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!"

Delivery driver charged in crash at Nigh and Burleigh roads

October 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM

Police have charged a Mississauga man with careless driving after they say he drove a delivery van through a stop sign and into a passenger...

Rotary Club combats misinformation with Halloween vaccine comics

October 26, 2026 at 4:29 AM

The Rotary Club of Fort Erie is doing its part to combat vaccine misinformation by giving away a comic book illustrated by local high school...

More than 1,000 kids climb aboard Bridgeburg’s biggest Truck or Treat

October 26, 2026 at 3:25 AM

More than 1,000 costumed children climbed into fire trucks and construction equipment on Jarvis Street on Saturday, the biggest turnout yet for Bridgeburg’s seventh annual...

Withheld $3M hospital pledge divides Ward 5 candidates at forum

October 25, 2026 at 3:17 AM

Fort Erie’s decision to withhold $3 million pledged toward Niagara Health’s new hospital divided Ward 5 council candidates at a Ridgeway-Crystal Beach forum Thursday, four...

Ward 4 candidates debate urgent care, school fire at Crystal Ridge forum

October 25, 2026 at 3:07 AM

Ward 4 council candidates laid out competing plans to keep urgent care in Fort Erie at a Ridgeway-Crystal Beach forum on Thursday, four days before...

Fort Erie mayoral candidates clash over key issues at Crystal Ridge forum

October 24, 2026 at 5:57 AM

All four of Fort Erie’s mayoral candidates vowed Thursday to keep urgent care in town after 2028, but they clashed at a Ridgeway-Crystal Beach forum...

Josiah Henson’s 1830 journey to Canada commemorated October 28

October 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM

Josiah Henson’s historic journey to Canada will be retraced 196 years after he escaped slavery and stepped ashore a free man at what is now...

Motorcyclist rides off Niagara Parkway after misjudging curve

October 23, 2026 at 4:38 AM

A southbound motorcyclist rode straight off the Niagara Parkway onto the grass after misjudging a slight curve in Fort Erie on October 17. The rider...

Double-vehicle fire in Fort Erie driveway ‘suspicious’: fire chief

October 22, 2026 at 5:26 PM

The Fort Erie Fire Department responded around 3:45 a.m. Thursday to a fire Niagara Regional Police are now investigating after it burned the engines of...