Ontario/Niagara
U. S., Canada agree to update pact on water quality
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — The United States and Canada vowed Saturday to update a key agreement to guard the Great Lakes from invasive species, new chemicals, the impact of climate change and any other potential threats. (Updated: 06/14/09 7:03 AM )
Man who pleaded guilty in van robbery gets 15 years
LOCKPORT — A Buffalo man who five years ago caused a fatal van-pedestrian crash, shot at a police officer and committed a kidnapping, a carjacking and another vehicle theft, was sentenced Friday to 15 years in state prison for the Niagara Falls portion of the crime spree. (Updated: 06/13/09 6:27 AM )
Agreeable Bush, Clinton strike cordial tone during joint forum
TORONTO — Former U. S. President George W. Bush called ex-President Bill Clinton “his brother,” and the two rarely disagreed in their first-ever appearance together on stage. (Updated: 05/31/09 6:36 AM )
Four teens accused of defacing memorial
WELLAND, Ont.—Four teenagers have been charged with the vandalism that defaced the Welland-Crowland War Memorial, located in the heart of of Chippawa Park. (Updated: 05/30/09 6:52 AM )
7 rescued from sinking boat
A Rochester-area couple in the right place at the right time Saturday morning rescued seven people moments after their fishing boat sank about a mile off the Lake Ontario shoreline at Newfane. (Updated: 05/24/09 6:06 AM )
CYSTIC FIBROSIS: The Western
New York Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will take part in Great Strides, the largest CF fundraiser in the country. Charity walks are scheduled for 11 a. m. Saturday at the Nichols School, 1250 Amherst St., Yates Park in Orchard Park, Veterans Park in the City of Tonawanda and Widewaters Park in Lockport. Sundayy at 11 a. m. in Island Park and noon at Lakewood Rod&Gun Club, 433 E. Terrace Ave., Lakewood. For details, call 686-9400. (Updated: 05/14/09 7:26 AM )
Policy paper calls for green design at Erie Canal Harbor
A community-based think tank has issued a policy paper on the Erie Canal Harbor development, calling for an appropriate site design, green design standards, involvement of locally owned retail businesses, living- wage jobs and residential access to the water. (Updated: 04/27/09 8:13 AM )
Pitt and sons: Legends at the Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.—People magazine may have named him “Sexiest Man Alive” twice, but even Brad Pitt looked a little goofy in his blue Maid of the Mist poncho. (Updated: 04/26/09 9:28 AM )
Power Authority pushes $1 billion lakeside wind farm
The state took its first step Wednesday to promote the construction of a large wind farm off the shores of Lake Erie or Lake Ontario that would cost an estimated $1 billion to develop. (Updated: 04/23/09 7:47 AM )
Toronto officials want more Bills games
Rogers Communications officials in Toronto have confirmed what observers on both sides of the border have been saying for weeks and months— that the communications giant wants more Buffalo Bills games in Toronto the next few years. (Updated: 04/18/09 7:09 AM )
Boom Days kick-off celebrates spring's arrival
The first time that Boom Days organizers dropped a big rubber ball into the water to celebrate the annual removal of the Lake Erie ice boom, they assumed that it would float down the Niagara River and over Niagara Falls, heralding in spectacular fashion the true arrival of spring on the Niagara Frontier. (Updated: 04/17/09 9:05 AM )
Heavy traffic warning issued for Easter holiday
Periods of heavy traffic are expected during the Easter holiday weekend on the area’s four international bridges between the U. S. and Canada, U. S. Customs and Border Protection advises. Travelers should make sure they have the proper documents to ease their entry into both countries. (Updated: 04/09/09 6:43 AM )
Condos, more frontage in Crystal Beach plan
A plan to nearly double the area of Crystal Beach’s public beach and add condominiums and a large pavilion and promenade between the beach and Erie Road was unveiled Wednesday in Fort Erie, Ont. (Updated: 04/09/09 6:43 AM )
NASCAR's Jeff Gordon aiding plan for Ontario racetrack
When golfing legends like Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer finish their playing days, they often become involved in golf course design. (Updated: 04/09/09 8:13 AM )
‘Top Hat’ ceremony set to open shipping season
ST. CATHARINES, Ont.—The Welland Canals Centre will reopen Tuesday with the traditional “Top Hat” ceremony aimed at marking the start of the shipping season. (Updated: 03/29/09 6:56 AM )
