While Niagara Regional Police confirm no charges have been laid, the Niagara Region says it reported the series of incidents in July to police, the requirement for an investigation to begin.
The Pumphouse announced this week that Geoffrey and Lorraine Joyner renewed their $25,000 donation gift from five years ago, securing the naming rights until 2030.
Niagara-on-the-Lake’s old hospital site might become a one-stop hub for everything from condos and a pool to high-tech health services.
Despite organizers’ efforts to secure farmers for Friday, the opening day of the two-day festival, growers said they were busy picking fruit and couldn’t spare the staff to run stands.
While those involved don’t know what the town’s share of the $41 million will be, the funding will allow long-planned upgrades to its user-paid municipal irrigation system to go ahead, said Coun. Erwin Wiens.
Both the region and Niagara Regional Police would not say where the automated speed enforcement camera is now, who removed it, or how much repeated vandalism at the site has cost.
Citing dry weather and air quality concerns, Niagara-on-the-Lake Fire and Emergency Services has issued an open-air burn ban, effective immediately until further notice.
Using stone that is cut, shaped and installed with the same technique employed in 1856, a full team of people in town are working to revive the site at Turntable Way and River Beach Drive.
Niagara-on-the-Lake farmers say they’re proud of how they treat their workers — and frustrated by national reports that, they feel, don’t reflect what’s happening on their farms.
As of July, the town has 13 family physicians and 11,957 residents are enrolled with one. For one resident, NOTL’s absence in the new regional tool highlights that the town simply doesn’t have enough doctors.
The federal government’s changes fall short of addressing core issues like tied permits, unsafe housing and more, says the Migrant Rights Network.
Cousins Christina Ferguson and Deste Kuhn are part of the five-generation family that has called the McNab Road farmhouse home.
Canada’s largest migrant-led coalition is sounding the alarm on new government changes they fear could worsen working conditions for foreign workers.
As Niagara-on-the-Lake’s new EarlyON Child and Family Centre prepares to open at the town’s library this September, parents are hopeful, but with demand for childcare in town showing no signs of going down, some hope more support is coming down the pike.
Mosquitoes in Niagara have tested positive for West Nile Virus for the first time this year, Niagara Region Public Health confirmed on July 21.
When asked for an update in the investigation on Wednesday, Sabourin said, “Given the severity of this particular collision, the identification process is more time-consuming than usual.”
The move follows an April announcement from the region that the program would be relocated from St. Michael’s and Niagara’s Catholic school board would not longer provide it.
Coyotes have long been part of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s landscape, but sightings in town this season have some residents on edge.
Contrary to speculation in local Facebook groups and a freshly painted building, no approval has been granted for a microbrewery and farm distillery at the former Harvest Barn property in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Located at 207 Victoria St. in Old Town, the restaurant’s menu is built around loaded baked potatoes, with touches of Turkish flavour inspired by its owner’s roots.
Strapped into a Cirrus SR22T, The Lake Report lifted off from Niagara District Airport yesterday to get a preview of the luxury experience coming to Niagara-on-the-Lake this August.
The town declined to say when the complaint was received, how many were filed or who submitted them. It also would not confirm what specific bylaw violations were reported at Ferox.
Jessica Sevier is set to open for Tenille Townes at the Jackson-Triggs Amphitheatre for this year’s Summer Concert Series, on Aug. 21. “It’s going to be a very fun, high-energy acoustic,” she says.
The invite-only event was the Grist’s way of giving back to its regulars while collecting donations and non-perishables for Project Share in Niagara Falls.
A new five-year safety plan from Niagara Region is putting renewed focus on crisis intervention in Niagara-on-the-Lake, aiming to stop emergencies before they happen.
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