Ridgeway Lions Field playground won’t open this summer
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
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
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...
Ninety-one-year-old continues push for better health care in Fort Erie
At 91 years of age, Joy Russell continues her quest for better health care services for Fort Erie. Her efforts began in the 1990s. She...
Police hunt Fort Erie gunman after shooting on Niagara Boulevard
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...
Fort Erie begins smoke tests of sewers in four neighbourhoods
Residents in parts of Fort Erie shouldn’t be alarmed if they see smoke rising from drains and manholes over the next few weeks. The town...
Niagara Health raises Douglas Memorial parking to $20 a day
Parking at Douglas Memorial will cost up to $20 a day starting Saturday, the second increase Niagara Health has ordered in less than two years....
Siege of Fort Erie re-enactment returns August 8 and 9
Niagara Parks will stage its annual Siege of Fort Erie re-enactment at Old Fort Erie on August 8 and 9, with re-enactors from across North...
Circle of Art returns to Queens Circle a week late with 39 artists
The Friends of Crystal Beach never needed a rain date for the annual Circle of Art and Craft Show at Queens Circle, but for the...
Illegal dumping a growing and ‘significant issue’ in Fort Erie
A heaping pile of garbage. That’s what Fort Erie resident Mike Frawley noticed on a Sunset Drive property on his way home from work the...



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