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E-bike driver suffers life-threatening injuries in Crystal Beach collision

2 days ago | forterieradio.ca | Kris Dubé

The driver of an e-bike suffered serious injuries during a collision in Crystal Beach on Monday afternoon. At about 4:30 p.m., Niagara Regional Police (NRP) were called to the area of Ridge Road South and Rebstock Road following reports of the incident. The collision involved a 42-year-old male operating an e-bike and a 2021 grey Cadillac XT5 driven by a 61-year-old male. As a result of the collision, the e-bike rider sustained serious injuries, says a news release from the NRP.
Niagara-On-The-Lake no longer defined as 'wine country'

3 days ago | villagereport.ca | Kris Dubé

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE - A week after council approved its long-awaited tourism strategy, a whiff of controversy remained over the decision and how it pairs with the town’s future. Although the strategy approval was final, Coun.
NOTL no longer defined as 'wine country'

4 days ago | pelhamtoday.ca | Kris Dubé

A week after Niagara-on-the-Lake council approved its long-awaited tourism strategy, a whiff of controversy remained over the decision and how it pairs with the town’s future. Although the strategy approval was final, Coun.
Sun shines on Crystal Beach at March of Umbrellas event

5 days ago | forterieradio.ca | Kris Dubé

There is a “new season approaching” in Crystal Beach and an event held Saturday morning was one to celebrate that. Hosted by non-profit organization Advancing Crystal Beach (ACB), dozens of people gathered at Queens Circle to mingle before and after a stroll through the village.
NOTL no longer defined as 'wine country'

6 days ago | thoroldtoday.ca | Kris Dubé

A week after council approved its long-awaited tourism strategy, a whiff of controversy remained over the decision and how it pairs with the town’s future. Although the strategy approval was final, Coun.
McHappy Day a time to ‘show support for the community’

6 days ago | forterieradio.ca | Kris Dubé

Funds raised at McHappy Day play a couple of roles and one of them is to make sure clients of Community Living Fort Erie (CLFE) feel included. The local non-profit organization benefitted from more than $4,000 last year by receiving half of every purchase at the McDonald’s on Garrison Road, the other half going toward Ronald McDonald House Charities. And CLFE executive director Sandy Leemet said on Thursday, this year’s McHappy Day, she was hoping for “at least” that amount again.
NOTL no longer defined as 'wine country'

1 week ago | notllocal.com | Kris Dubé

A week after council approved its long-awaited tourism strategy, a whiff of controversy remained over the decision and how it pairs with the town’s future. Although the strategy approval was final, Coun.
Hardcore music ‘was everything’ to Matty Matheson in high school

1 week ago | forterieradio.ca | Kris Dubé

Matty Matheson has two million followers on Instagram but many of them are learning something new about him.
Fort Erie record show spinning its third edition this Saturday

1 week ago | forterieradio.ca | Kris Dubé

Dan General has been collecting vinyl records for close to 30 years because it has been part of his persona as a two-time Juno-winning DJ, also known as Shub. His craft in recent years has been production-focused, but his earliest accolades came as a turntablist, scratching and beat juggling records to two Canadian Disco Mix Club (DMC) titles in 2007 and 2008. A resident of Fort Erie, Shub said he thinks it’s fantastic that a record show being held three times a year in town has been successful.
Two more houses proposed for York Road property

1 week ago | notllocal.com | Kris Dubé

A proposed development in St. Davids that planning director Kirsten McCauley said has been with the town for “quite some time” was approved unanimously on Tuesday night. At a committee-of–the-whole meeting, a draft plan to build a pair of two-storey single-detached homes at 1490 York Rd, one property away from Concession 3, was on the agenda.