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...
Fort Erie seeks input on renaming Bowen Road Park after Burd Sisler
The Town of Fort Erie is asking residents whether Bowen Road Park should become B.T. Sisler Park, honouring the Second World War veteran who died...
Canada’s oldest person, Burd Sisler, receives public farewell
Just shy of his 111th birthday, Burd Sisler drew a steady line of mourners to Benner Funeral Services, where a visitation for Canada’s oldest person...
Filmmaker completes documentary on Burd Sisler prior to his death at 110
Inside a retirement home in Fort Erie, Burd Sisler, 110, recounted what his father cooked in the 1920s, down to the ingredients. Those interviews now...
Canada’s oldest person, Fort Erie’s Burd Sisler, dies at 110
Fort Erie resident Burd Sisler, Second World War veteran and Canada’s oldest person, has died at the age of 110. His death on Thursday was...
Erie Moon Lounge jazz night returns to St. Paul’s for fourth year
St. Paul’s Anglican Church hosted its fourth annual Erie Moon Lounge jazz night on January 31 at its parish centre on Idylewylde Street, where about...
Two Fort Erie funeral homes bought by Texas-based company
Two long-running funeral homes in Fort Erie have changed ownership, with Williams Funeral Services at 722 Ridge Road North and Benner Funeral Services at 1005...
Beloved Fort Erie doctor remembered as a champion of local health care
A beloved physician and advocate for health care in Fort Erie has died. In a news release Thursday, the Town of Fort Erie and Mayor...
Austin Miller remembered as a gracious host to TV crew last year
When Fort Erie native Lindsey Middleton was in the midst of writing and creating a TV show last year that used Walnutknoll Dairy Farm as...
Cathy Green-Redekop remembered as a patient and caring educator
Cathy Green-Redekop was known to many people as the first lady of Fort Erie, the loving wife of Mayor Wayne Redekop for 48 years. But...



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