NF Councillor approached to run Federally
Niagara Falls City Councillor and former Liberal MPP Kim Craitor confirms he's been approached by the federal NDP to consider running for the party's nomination in the Niagara Falls riding.Craitor says...
View ArticleTaxpayers not footing the bill for Kanye West's Pan Am performance
Organizers say taxpayers aren't footing the bill for Kanye West's headlining performance at the Pan Am Games closing ceremony on Sunday.They also aren't sure whether the rapper's mic problems and...
View ArticleYork Regional police respond to five calls for pets locked in parked cars
Police say they've received five reports Monday of animals left in cars north of Toronto during a heat alert. York Regional police Insp. Lou Malbeuf says all five incidents took place in parking lots...
View ArticleTemporary rules for HOV lanes are over
It's back to normal on highways around the GTHA today.The three occupant minimum for cars travelling in the HOV lanes that was brought in for the Pan Am Games ended this morning at 5:00.Cars with two...
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Search for concrete block in murder case to focus on Welland Canal
Niagara Police divers will take to the waters of the Welland Canal in the search for a missing Mississauga man.Toronto police believe Shawn Kapadia was murdered and his body taken to a home in...
View ArticleSisters considering formal complaint over topless bike ride
Three sisters are considering filing a complaint after being stopped by police for cycling topless in Kitchener.Tameera Mohamed and her sisters say they were riding their bikes without their shirts on...
View ArticleFormer New Democrat MP Olivia Chow is launching a bid to re-enter federal...
Olivia Chow, flanked by Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair, announced today that she is seeking the NDP nomination in the Toronto riding of Spadina-Fort York.Chow was an NDP MP in Toronto for nearly nine...
View ArticleNew York prison worker pleads guilty to helping 2 convicted killers escape
A U.S. prison employee has pleaded guilty to helping two killers escape last month.Joyce Mitchell, a tailor shop instructor at Clinton Correctional Facility in northern New York state, was jailed...
View Article9 people charged on latest list of impaired drivers
Niagara Regional Police have charged 9 people with Criminal Impaired Driving, between July 19th and July 26th. All of the names on the list are Niagara residents, including 5 from Niagara Falls.The...
View ArticleWelland MP worried about the number of Canadian meat inspectors
NDP Agriculture and Agri-Food critic Malcolm Allen is expressing his concern over the shortage of meat inspectors.The Welland MP making the statement after the Agriculture Union held a press conference...
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Gates: Unacceptable delays from MTO’s medical review section costing drivers...
Ontario NDP Transportation Critic and Niagara Falls MPP Wayne Gates says today’s report by the Ontario Ombudsman proves that the Liberal Government needs to fix the Ministry of Transportation’s Medical...
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Police investigate the death of a baby in Thorold
Niagara Regional Police are investigating the death of a baby in Thorold. On Saturday July 25th at 10:30 am , a 9-1-1 call was received from a home on Thorold Townline Road.Niagara EMS along with the...
View ArticlePolice looking more help in murder investigation in Niagara
Toronto Police are asking for more help from the public as they plan to expand their search for a concrete slab that is the focus of a murder investigation.Detectives believe that 22-year-old Shawn...
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Pedestrian struck in St. Catharines
Not many details yet, but we do know, a pedestrian was seriously injured after being struck by a car last night in St. Catharines.It happened at the corner of Geneva and Lakeshore Road.The male...
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Actor Donald Sutherland says he is a proud Canadian
One of Canada's most famous expats is attacking a federal law that takes the right to vote away from citizens living abroad for more than five years.Donald Sutherland attacks the policy in an opinion...
View Article13-1 longshot wins Prince of Wales Stakes
Breaking Lucky broke Shaman Ghost's Triple Crown aspirations last night.The 13-to-1 longshot came from last to edge the Queen's Plate winner by a neck in the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort...
View ArticleBatmobile breaks down on the 401
Drivers returning from Ontario's cottage country slowed to a crawl Sunday evening near Napanee as they watched Batman, in his Batsuit, working on his Batmobile on the side of the highway. Stephen...
View ArticlePedestrian sent to hospital after St. Catharines collision
Niagara police investigating after a pedestrian was struck by a pickup truck in St Catharines.It happened around 5:00 p.m. yesterday at Lakeshore Rd. and Geneva St.Police say a 33-year-old St....
View ArticleLondon-bound plane forced to touch down in Montreal
Police say a London-bound plane from the United States was forced to land in Montreal this morning because of a bomb threat.More than 300 people were aboard the British Airways flight from Las Vegas....
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Ammunition discovered at Canada Post Stoney Creek sorting station
Canada Post is trying to determine how a round of ammunition arrived at a sorting station in Stoney Creek.Hamilton police say their disposal unit was called to the facility yesterday after the...
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