Premier Dalton McGuinty will visit Niagara Falls Thursday to make an announcement at Niagara College in the morning and then tour Silicon Knights, a new video game business in St. Catharines. Details about the Premier’s visit were still being worked out, his office staff said Wednesday. He’s expected to [...]

The smog advisory issued Monday for Niagara has been terminated by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. For more details visit the Air Quality Ontario website at: www.airqualityontario.com. A Smog Advisory means that there is a strong likelihood that there may be poor air quality within the [...]

There have been six reported deaths of C. difficile patients at Grimsby's hospital in the past two years, but the bacterial illness is listed as a "strongly contributing" factor in only one instance. A review released last month showed six West Lincoln Memorial Hospital patients with C. difficile [...]

A "substantial number" of objections to giving a Main Street bar a liquor licence prompted Ontario's licensing agency to hold a public hearing, despite the fact some of the concerns appear to have been ironed out privately Monday night. City council, the Main and Ferry Business Improvement Area [...]

Once a carnie town, always a carnie town? That's the logic both downtown businesses and the tourism industry are using to get you to buy into events like Monday's plunge from the Skylon Tower by daredevil Dean Sullivan and next month's Daredevil Days festival. Niagara Falls has a [...]

The province's 430 full-time health and safety inspectors will be spending more of their time sorting out and dealing with the "bad apples" as part of a new government program aimed at reducing workplace injuries and deaths. The four-year initiative, called Safe At Work Ontario, was announced in [...]

Awarding Canada's most notable abortion rights crusader the country's highest civilian honour may have sparked furor among religious groups and social conservatives, but Ontario's Catholic premier said Tuesday he supports the move. Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty, who's no stranger to religious controversy, voiced his approval of Dr. Henry [...]

With $4 million over the next four years, Ontario's government is hoping to see more Ontario food in Ontario homes. The intent is good and the money is most welcome. But if there is a criticism to be had, it's that the effort doesn't go far enough. [...]

Mike Huurman knew rowing in the Henley Regatta was going to be the trip of a lifetime. But he didn't expect to come home a winner. Huurman, a Niagara Falls native, is a rower with the University of Western Ontario and the men's eight boat that raced [...]

Pain at the pumps could convince some travellers to cut back on spending and rethink their travel plans. But for those taking a stroll around Table Rock Tuesday, the allure of the magnificent falls was just too much to resist. "It's pretty awesome, such a spectacular view," said [...]

Shovels will be in the ground for Niagara Health System's new west-end hospital by the end of the year. The planned multimillion-dollar project will see a design chosen by early August, with preliminary drawings made public by late summer, NHS chief executive officer Debbie Sevenpifer said. There will [...]

Hub Lalonde was 19 years old and looking for adventure back in 1951, when he and his friends went to Hamilton to sign up for the Canadian army. Now, 55 years after the end of the Korean War, the Chippawa resident says he wouldn't change anything. "If we [...]

Pain at the pumps could convince some travellers to cut back on spending and rethink their travel plans. But for those taking a stroll around Table Rock Tuesday, the allure of the magnificent falls was just too much to resist. “It’s pretty awesome, such a spectacular view,” said Tom [...]

Mario Tremblay, plant manager of Poly One Corporation's Niagara facility, gives a guided tour of the Chippawa Creek Road chemical plant to Ontario Labour Minister Brad Duguid, Tuesday morning. Duguid was in Niagara to announce a new government program called Safe At Work Ontario. Duguid says the four-year program will [...]

Regional Coun. Norm Puttick has declared "war" on Niagara's economic development agency unless Premier Dalton McGuinty sorts out the duplication between the region's and city's offices. "This is war. I'm so incensed," Puttick said after speaking during Monday's council meeting, where he complained again about what he perceives [...]

The first Sir Adam Beck generator was once the heart of Ontario's electricity supply. The 87-year-old generator that used to power southern Ontario is now what Ontario Power Generation calls a "marginal station," meaning it's only generating power when provincewide demand is high. But the historic, ivy-covered building [...]

Universal health care is about more than just having an adequate supply of physicians, more MRIs or sufficient bed space at hospitals. It's also about having a reliable and affordable system of public transportation available to shuttle people who don't have access to a car to medical appointments [...]

-Eight of the world's wealthiest countries have waffled on sending more aid dollars to Africa, and instead will defer a decision until the fall on additional assistance to the poorest of continents, The Canadian Press has learned. The draft text of a communique on development shows the G8 [...]

From her hometown of Niagara Falls through her travels out West, Chantel Robertson touched the lives of many people. Still shocked at the news of her violent death late last month, many are still sharing their thoughts and memories of the 20-year-old. "She was a happy girl, [...]

Sebastian's Song won't be getting a sneak peek of Fort Erie Race Track after all. The thoroughbred's trainer, Alec Fehr, has decided not to bring the horse to the border oval from Woodbine today because of the effect the hot temperatures might have on him. "If it [...]