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Province commits $4.75 million to local primary care access
7+ hour, 52+ min ago (490+ words) A $4.75-million provincial investment will connect nearly 9,000 residents of Fort Erie, Port Colborne and Wainfleet with nurse practitioners and team-based primary care, the largest expansion of local family medicine in years. Bridges Community Health Centre will manage the money in…...
Wildfire smoke closes Bay Beach, Supper Market cancelled
12+ hour, 40+ min ago (307+ words) The Town of Fort Erie closed Bay Beach, its splash pads and the Tennis Club on Thursday and cancelled recreation programs and the Crystal Beach Waterfront Supper Market after wildfire smoke pushed the region’s air quality to high-risk levels. Environment…...
Latest Fort Erie mayoral candidate Juan Liu aspires to big change
1+ week, 3+ day ago (544+ words) Juan Liu has big aspirations to help the people of the world–and those plans begin with Fort Erie. The 37-year-old Crystal Beach resident is campaigning to become Fort Erie’s next mayor, with goals to make the place she chose…...
Planning application and service fees poised for substantial increases
2+ week, 1+ day ago (295+ words) The cost of building in Fort Erie could soon be going up for developers. Town staff are in the midst of a review of its planning application and service fees. It’s the first review of its kind in several years....
Fort Erie Pride festival fights U.S. politics seeping over the border
2+ week, 3+ day ago (566+ words) Fort Erie’s Pride festival returned to the Leisureplex on Saturday for its eighth year, and its chair and opening performer used the stage to cast local pride as a year-round defence of 2SLGBTQ+ rights they say are under threat across the…...
Bay Beach unsafe to swim due to high E. coli levels
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (147+ words) Bay Beach has been deemed unsafe to swim after a water test on June 11 found high levels of E. coli bacteria. According to Niagara Region Public Health, Bernard Avenue Beach, Crescent Beach and Waverly Beach all passed their most recent tests…...
Ridgeway resident wins $100,000 Lotto Max prize
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (185+ words) A Ridgeway resident is planning for retirement after winning $100,000 in a Lotto Max draw. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) Corporation says the 70-year-old, who works in the lumber industry, discovered the win while checking his ticket at home one…...
'We can't afford it': GFESS students walk out to protest OSAP cuts
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (465+ words) Baking is her passion, but cuts to OSAP are pricing a Grade 11 student from Bridgeburg out of her dream of attending Niagara College. In response, she organized a second walkout last Thursday and fellow high school students in the same…...
FlixBus rolls into Fort Erie with affordable Toronto round trip
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (263+ words) Like the iconic bus jump scene in ‘Speed,’ FlixBus is accelerating to Fort Erie, bridging a years-long service gap with an explosive first-ever Toronto connection departing from the Leisureplex starting June 1. The new Flixbus stop at 3 Municipal Centre Drive runs…...
Ontario commits $46.3M to new Fort Erie school, GFESS expansion
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (357+ words) Fort Erie is getting a new elementary school and a major expansion at Greater Fort Erie Secondary School (GFESS) after Ontario committed $46.3 million Thursday to add 1,019 student seats to a town where new housing has outpaced classroom supply. The new…...