Street in St. Catharines. Source Reporter Bob Romeo brings you this report.

Yellow Door Theatre Project presents their Musical Adaptation of the Classic Fairy Tale "Hansel and Gretel" at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre November 17th to 19th. Mike Balsom spoke with some of the actors and the Director at a rehearsal recently. He filed this report.

Brock University students are set to engage with the public as they begin the process of collecting stories that will comprise the oral history of the Garden City Arena.

"Take it to the Finish - Building a Healthy Community" is the name of the Fundraising Campaign to build the new West Lincoln Memorial Hospital. Andrew Smith, Campaign Chair for the WLMHF joins Mike Balsom in studio to discuss the fundraising drive.

Melissa Krist, Athletic Director for Brock Sports joined Mike Balsom on Zoom recently to give an update on how the Brock Badgers are doing in OUA competition.

Corporal Tyler Crooks died in a bomb attack in Afghanistan during what was known as Operation Jaley. The date was March 20, 2009, Tyler's 24th birthday. Jennifer Wittig visited recently with the Port Colborne native's father Alfie and younger brother Tage.

Niagara's first casualty in Afghanistan occurred in November of 2006 when Corporal Albert Storm of Fort Erie lost his life when the armoured car he was in was attacked by a suicide bomber. The Source spoke with his older brother George who shared his thoughts on his brother's life and the aftermath of his tragic death.

Canada entered the conflict in Afghanistan just a few short months after September 11th, 2001. By the time the last soldiers pulled out in 2014, 158 members of our Armed Forces had lost their lives. Dr. Andrew Burtch of the Canadian War Museum joins us from Ottawa for our Remembrance Day special.

Warrant Officer Dennis Brown was a 38-year-old Sir Winston Churchill graduate, a Special Constable with the Niagara Regional Police Service, when a roadside bomb claimed his life outside Kandahar City, on March 3rd, 2009. His oldest son Mack was 12 years old at the time and joins Mike in studio to discuss the impact his father had on him and the Niagara community.

The Source's Mike Balsom spoke with Shaw Festival's Artistic Director Tim Carroll about challenges of the current season during COVID, and takes a look at what Shaw has in store for it's guests in 2022.