Youth suffers serious injuries in ATV accident at Garrison Road home
Emergency services responded to a Fort Erie home Thursday for an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident that sent a youth to an out-of-region hospital for serious...
‘Elbows Up’ organizers from Buffalo invite Canadians to join them
Fort Erie and the rest of Canada have plenty of friends in Buffalo. Earlier this year, hundreds of people gathered along the breakwall near the...
Border traffic down 22 per cent at Peace Bridge
Travel across the Peace Bridge is down 22 per cent over last year, according Chuck Schumer, minority leader of the U.S. Senate. A news release...
Douglas Memorial team awarded top honour at Niagara Health awards
A dedicated group of healthcare workers from Niagara Health’s Fort Erie site has been honoured with an award of excellence for their outstanding collaboration and...
Niagara Transit working to clear up early ‘growing pains’
Fort Erie transit riders have not recently been affected by the abandoned rides that plagued the service in its early days, councillors heard. Edward Zahra,...
The Grove in Crystal Beach adds two beach volleyball courts
It’s probably too busy on the sands of Bay Beach during the summer to set up two regulation-sized beach volleyball courts. But just a short...
Fireworks will light up the sky as Fort Erie celebrates Canada Day
The last edition of the Fort Erie Friendship Festival was held in 2019. It was a popular event that saw many ups and downs since...
Fort Erie council defers decision on rural road speed limit changes
Councillors are holding off on approving speed limit changes to some rural roads that were recommended by Fort Erie’s traffic coordinating committee. At the committee’s...
Fort Erie man charged in St. Catharines fraud case
A Fort Erie man has been arrested and charged following a fraud investigation in St. Catharines, according to a Niagara Regional Police news release. Uniform...
Council ties hospital funds to reinstitution of urgent care hours
It makes no sense to reduce urgent care centre (UCC) services in Fort Erie at precisely the same time as thousands start arriving in town...



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