NIAGARA: Easter Egg Hunts
A full list of Easter Egg hunts in Niagara this weekend! St. CatharinesJaycees Annual Easter Egg HuntJaycee ParkSaturday, March 26th10am - 1 to 3 year olds10:30am - 4 to 6 year olds11am - 7 to 8 year...
View ArticleNiagara Region Sexual Assault Centre comments on Ghomeshi verdict
The Niagara Region Sexual Assault Centre is commenting on the not guilty verdict in the Jian Ghomeshi trial.The centre has released the following statement:This case highlights for us how the court...
View ArticleNiagara baseball coach retires after 20 years
One of only two men to coach a Canadian University baseball team to 500 wins has announced his retirement. Jeff Lounsbury has retired as the head coach of the Brock Badgers baseball team after a...
View ArticleSIU called in after St.Patrick's Day incident involving NRP officer at Pen
The SIU has been called in after an incident involving a member of the public and a police officer at the Pen Centre Mall.One week ago, on St.Patrick's Day the NRP say a uniform officer was at the...
View ArticleOBIT: Garry Shandling dies at 66
Garry Shandling, who as an actor and comedian pioneered a pretend brand of self-focused docudrama with ``The Larry Sanders Show,'' has died.Los Angeles Police officer Tony Im said Shandling died...
View Article'Sunshine List' bigger than ever
The province's 2015 sunshine list is fatter than the previous year's list, despite the fact that thousands of Hydro One workers are no longer subject to salary disclosure.There are more than...
View ArticleWelland drug investigation leads to arrests
Niagara police have made a couple of arrrests after a drug investigation in Welland.Police say a man was selling cocaine in a west-end apartment building.They executed a search warrant there...
View ArticleMost millennials consider home ownership important
A new poll by CIBC suggests home ownership is just as important to millennials as it is to most Canadians. The survey shows 86 per cent of millennials view home ownership as important even though 42...
View ArticleIce-coated wires and branches cause blackouts in southern Ontario
More than 80,000 hydro customers across southwest Ontario were without power late Friday morning as repair crews tried to stay ahead of outages due to freezing rain which coated wires and tree...
View ArticleNo winner in last nights $32 million draw
There was no winning ticket in last nights $32 million Lotto Max draw.The concurrent $1 million ENCORE draw also went winless.With no winner, next weeks prize will be an estimated $43 million...
View ArticleAMC threatens to stop filming in Georgia
AMC has joined the list of Hollywood companies who will stop filming in Georgia if the state passes an anti-gay "Religious Liberty" bill.Almost every major television and film production company has...
View ArticleNorth Korea threatens Seoul's presidential palace
Upping its rhetoric a notch, North Korea has warned that it will attack Seoul's presidential palace unless it receives an apology from South Korean President Park Geun-hye for "treason.''The warning is...
View ArticleBelgian prosecutors issue warrant for new suspect
Belgian prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for a new suspect in Tuesday's attacks on the Brussels airport and subway.The federal prosecutor's office said in a statement on Saturday that an...
View ArticleOver 40 thousand still without power after this weeks storm
Energy crews are still working to restore electricity to thousands of customers who lost power as southern Ontario was coated in freezing rain this week.Most of the ice has since melted, however, Hydro...
View ArticleHamilton Police investigating fifth homicide of 2016
Hamilton Police say they're investigating the city's fifth homicide of the year.Detectives were called in late Friday afternoon after police officers responding to a 911 call at a local residence found...
View ArticleTwo arrests following prescription fraud in Lincoln
Niagara Regional Police have arrested two people in connection with numerous prescription frauds in the Town of Lincoln where Fentanyl patches were obtained.On Friday, Police received information about...
View ArticleNo winner in Saturday's Lotto 6-49
There's no rush to check your Lotto 6-49 ticket this morning -- you're not the big winner. No winning ticket was sold for the five-million dollar jackpot in last night's draw. That means the next...
View ArticleSuspect arrested on fear of terrorism in Toronto
Police arrested a 23-year-old man under a little used section of the criminal code relating to terrorism. The RCMP issued a news release saying Kevin Omar Mohamed was arrested in Toronto under a...
View ArticleChristians in Holy Land, across world celebrate Easter
Christians in the Holy Land and across the world are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. The cavernous Holy Sepulcher...
View ArticlePolice say no 'obvious signs' of foul play in the discovery of missing boy
RCMP in Manitoba say there were no ``obvious signs of foul play'' in the death of two-year-old Chase Martens and it appears it was just a terrible tragedy. The little boy's body was found in a creek...
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