More than 1,000 kids climb aboard Bridgeburg’s biggest Truck or Treat
More than 1,000 costumed children climbed into fire trucks and construction equipment on Jarvis Street on Saturday, the biggest turnout yet for Bridgeburg’s seventh annual...
Films on Burd Sisler, Indigenous burial sites to screen free in Fort Erie
TIFF in Fort Erie will screen two films about the town’s history on November 12: a docudrama on Burdett Sisler, who lived to 110, and...
CanAm Freedom Ride across Peace Bridge nearly doubles in size
Josiah Henson reached freedom in Fort Erie in 1830 after he crossed the Niagara River from Buffalo to escape slavery. On October 10, more than...
‘Super bright’ apparent meteor streaks over Lake Erie Saturday morning
Fort Erie residents reported seeing a bright bluish-green streak of light crossing east to west over Lake Erie between 8:15 and 8:20 a.m. Saturday. Three...
Meet the 13 candidates on the ballot for Fort Erie town council
Thirteen candidates are running for four seats on Fort Erie town council in the October 26 municipal election. Incumbents are running again in all four...
Military Time wins Prince of Wales Stakes as Fort Erie betting tops $2M
Military Time held off Brachetto by half a length to win the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes at the Fort Erie Race Track on Monday....
‘Town below the town’: Series details Fort Erie’s Indigenous burial sites
A new three-part documentary series examines the 10,000 years of Indigenous history buried under Fort Erie, its producer says. ‘Echoes of the Ancestors: The History...
Fort Erie author publishes children’s book she shelved for 20 years
Debi Selib started writing after her husband died two years ago, and one of the books that came out of it was a children’s story...
Fort Erie asks province to replace fire rescue boats at AMO conference
A provincial staff member is now searching for money to replace Fort Erie’s fire rescue boats after Mayor Wayne Redekop put the request directly to...
Siege re-enactment sees biggest turnout since pandemic
The annual Siege of Old Fort Erie re-enactment drew its largest number of visitors and participants since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the fort’s...




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