Fort Erie forum rejects urgent care closure, demands healthcare hub
Fort Erie’s mayor, regional councillor, MPP and MP sat together at the Leisureplex Banquet Hall on Saturday and delivered the same message: Douglas Memorial must...
ROUNDUP | What’s happening in Fort Erie this week? [April 13-19, 2026]
What follows is a list of community events happening in Greater Fort Erie between April 13 and 19, 2026. Upcoming events can be submitted to...
Residents to weigh in on Douglas Memorial’s future at April 18 forum
Fort Erie Healthcare SOS will host a public forum on April 18 at the Leisureplex banquet hall to update residents on the future of the...
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...
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...
Residents gather at town hall to oppose Gale’s amalgamation plan
Handmade signs were held high at Fort Erie Town Hall on Monday afternoon as residents gathered in response to the proposed amalgamation of Niagara’s municipalities...
Ford marks hospital milestone, Jones offers no guarantees for Fort Erie
Premier Doug Ford joined several Niagara politicians on Wednesday to sign the final structural steel beam installed in the new South Niagara Hospital in Niagara...
Redekop pushes back on Niagara chair’s amalgamation plan
Mayor Wayne Redekop is urging Ontario to slow a fast-tracked Niagara amalgamation review and warns that Fort Erie taxpayers could inherit other municipalities’ debt. Redekop...
Future of Douglas Memorial remains ‘No. 1 issue’: Redekop
Fort Erie is keeping the full court press on its provincial and federal counterparts to convince them there’s a future for the Douglas Memorial site...
Fort Erie presses urgent care, shoreline funding at ROMA conference
Mayor Wayne Redekop and a delegation of Fort Erie officials outlined priorities at the 2026 Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) conference in Toronto last month,...


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