Author: Andrew Hawlitzky

Andrew is a Niagara community journalist who has covered everything from local politics to annual festivals and breaking news. He works to make local news a platform where community voices lead the conversation. "If you don't like the news, go out and make some!"

Police out as Niagara students ditch class for Beach Day

June 6, 2026 at 3:34 AM

Police and private security officers deployed to Crystal Beach on Friday as thousands of high school students skipped class for Beach Day, Niagara’s unofficial end-of-year...

Stevensville Farmers’ Market opens with record 50 vendors

June 5, 2026 at 3:12 AM

The Stevensville Farmers’ Market opened its 2026 season Wednesday with its biggest vendor roster yet, drawing shoppers to Stevensville Memorial Hall as small producers pushed...

Sider Road ranked worst in Niagara, fourth in Ontario by CAA

June 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM

The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) released its 2026 Worst Roads in Ontario results Thursday, placing Sider Road at fourth in the province and first in...

More than $11K in drugs seized from Fort Erie home, pair charged

June 4, 2026 at 9:05 PM

Two Fort Erie residents face a combined nine drug trafficking charges after Niagara Regional Police pulled $11,710 worth of cocaine, fentanyl, crystal meth and hydromorphone...

Niagara Parks completing overnight Parkway roadwork in June

June 4, 2026 at 3:26 AM

Niagara Parks is conducting overnight road maintenance on the full 55-kilometre Niagara Parkway for the rest of June, days after narrowly averting a strike that...

‘Cows Come Home’ corrals two Canadian Screen Awards

June 3, 2026 at 3:40 AM

A Fort Erie-filmed comedy series picked up two of Canada’s top digital media honours this week, with ‘Cows Come Home’ winning Best Web Program or...

Stevensville market to open with 45 vendors, charity table

June 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM

A farmers’ market on Stevensville Road kicks off its 2026 season this Wednesday with its biggest vendor roster yet, giving Fort Erie-area residents a weekly...

Ridgeway’s fallen still denied a place in Books of Remembrance

June 2, 2026 at 10:16 AM

A Niagara historian warned Sunday that soldiers killed at the Battle of Ridgeway remain shut out of Canada’s official military memorial system, 160 years after...

Race track bets future on $35-million deal Woodbine won’t sign

June 2, 2026 at 3:45 AM

Fort Erie Race Track opened its 129th season Sunday with a huge turnout, but the party has a $35-million price tag. The Ontario Lottery and...

Niagara survivors join Davies in push for public sex offender registry

June 1, 2026 at 3:44 AM

A campaign for a public national sex offender registry gained fresh momentum this week when Niagara South MP Fred Davies brought survivors and advocates to...