Sparks fly as party leaders debate the economy
Sharp-elbowed exchanges and three leaders talking over one another marked a crucial election debate on the economy in Calgary.The second of five leaders' debates before the October 19th vote took on a...
View ArticleUBER to appear before Niagara Police Services Board
The issue of UBER popping up in Niagara nowThe owner of Central Taxi Hanif Patni tells CKTB's Tim Denis UBER is set to make a submission to the Niagara Police Services Board on September 24The...
View ArticleProvince moving forward with sale of Hydro One
Ontario's Liberal government has taken the next step towards selling Hydro One, filing a prospectus for an initial public offering in the huge electricity transmission utility.A preliminary prospectus...
View ArticleCatholic teachers ratify deal
Ontario's english catholic school teachers have voted in favour of a new deal reached earlier this summer with the province.Members voted on the deal yesterday and accepted it with nearly 80 per cent...
View ArticleNiagara Falls bound bus involved in crash in Maryland
Authorities say a Maryland man was killed when his pickup truck collided with a tour bus headed to Niagara Falls. The crash occurred in Laurel last night.City spokeswoman Audrey Barnes says the bus...
View ArticleNo charges in drowning death of Niagara man
The province's police watchdog has found there are no reasonable grounds to charge a Niagara Region office in relation to the drowning death of a 24-year-old man last year. Three investigators and...
View ArticleOntario won't impose hard cap on beer sold in grocery stores
Finance Minister Charles Sousa says the government will not impose ``stringent restrictions'' on the amount of beer that Ontario grocery stores will be able to sell.Sousa says the final plans for the...
View ArticlePublic elementary teachers union threatening rotating strikes
The only teachers union still seeking a contract agreement with the provincial government says it will ramp up job action on Monday and start rotating strikes in October if no progress is made at the...
View ArticleGuilty verdict for NRP officer in cheese and chicken wing smuggling case
A Niagara Regional Police officer has been found guilty in a cheese and chicken wing smuggling ring.Justice James Ramsey found Scott Heron guilty of conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, breach...
View ArticleFire at Thorold Apartment Building
A fire in Thorold this afternoon at Lark One Towers Apartment Building.Crews were called out to 64 Front Street early this afternoon.Flames were spotted coming from a window on the third floor The fire...
View ArticleOntario public elementary teachers to ramp up job action if no deal by next week
The union representing the province's English elementary school teachers says it has plans to ramp up its job action on Monday unless it reaches a deal with the province.The Elementary School Teachers...
View ArticleARREST: Man accused of video taping young girls in St.Catharines
A 23 year old man has been arrested accused of video taping young girls in St.Catharines.Police say the first incident was on September 9th when two girls, aged 14 and 17 were waiting at a bus stop...
View ArticleIceDogs win another in preseason play
The Niagara IceDogs topped the visiting Oshawa Generals 4-0 in exhibition action at the Meridian Centre on Friday night.Aleksandar Mikulovich opened the scoring on a 5-on-3 powerplay to make it 1-0....
View ArticleNo Lotto Max winner in Friday's jackpot
No one has the winning ticket for the $55-million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.Eight MaxMillions prizes of $1-million each were also available, and a single winning ticket for one of them...
View ArticleDisturbance leads to warrant for drugs and weapons in Welland
What started as a domestic disturbance call turned into two drug and weapons arrests in Welland.Niagara police were called to a home on Broadway Ave. yesterday.While investing the disturbance, officers...
View ArticleCrashes close Niagara highways overnight
The QEW Fort Erie-bound at Highway 406 was closed -- including the ramps to Ontario St., Welland Ave and Lake St. for several hours overnight.It happend after a reported rollover on the 406 just...
View ArticleDetectives seek witnesses in serious assault in St. Catharines
Niagara police detectives are looking for witnesses after a serious assault in St. CatharinesIt happened just after 1:00 a.m. today in the downtown area of St. Paul St.Police say a female was taken to...
View ArticleBreaking: Swimmer in distress at Sherkston Shores
Niagara fire, EMS and police searching for missing swimmer at Sherkston Shores.Officials were called just before 11:00 a.m. about a swimmer in distress.No other details right now
View ArticleIceDogs fall to Rangers 2-1 in exhibition final
The Niagara IceDogs dropped a 2-1 decision to the visiting Kitchener Rangers in their last exhibition game at the Meridian Centre on Saturday night.In the first period Matt Gillard scored on the...
View Article'Hollywood Wives' novelist Jackie Collins dies of breast cancer at 77
Jackie Collins, the bestselling author of dozens of novels including ``Hollywood Wives'' that dramatized the lives of the rich and treacherous, has died.Publicist Melody Korenbrot says Collins died of...
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