It has been more than a decade since the St. Catharines Standard left its home of 115 years at 17 Queen St., but the fire that sealed that building’s fate over the weekend is still hard to bear for many of the people who worked there.

The building, parts of which date back to 1898, was destroyed by fire that broke out in the upper office floors late Friday night and continued burning well into the late afternoon Saturday.

Fire Chief Dave Upper put the damage estimate in excess of $2 million.

Historic former St. Catharines Standard building gutted by fire

Overnight blaze closed streets around the structure, portions of which date back to 1898.

“It’s really sad to look at those pictures of the place just going up in flames,” said former editor-in-chief Peter Conradi.

Conradi started wo

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