Protesters press MP Fred Davies to keep healthcare local
A small group of Fort Erie residents stood outside MP Fred Davies’s office last Wednesday holding signs to save the Douglas Memorial site and restore...
Job Gym to close Central Avenue site, continue service locally
A long-standing employment office on Central Avenue in Fort Erie will close March 31, but the Job Gym service itself will remain in the community,...
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...
SIU clears officer in October shootout after Crystal Beach lockdown
Police blocked a vehicle at a Niagara Falls gas station at about 2:30 a.m. on October 22, 2025, where an officer shot and killed a...
Fort Erie Race Track to open May 31 for 129th racing season
The starting gates at Fort Erie Race Track will open May 31, launching the venue’s 129th season of live thoroughbred racing through until October 20....
Point Abino drain project appeals tribunal set for next month
Local residents within the Point Abino drain watershed will likely be paying for a large chunk of a planned maintenance and upgrade project. Properties in...
Five rabbits and 21 cats, rats and dogs up for adoption at SPCA
If you’re looking to add a four-legged family member to your household, the Fort Erie SPCA currently has 26 animals available, including dogs, cats, rabbits...
Town seeks non-profit to run Fort Erie’s first community garden
Fort Erie is getting its hands dirty with an all-new community garden set beside the Fort Erie Railway Museum and Central Fire Station, and the...
Cell infrastructure project will see Fort Erie included in 2027
By the end of next year, dropped calls along the Niagara Parkway corridor in Fort Erie may become a thing of the past, once a...
March 26 concert at Sessions to honour Winterstein ahead of inquest
Music and prayer will open a memorial gathering March 26 at Sessions on the River to honour Heather Winterstein, a 24-year-old Indigenous woman whose death...
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