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Sunday, July 6, 2008

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Dog tossed from bridge is expected to recover

Updated: 07/03/08 7:01 AM

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Niagara Regional Police are looking for the owner of a dog that apparently was thrown off the Victoria Avenue overpass onto Roberts Street shortly after 5:30 p. m. Tuesday.
14-year-old girl to swim across Lakes Erie, Ontario for a good cause
By Amy Moritz NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 07/03/08 7:41 AM

It’s the big smile that Natalie Lambert remembers most.
Driver tries to jump bridge over Welland Canal

Updated: 07/02/08 7:03 AM

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — A driver who tried to jump across a rising lift bridge with his vehicle shortly after 7 a. m. Tuesday caused the Welland Canal to be closed for several hours, Niagara Regional Police report.
Kane is named to head Niagara Parks Police

Updated: 07/02/08 7:03 AM

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Thirtythree years ago Douglas Kane first served a summer apprenticeship with the Niagara Parks Police. Monday, he was tapped as its next police chief.
Krull Park Beach closed because of E. coli

Updated: 07/02/08 7:03 AM

OLCOTT — For the second time this season, Krull Park Beach on Lake Ontario was ordered closed Tuesday because of unsafe levels of E. coli bacteria in the water.
Patron injured as car hits diner in Fort Erie

Updated: 07/01/08 6:58 AM

FORT ERIE, Ont. — An 84-year-old Fort Erie man crashed his car into a diner Monday morning, injuring a patron, Niagara Regional Police reported.
Holidays likely to boost cross-border traffic

Updated: 06/28/08 7:01 AM

With Canada Day and the Fourth July approaching, cross-border travel is expected to be exceptionally busy over the next 10 days, U. S. Customs and Border Protection said.
Illegal alien who fled ship arrested at bridge

Updated: 06/27/08 6:33 AM

A Turkish man who illegally absconded from a cargo ship in 2004 was arrested at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, U. S. Customs & Border Protection officials said Thursday.
Body of man recovered from river near Whirlpool

Updated: 06/25/08 6:50 AM

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — The Niagara Parks Police High Angle River Team recovered the body of an unidentified man from the Niagara River near the Whirlpool on Monday afternoon.
Prisoner’s mother accused of trying to smuggle drugs

Updated: 06/24/08 6:51 AM

THOROLD, Ont. — The 68-year-old mother of a southern Ontario man serving a life sentence for a series of robberies and escapes from prison was arrested Saturday, allegedly attempting to deliver cocaine to her son in prison, according to reports.
Ontario police assigned to special border duty

Updated: 06/24/08 6:51 AM

TORONTO — A new team of Ontario Provincial Police officers charged with disrupting organized criminal activities will be assigned to border communities across the province, according to the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.
Pedestrian injured when hit by car

Updated: 06/23/08 6:54 AM

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — A woman pedestrian was injured seriously Sunday afternoon when a car veered out of control on Drummond Road at Dunn Street, Niagara Regional Police report.
Purina donates $4,000 to Buffalo dog park

Updated: 06/22/08 6:49 AM

The Purina dog food company is tossing Buffalo-area doggies a juicy financial bone.
Police try to identify body found in canal

Updated: 06/20/08 6:40 AM

WELLAND, Ont. — Canadian authorities were still trying late Thursday to identify the body of a woman discovered Sunday in the Welland Canal, Niagara Regional Police said.
Elderly man rescued after driving into harbor

Updated: 06/20/08 6:40 AM

PORT DALHOUSIE, Ont. — An elderly man who drove his car into the canal at Port Dalhousie Harbor at about 4:30 p. m. Wednesday was saved by two rescuers, Niagara Regional Police said.


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