The day after he admitted killing a woman and dumping her body on a rural road, Wayne Ryczak was a free man. Judge Stephen Glithero sentenced the 55-year-old St. Catharines construction worker to one day in jail Thursday for the death of 29-year-old Stephine Beck. [...]

The lake was remarkably calm as two bouquets of white flowers thrown from the ship broke the surface of the water. It was a different story nearly 200 years ago when a sudden summer storm whipped up on Lake Ontario and swallowed two American warships whole, along [...]

The Canadian Press is reporting that a tentative contract deal has been reached between the Canadian Auto Workers union and General Motors. CAW president Buzz Hargrove was preparing to meet the media. Negotiations had continued overnight as the CAW attempted to reach early agreements [...]

St. Catharines property owners knew this one was coming for a year now. But that doesn't make it any easier to digest. A $30 hit on the property taxes is a big one to take, especially when it comes mere weeks after the city [...]

As Andrew Potter goes, so go the St. Catharines Athletics. The 19-year-old sniper led the A's in scoring last season and was 11th in the league with 28 goals and 53 points in 17 games. Potter picked up right where he left off last [...]

Steve Baldinelli took the last swing of his collegiate baseball career Friday afternoon at Sal Maglie Stadium. But it was hardly a sad goodbye. The 22-year-old Niagara Falls native wrapped up his tenure with the Niagara University Purple Eagles and will now head to [...]

Youth homicides hit a record high in 2006, but the overall rate of youth crime was down a whopping 25 per cent from its 1991 peak, Statistics Canada reported Friday. The homicide rate among youth ages 12 to 17 was three per 100,000, with 84 young people [...]

On a cool September evening last year, a tattooed, scruffy-looking guy named Dean Sullivan hopped the guard rail near the Horseshoe Falls, wrapped a rope around a tree and plunged head first into the mist. He walked away without a scratch. Two years ago, [...]

Popcorn hopes the third time is the charm. The energetic eight-month-old American Eskimo pup has been at the Niagara Falls Humane Society for the past five months. He's been adopted out twice already. Each time, circumstances have led him back to the Chippawa Parkway [...]

Forcing violent young offenders to prove they should not face adult prison terms violates their constitutional rights, a deeply divided Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday. In a split 5-4 decision, the court struck down reverse onus sentencing provisions for the most serious crimes under the Youth [...]

Shoppers are being asked to put their heart into it next week. The Heart and Stroke Foundation's "Put Your Heart into It!" tour will be making an appearance on Wednesday through Saturday at the Pen Centre.

Thirty of Niagara Regional Police Service's finest are ready to take on their cross-border rivals in the annual International Tug-of-War Challenge on Saturday.

Irish eyes will be smiling this long weekend as the Notre Dame Alumni association holds its 60th anniversary reunion. Danny Marshall, president of the alumni association for 20 years, says its important to bring the people back together.

Matthew D'Addario has one wish -- to ride his bicycle alongside his aunt Martha. Martha Birkett, who grew up on farms in Wainfleet and Niagara-on-the-Lake, set out from the nation's capital March 30 on horseback.

Despite efforts to save the decaying building, the Port Robinson Toll House has been demolished. The building met its fate last week, after city council voted to continue with their plans to tear down the building, which was on its last legs to begin with.

WARKWORTH–Three young women are dead after a crash between a car and tractor-trailer about four kilometres south of Warkworth, Ont.

When Helen Bilhete found a lump in her breast at the age of 26, no one thought it could be serious. Not the doctors at the walk-in clinic she went to first, not her family physician and eventually, not even her.

The trial of Robert Baltovich for the 1990 murder of Elizabeth Bain came to a dramatic and widely rumoured end last month when assistant Crown attorney Philip Kotanen stood up in court to say there was "no longer any reasonable prospect" of conviction.

GUELPH, Ont.–A woman who hanged her husband during a sex game was found guilty of killing him yesterday. Crystal Boarder, 31, pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death. Her husband, Tony Boarder, 46, died of asphyxiation during the hanging in September.

There will be no public inquiry into the agonizing 18-year ordeal of Robert Baltovich, who was convicted, imprisoned and then found not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain.

Journeyman outfielder Jayson Werth enjoyed a career night on Friday in front of the home crowd at Citizens Bank Park, smacking three home runs as the Philadelphia Phillies drubbed the Toronto Blue Jays 10-3.

A family from the Barrie, Ont., area is making progress climbing the highest mountain in the world and will attempt to reach the summit next week.

Officials in Toronto are hoping humour will have tourists laughing and flocking to the city after naming comedian Russell Peters as the city's first new global ambassador for tourism.

OPP will be in the air, on the ground and on the water this weekend, watching for aggressive drivers and those who drink and drive motorized vehicles.

The body of a man has been discovered at the side of a road in Caledon, Ont., northwest of Toronto.

It doesn't matter if you live in Ontario or New York, There's no escaping the U.S. election. I know because my four-year-old and I have tried to indulge in more thoughtful nightly shows such as American Idol and Dancing With The Stars. But you just can't get [...]

Margaret Bruyns is hoping that someone, somewhere, will do the right thing. The Barrie woman lost her brother, Ron Bruyns, when he died in a serious collision on April 2, 2006, at the intersection of Innisfil Beach Road and Sideroad 10. A memorial to [...]

Music is a passion for Kreesha Turner. Tonight, the 22-year-old up-and-coming R&B singer will be sharing that passion when she performs at the Barrie Waterfront Festival.

The Barrie Examiner will not be publishing on Monday, and its office will be closed for the holiday. The Examiner wishes everyone a safe Victoria Day.

Simcoe County's 'star' has been steadily rising in the television and movie industry. Over the last 10 years, media companies have had a growing interest in Simcoe County as a filming location. Big-budget feature films, TV series, commercials and music videos have all been shot in the [...]

Downtown revitalization is what happens while politicians and planners pump out reports like the Downtown Master Plan currently being considered by Brantford city council. There's nothing wrong with the consultants' report itself and its goals make imminent sense in so much as they're not painfully obvious - [...]

The defending champion Brantford Collegiate Institute Mustangs clinched first place Friday afternoon and will head into the Brant County high school boys soccer playoffs as the favourites. The Mustangs defeated the Pauline Johnson Collegiate Thunderbirds 3-0 at Waterworks Park to get top spot and end the T-Birds' playoff hopes. [...]

The city's decision to embark on another foray to bolster the downtown's ongoing renaissance is like a case of the seven-year itch. Council is looking in earnest at a new proposed master plan to guide the downtown's future development beyond the building blocks that have been put [...]

Laurier Brantford has reached another milestone. Applications topped 4,000 this week - a new high in the campus's nine-year history. "This is pretty exciting," said principal Leo Groarke on Friday. "We've had 4,000 applications and they're still coming in." The previous [...]

From OPP in Brant: The Ontario Provincial Police, County of Brant Detachment Crime Unit officers apprehended the two men involved in the fraud of an elderly Paris woman on the 15th of May 2008 at 9:55 A.M. The two males had [...]

Myanmar's military junta has given permission to Thai and Indian health workers to help cyclone victims in areas that have been off limits to most foreigners.

Kristin Schuster, the couple's adult daughter, told the judge that she felt safer knowing her mother would be behind bars.

Gas prices took a jump Friday night.

That was the case in Calgary as a remote-controlled “doctor” removed a benign tumour from a patient.

The first long weekend of the sunny summer has a dark beginning.

Birding and butter tarts are set to become a feature in Wellington North’s tourism drive, hopefully attracting visitors from throughout Ontario.

Arthur's first Habitat for Humanity event will be held soon. The Habitat kick-off breakfast will be held on Saturday, June 14 at Arthur United Church. It will will be served from 8am to 11am. (Watch the Arthur Enterprise for more details.)

Duck Races Ava McDougall along with her grandma Lynn Rawlins watch the ducks float by them at the 11th annual Arthur Lions Club duck race on May 10. See more photos inside.