‘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 museum’s new war exhibit tells history with human stories
Patrick Dearborn was 18 when he was killed in Vietnam on November 2, 1966. Mayor Wayne Redekop remembers him as a Ridgeway kid, the younger...
Fort Erie defers motion calling for Niagara Health resignations
A motion seeking the resignation of the Niagara Health board of directors and chief executive officer Lynn Guerriero, and for the province to appoint a...
Fort Erie, Niagara urged to find competitive edge amid U.S. trade war
Fort Erie and Niagara need to seek out every competitive advantage as Canada’s neighbour to the south attempts to wage economic war on Canadian businesses,...
Town has no reliable count of its homeless residents: Redekop
Mayor Wayne Redekop said the biggest gap in the town’s response to homelessness is not knowing how many residents are homeless, where they are staying...
Provincial officials ‘shocked’ to learn Douglas Memorial is closing: Redekop
Fort Erie’s delegation brought up the planned closure of Douglas Memorial Hospital in every meeting it held with provincial officials at this year’s Association of...
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...
Noyes, McDermott acclaimed to Fort Erie council as nominations close
Ann-Marie Noyes and George McDermott will keep their Fort Erie council seats without a single ballot being cast, after town clerk Peter Todd declared both...
Two Fort Erie council seats could be decided this Friday without a vote
Two of Fort Erie’s six council seats will be filled without a single ballot being cast unless someone registers against the incumbents before the nomination...
Healthcare SOS says signatures aren’t enough to save Douglas Memorial
Fort Erie’s council delegation opened two days of provincial meetings in Ottawa on Monday, but the town’s leading healthcare advocate says residents must now lobby...


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