‘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...
Davies presses Ottawa to add Ridgeway Nine to Books of Remembrance
Niagara South MP Fred Davies has asked Veterans Affairs Canada to enter the nine militiamen killed at the Battle of Ridgeway into the Books of...
Siege of Fort Erie re-enactment returns August 8 and 9
Niagara Parks will stage its annual Siege of Fort Erie re-enactment at Old Fort Erie on August 8 and 9, with re-enactors from across North...
Where to see Canada Day fireworks in Fort Erie
Fort Erie’s annual Canada Day fireworks are planned to light up the Niagara River near Old Fort Erie at 10 p.m. this Wednesday, June 1....
ROUNDUP | What’s happening in Fort Erie this week? [June 29-July 5, 2026]
What follows is a list of community events happening in Greater Fort Erie between June 29 and July 5, 2026. Upcoming events can be submitted...
Ridgeway’s fallen still denied a place in Books of Remembrance
A Niagara historian warned Sunday that soldiers killed at the Battle of Ridgeway remain shut out of Canada’s official military memorial system, 160 years after...
Old Fort Erie reopens with tours, muskets and battlefield history
Old Fort Erie is open for the season, giving visitors another chance to step into one of the region’s best-known historic sites. The War of...


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