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...
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...
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...
Noyes calls Gale’s amalgamation plan ‘a lot of bluster with very little fact’
For nearly 90 minutes as Fort Erie councillors grilled regional chair Bob Gale about his February 19 letter to the provincial government recommending some kind...
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,...
Douglas Memorial urgent care to close early Saturday
The Douglas Memorial urgent care centre in Fort Erie will close early on December 27, as Niagara Health continues to deal with ongoing physician staffing...
Car rally to stop in Fort Erie Thursday after Niagara Health cuts 98 jobs
A regionwide car rally will stop at the Douglas Memorial urgent care centre (UCC) on Thursday as union members and supporters protest Niagara Health staffing...
Hospital funding commitment needs ‘iron clad’ conditions, councillor says
A letter formally seeking a $10.5-million local share funding contribution for the new South Niagara hospital has been met with hesitancy by Fort Erie councillors....
Niagara Health staffing cuts raise concerns over local urgent care
The Douglas Memorial urgent care centre (UCC) will keep its current hours for now as Niagara Health cuts 98 staff roles across the region and...



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