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!"

Niagara flood cleanup will take weeks, says acting regional chair Insinna

August 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM

Debris removal will continue across Niagara for weeks after two storms flooded homes and businesses throughout the region, acting regional chair Tom Insinna said Tuesday...

Fort Erie’s first Goodwill store opens Wednesday

August 4, 2026 at 3:25 AM

The first Goodwill store in Fort Erie opens Wednesday, but it will have no fitting rooms–a decision that led to complaints and forced a new...

Tornado warning lifted with no Fort Erie touchdown confirmed

August 2, 2026 at 5:43 PM

Environment Canada placed Fort Erie under a tornado warning Sunday afternoon as meteorologists tracked a severe thunderstorm near Niagara Falls that may have been producing...

Three Fort Erie manufacturers get $2.7 million in federal tariff aid

August 2, 2026 at 3:27 AM

Three Fort Erie manufacturers will receive a combined $2.7 million in federal funding to buy advanced equipment and expand production as tariffs disrupt Canadian supply...

Fort Erie man suffers life-threatening injuries in e-scooter crash

August 2, 2026 at 3:22 AM

A 63-year-old Fort Erie man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after he lost control of his electric scooter on the Friendship Trail Friday afternoon,...

Brain Injury Association debt-free thanks to $151K provincial grant

August 1, 2026 at 7:04 AM

The Brain Injury Association of Fort Erie says a $151,100 Ontario Trillium Foundation grant has erased its longstanding debt and given the nearly 40-year-old charity...

Ridgeway Lions Field playground won’t open this summer

July 31, 2026 at 6:19 AM

A new playground at Ridgeway Lions Field will take longer than planned, as the Town of Fort Erie redesigns the project to deal with drainage...

Davies presses Ottawa to add Ridgeway Nine to Books of Remembrance

July 30, 2026 at 12:01 PM

Niagara South MP Fred Davies has asked Veterans Affairs Canada to enter the nine militiamen killed at the Battle of Ridgeway into the Books of...

Benner cuts cremation cost to bring Bradley Verbeek home

July 30, 2026 at 3:53 AM

Melissa (Verbeek) Godwin expects to hold her late brother’s ashes by Friday after a Fort Erie funeral home retrieved his remains from Toronto and agreed...

Police hunt Fort Erie gunman after shooting on Niagara Boulevard

July 29, 2026 at 9:05 AM

Niagara police are searching for a 28-year-old Fort Erie man accused of shooting another man outside a Niagara Boulevard residence early Wednesday, sending the 27-year-old...