Where to keep cool in Fort Erie as heat dome grips the region
A prolonged heat dome will bake Fort Erie this week with highs reaching 37 C, pushing the town’s four public cooling stations into front-line duty...
Fort Erie Pride festival fights U.S. politics seeping over the border
Fort Erie’s Pride festival returned to the Leisureplex on Saturday for its eighth year, and its chair and opening performer used the stage to cast...
GFESS says goodbye to Principal Louws, one vice-principal
Principal Fred Louws is leaving Greater Fort Erie Secondary School (GFESS), closing a decade-long chapter at the helm of a school he helped build from...
GFESS class of 2026 graduates with nearly $100,000 in awards
Fred Louws gave his last principal’s address for Greater Fort Erie Secondary School (GFESS) Thursday night for the graduation of 263 Grade 12 students, saying,...
Fort Erie Pride festival returns to Leisureplex this Saturday
The eighth annual Pride festival runs this Saturday, June 27, at the Fort Erie Leisureplex, a free one-day event with drag performances, food and about...
ROUNDUP | What’s happening in Fort Erie this week? [June 22-28, 2026]
What follows is a list of community events happening in Greater Fort Erie between June 22 and 28, 2026. Upcoming events can be submitted to...
ROUNDUP | What’s happening in Fort Erie this week? [June 15-21, 2026]
What follows is a list of community events happening in Greater Fort Erie between June 15 and 21, 2026. Upcoming events can be submitted to...
‘Let’s get them out’: Free Saturday carnival fights senior isolation
Step right up: Fort Erie is throwing a free carnival Saturday at the Leisureplex, where every town resident aged 60 and over can eat lunch...
“Queen of Fort Erie” Francine Villeneuve dies at 61
Francine Villeneuve, the first Canadian woman jockey to win 1,000 races, lost her long fight with cancer June 5 at 61, leaving Fort Erie Race...
Fort Erie cadets awarded Ontario’s highest youth honours
Caleb Browne rocketed to the top of Ontario’s air cadet program Saturday, with politicians from every level of government praising Fort Erie’s 337 “Allan Troup”...



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