6+ hour, 17+ min ago  (389+ words) Just shy of his 111th birthday, Burd Sisler drew a steady line of mourners to Benner Funeral Services, where a visitation for Canada's oldest person brought residents, officials and uniformed services together on Wednesday following his death April 2 at age 110. Sisler,…...

7+ hour, 50+ min ago  (386+ words) A Fort Erie non-profit that supports people with disabilities is bringing back its signature fundraiser after a year away, with a $55, 000 target to buy an accessible van the government will not pay for. Community Living Fort Erie (CLFE), which has…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (566+ words) Ally Mostafaie scored 6: 14 into overtime Tuesday night to send the St. Catharines Falcons past the Fort Erie Meteors 3-2 in Game 7, ending Fort Erie's season before 1, 628 Jr. B hockey fans, with many more listening back home on Fort Erie Radio. It…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (397+ words) Fort Erie Healthcare SOS will host a public forum on April 18 at the Leisureplex banquet hall to update residents on the future of the Douglas Memorial urgent care site and give the community a direct say in what comes next....

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (151+ words) Flags at Fort Erie town hall have been lowered to half-mast following the death of Burd Sisler, Canada's oldest person and a longtime local resident. Mayor Wayne Redekop said in a social media post the flags will remain at half-mast…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (630+ words) The pancakes went out hot this year at the Fort Erie Optimist Club's Easter breakfast, but the club is cooking up something harder to pull off: winning back a generation that barely knows it exists. Candace Wiess, the club's acting…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (550+ words) More than 80 children descended on Sugarbowl Park on Saturday for the third annual Hippity Hop Easter Egg Hunt, a community event that sold out all registration spots and scattered 1, 000 Easter eggs across the park's grounds before the hunt consumed every…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1050+ words) The Premier was in a fever to reduce the size of regional councils." That is how Mayor Wayne Redekop described Ontario's plan to cut Niagara Regional Council from 32 members to 13. Redekop warned that Queen's Park is moving to install an…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (357+ words) The Florida Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 6-3 this week, but when the final buzzer sounded on March 31, players from both teams came together to congratulate Brad Kovachik. It was Kovachik's last game. Kovachik, a Fort Erie resident who spent 30 years…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (364+ words) Fort Erie resident Burd Sisler, Second World War veteran and Canada's oldest person, has died at the age of 110. His death on Thursday was confirmed by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 71 on Friday. According to reporting by CHCH News, Sisler died…...