St Catharines Standard media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give St Catharines Standard one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 245 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is St Catharines Standard biased?
The rating organisations do not give St Catharines Standard one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is St Catharines Standard left or right?
The rating organisations do not give St Catharines Standard one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is St Catharines Standard reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for St Catharines Standard are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What St Catharines Standard has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with St Catharines Standard’s own report linked underneath.
USPS halts Trump‑linked mail‑voting system, Postmaster General David Steiner says work stopped
Trust 56The United States Postal Service stopped work on a computer system designed to support President Donald Trump's plan to limit mail voting. Postmaster General David Steiner confirmed the pause on Thursday, following the Supreme Court's rejection of the related executive order earlier that week.
St Catharines Standard reported it asPostal Service chief says work stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs or halt trade with the European Union if Canada is granted associate membership. He described the prospect as 'laughable' and a 'hostile act', while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed a desire for Canada to be the bloc's first associate member.
St Catharines Standard reported it asCarney to address EU Parliament after Trump calls Canada associate membership a possible hostile act (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver a televised address to the nation on September 16 at 6 p.m. Moscow time. The speech is in anticipation of the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place from September 18 to 20. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the president's speech.
St Catharines Standard reported it asRussia’s parliamentary vote features no real opposition to Putin’s policies (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
Russia has begun a three-day parliamentary election, the first since the start of the war in Ukraine. Polling stations opened in the Far East, with President Vladimir Putin's party widely expected to win the 450 seats in the State Duma. Voting is also taking place in occupied Ukrainian territories.
St Catharines Standard reported it asRussia’s parliamentary vote features no real opposition to Putin’s policies (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stated the United States is open to discussing shared risks with China in upcoming AI talks scheduled for this weekend. The discussions aim to prevent the bifurcation of AI systems between the two countries.
St Catharines Standard reported it asA global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
The Trump administration has awarded contracts to begin work on President Donald Trump's planned takeover of the East Potomac Golf Links. Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee have demanded project documents, citing a lack of public announcement.
St Catharines Standard reported it asPark Service quietly awards contracts to work on Trump’s takeover of East Potomac golf course (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
Irving Forest Products is modernizing its Ashland Sawmill in Maine, a project expected to double lumber production capacity. The expansion is supported by federal and state New Markets Tax Credits and aims to create or retain 220 jobs.
St Catharines Standard reported it asMajor expansion of Ashland Sawmill announced (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
In parts of Africa, rainmakers who perform rituals for rainfall are facing increased violence from farmers struggling with unpredictable weather patterns attributed to climate change. This has led to assaults, and in some cases, deaths.
St Catharines Standard reported it asIn parts of Africa, rainmakers face cruel violence by farmers as climate change vexes many (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
The United States is set to complete its military withdrawal from Iraq by September 30, with hundreds of remaining troops to depart. The Iraqi government has linked this withdrawal to an ultimatum for militias to lay down their weapons, but most have signalled they will not disarm.
St Catharines Standard reported it asAs the last US troops pack up in Iraq, militias signal their weapons will stay (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
Renowned Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, 94, has been diagnosed with cancer in his digestive system. He is receiving palliative care at his home in Peixoto de Azevedo, Mato Grosso, Brazil, his institute announced on Monday, September 14.
St Catharines Standard reported it asIndigenous leader Raoni receives palliative care in Brazil after cancer diagnosis (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce new U.S. Postal Service mail ballot regulations ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court's order leaves in place a lower court injunction blocking the rules.
St Catharines Standard reported it asSupreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has alleged that the "Unlawful Voter Initiative" uses legally questionable tactics and unreliable data to investigate non-citizen voting. The initiative reportedly targets hundreds of thousands of individuals across the US, with agents allegedly instructed to pose as voters.
St Catharines Standard reported it asDHS voter probe may break state laws and wrongly implicate US citizens, whistleblower alleges (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
Donald Trump claimed Canada delayed certifying Gulfstream jets for a decade to favour its own aircraft sector. Aviation experts and Transport Canada state that separate certification processes and safety reviews explain the timeline, with approvals finally granted in February.
St Catharines Standard reported it asFact File: Trump claim that Canada stalled Gulfstream approval misleading (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
The European Parliament will open a new office in Ottawa, Canada, to facilitate parliamentary exchanges and strengthen cooperation. The announcement comes ahead of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's address to the European Parliament.
St Catharines Standard reported it asEU announces Ottawa office for more parliamentary exchanges with Canada (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
Nicholas La Strada, former Missouri election integrity director, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. The suit claims La Strada was fired for raising concerns about alleged illegal election activities, including recounting write-in votes and using state funds for political mailings.
St Catharines Standard reported it asMissouri election chief faces whistleblower lawsuit from fired election integrity director (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
The Canada Border Services Agency has removed 111 individuals suspected of links to extortion and organized crime as part of a nationwide operation. The deportations follow 188 removal orders issued over the past year, with most occurring in British Columbia and the Greater Toronto Area.
St Catharines Standard reported it asBorder authorities have deported 111 due to extortion violence since last August (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
Reno, Nevada, has begun construction on its first Advanced Purified Water Facility. The plant will treat wastewater to drinking water standards, aiming to bolster the region's water supply and lessen dependence on the Truckee River.
St Catharines Standard reported it asNevada’s first wastewater-to-drinking-water plant breaks ground in Reno (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has filed a lawsuit against Columbia University, alleging the institution failed to protect him and other pro-Palestinian students from harassment and retaliated against them. The suit claims the university's actions led to doxing and Khalil's detention by immigration agents.
St Catharines Standard reported it asMahmoud Khalil lawsuit says Columbia failed to protect pro-Palestinian activists (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
Hundreds of people queued at Rome's city hall to pay their last respects to Emma Bonino, a prominent Italian politician and human rights campaigner who died on Friday aged 78. A European flag was placed on her casket. Italy will hold a state funeral for her on Tuesday.
St Catharines Standard reported it asMourners in Rome pay last respects to Italian activist Emma Bonino (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
Somali businesses are rerouting trade due to Houthi control of a key port city and island. This has led to increased displacement in Yemen and prompted Somali businesses to seek direct shipping from countries like Sri Lanka.
St Catharines Standard reported it asSomalis rethink trade routes as Houthis disrupt established shipping channels (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- TorstarPrivate Equitydirect owner
- Metroland Media Groupunknowndirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Welland, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
- Official site
- stcatharinesstandard.ca
- Seen publishing on
- stcatharinesstandard.ca
- Access
- Paywalled
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 245
- Reports listed
- 255
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
255 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 35 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and St Catharines Standard ran the story anyway.
Across the 246 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than St Catharines Standard’s on 10 of them. Overall it filed a median of 10 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
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