Fort Erie man gets eight years for repeated abuse of stepdaughter
A Fort Erie man received an eight-year penitentiary sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting his stepdaughter almost daily for six years and threatening...
William Symes convicted in Crystal Beach can dispute shooting
A Superior Court judge has convicted an 80-year-old Fort Erie man of attempted murder for shooting a woman at point-blank range during a dispute over...
Police say Tuesday weapons threat near Peace Bridge ‘unfounded’
Niagara Parks Police say a reported weapons threat near the Peace Bridge was “unfounded,” but caused Tuesday morning road closures in areas near Mather Arch....
Second suspect arrested in Fort Erie vape shop break-in
Niagara Regional Police say a second suspect has been arrested in connection with a break-in at a Fort Erie vape shop earlier this week. Detectives...
UPDATE | One suspect still at large after vape shop break-in
UPDATE | April 30, 2026 @ 3:23 p.m.:Â Police say one person has been arrested in connection with the break-in, while a second suspect remains outstanding....
Lockdown at Ridgeway daycare lasts nearly two hours
At about 2:50 p.m. on April 7, staff at Top of the Ridge Daycare in Ridgeway initiated a hold-and-secure that kept children inside classrooms until...
Suspicious Thursday morning fire destroys car on Jessie Street
Just after 2 a.m. on Thursday, fire crews arrived at a car fire near a north end Fort Erie home and extinguished it before it...
Police clear Douglas Memorial after 1 a.m. threat; no danger found
Niagara Regional Police swept the Douglas Memorial facility in the early hours of Thursday morning after a threat called in around 1:20 a.m. prompted a...
Pellet gun prompts hour-long closure on Crescent Road
A weapons call on Sunday morning shut down part of Crescent Road near Hollywood Street for about an hour, but Niagara police later found an...
Man, 80, on trial for attempted murder over Crystal Beach cans
A man local to the area accused in a 2024 shooting pleaded not guilty Monday at the Superior Court in Welland to 15 charges, in...



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