Photo credits to Inasuga St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada's Niagara IceDogs are a top junior ice hockey team that competes in the Ontario Hockey League. Since its establishment in 1996, the franchise has gone under the name Mississauga IceDogs. Bill and Denise Burke,...

Image by MustangJoe from Pixabay Due to the regulating effects of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and the Niagara Escarpment to the south, St. Catharines has a different microclimate than most of Southern Ontario. St. Catharines is located in the humid continental climate...

The town that would become St. Catharines, Ontario was first mentioned in records under the name St. Catherines in 1796, but it would not be until 1809 that the city's name would become more standardized with a final "s." The...