Geoff Waterfield

1 week ago | 101morefm.ca | Geoff Waterfield

A number of Niagara youth have made their families proud for their work with the environment and helping the homeless. 12-year old Patrick Watt is with St. Catharines based Green Herons, a group that just won an award in Yellowknife. He says the group raised $1,800 and bought some food and clothes.  "So, we went into an empty parking lot, which was next to a homeless shelter. We set up some tables, and basically chatted with them, and gave them free coffee and such.

2 weeks ago | 101morefm.ca | Geoff Waterfield

An invitation has been extended to Premier Doug Ford and his government to visit Fort Erie and Port Colborne and see the need for the urgent care centres. Speaking this afternoon at Fort Erie town hall, Mayor Wayne Redekop revealed Niagara Health does not have a plan to recruit more doctors. He said that's what police or fire departments do when needing staff.  "And you could work with the municipalities, that are in your catchment area, all of whom have physician recruitment programs.

2 weeks ago | 101morefm.ca | Geoff Waterfield

A missing 12-year old boy is the subject of a search by the NRP. They say Cyril Monteiro was last seen yesterday afternoon at around 3, in the First Avenue and Rice Road area of Welland. Police believe he is getting around on foot. He is white, slender build, 5'3, with dirty blonde straight shoulder length hair, last seen wearing black sweatshirt and pants, white shoes and carrying a blue/green backpack.

4 weeks ago | 101morefm.ca | Geoff Waterfield

A leaking pipe has closed the operating room and related recovery areas of the Welland hospital. Niagara Health says this temporary disruption at the hospital is due to aging infrastructure. Cleaning and restoration teams are working on repairs, to return to normal operations as soon as possible. In the meantime, Niagara Health says rescheduled procedures will be done at the Marotta Family and Niagara Falls hospitals, where possible.

1 month ago | 101morefm.ca | Geoff Waterfield

Don't expect gas station prices in Niagara to change much over the next few weeks, after they dipped to the $1.10 range during the federal election. Gas analyst Dan McTeague tells us that was about the same time OPEC dropped oil prices to $61 a barrel to play nice with Donald Trump.