Ontario/Niagara
Charles and Camilla will toast wine center
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., is set to roll out the burgundy carpet Thursday for Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. (Updated: 10/31/09 10:58 AM )
Web ads prompt campaign debate
MADISON, Wis. — To promote his recent campaign for mayor of St. Petersburg, Fla., Scott Wagman bought an ad that popped up online when anyone ran a Google search for his opponents’ names. (Updated: 10/19/09 6:51 AM )
Binational program plans to open doors
“The Visionaries Behind the Scenes” is the theme of the Eighth Annual Binational Doors Open Niagara and Architecture Week this weekend. (Updated: 10/14/09 6:51 AM )
Man rescued near Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — A couple’s visit to the Horseshoe Falls took an unexpected twist just before noon Thursday, when the husband jumped toward the Niagara River about 300 feet from the brink of the mighty cataract. (Updated: 10/09/09 7:54 AM )
Double holidays Monday should crowd bridges
Holiday traffic is expected to cause major traffic congestion at the region’s international bridges Monday—Columbus Day in the United States and Thanksgiving in Canada. (Updated: 10/08/09 6:50 AM )
Bridge agency to seek funds to redo U. S. plaza
QUEENSTON, Ont. — Funds to renovate the American side of the fourth-busiest commercial land crossing on the U. S.-Canadian border will be sought in the federal budget for the fiscal year that will begin Oct. 1, 2010, the head of the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission said Thursday during a visit by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. (Updated: 09/04/09 6:54 AM )
Exchange program seeks team for Central America
The Rotary district that serves Western New York and Southern Ontario is putting together a team of young adults to exchange with a Rotary district in Central America that covers Belize and Guatemala. (Updated: 09/02/09 7:08 AM )
Exchange program seeks team for Central America
The Rotary district that serves Western New York and Southern Ontario is putting together a team of young adults to exchange with a Rotary district in Central America that covers Belize and Guatemala. (Updated: 09/01/09 6:57 AM )
Stars are out
Humberstone Speedway in Port Colborne, Ont., will host its Night of NASCAR Stars this Sunday. Retired NASCAR champion and TV commentator Rusty Wallace will be guest announcer. Driver and TV personalities Jimmy Spencer and Kenny Wallace and NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dave Blaney will all race in the 358 Modified division that night. (Updated: 08/20/09 6:58 AM )
Baby in border drama is thriving in Canada
Ava I. Stinson — the “miracle baby” from Southern Ontario who had to be rushed to Women & Children’s Hospital for neonatal care after her birth — is back on Canadian soil, thriving in a Hamilton hospital. (Updated: 08/14/09 6:08 AM )
Fort Erie Boy, 4, found in family pool dies
FORT ERIE, Ont.—A 4-year-old Fort Erie boy who was taken to Women& Children’s Hospital, Buffalo, after he was found in his parents’ swimming pool showing no vital signs died Sunday morning, Niagara Regional Police reported. (Updated: 08/10/09 6:51 AM )
Vice president chosen for academic affairs
SANBORN—A vice president from a Maryland community college has been named vice president of academic affairs at Niagara County Community College. (Updated: 08/06/09 6:57 AM )
Sentencing for theft awaits other case
LOCKPORT — Sentencing for the theft of an all-terrain vehicle was postponed Thursday in Niagara County Court to give attorneys time to work out a plea deal for the same man in an attempted-murder case. (Updated: 07/31/09 6:59 AM )
Seized cocaine had $800,000 street value
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.—Canada Border Services agents at the Rainbow Bridge seized cocaine with an estimated street value of more than $800,000 that they found last weekend in a vehicle coming from the United States, the agency announced Wednesday. (Updated: 07/30/09 6:46 AM )
Drug defendant to get two lawyers for retrial
Hugh Stevens, a local harness racer accused of moving drugs for a major narcotics ring, will get a new trial, with jury selection beginning Sept. 8 in U. S. District Court. (Updated: 07/28/09 8:06 AM )
