UPDATE | Niagara police officer injured during Fort Erie domestic violence call
JANUARY 19, 2025 @ 2:28 P.M. | UPDATE — The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) will investigate an incident that occurred in Fort Erie on...
No injuries in ‘minor fire’ at local restaurant on Saturday
There were no injuries when Southsides Bar and Grill had to be evacuated Saturday afternoon due to a “minor fire,” says Niagara Regional Police (NRP)...
Investigations in Fort Erie related to theft increased in 2024
Theft calls in Greater Fort Erie saw a significant increase in 2024 out of a handful of statistics provided by Niagara Regional Police (NRP). Fort...
Fort Erie man charged in online child luring investigation
Detectives from the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit have charged a Fort Erie man following an undercover investigation into the...
Young male ejected from vehicle on Netherby, suffers minor injuries
A young man was airlifted to hospital but only suffered minor injuries after being ejected from the vehicle he was operating in the Stevensville area...
Surfing Santa arrives by helicopter to put on a Christmas spectacle
At about 1 p.m. on Monday when John Fulton was minutes away from setting sail in the waters of Lake Erie and the Niagara River,...
Fort Erie residents to feel impact of Niagara Region budget with 9.6-per-cent increase
Fort Erie Regional Councillor Tom Insinna says he is confronted regularly by local residents concerned about raising taxes. He said this last week during a...
Niagara police conduct RIDE checks in Fort Erie and St. Catharines
Niagara Regional Police conducted RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) checks on Thursday night. Approximately 300 vehicles in Fort Erie and St. Catharines were stopped, according...
Insinna says police budget cut request doesn’t affect ‘boots on the ground’
One of two Fort Erie representatives on regional council is taking the lead in telling the Niagara Regional Police (NRP) to trim its 2025 budget...
Despite rising costs, no new routes for public transit in Fort Erie
It doesn’t appear that the old “Green Route” will be coming back to Fort Erie next year, despite council requesting the return of a conventional...



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