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Montreal students take to streets again - CANOE
Sun, 20 May 2012 15:55:44 GMT
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NATO head urges Canada to keep military trainers in Afghanistan past 2014 - National Post
Sun, 20 May 2012 17:52:21 GMT
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Earthquake in Italy - Washington Post
Sun, 20 May 2012 18:42:16 GMT
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Victim's father regrets death of 'Lockerbie bomber' - AFP
Sun, 20 May 2012 18:30:00 GMT
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EU summit to raise pressure on Merkel - Financial Times
Sun, 20 May 2012 18:20:49 GMT
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Police make first move in G20 report review - Toronto Sun
Sat, 19 May 2012 23:56:19 GMT
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Syria: RPG explodes yards away from UN monitoring chief - Telegraph.co.uk
Sun, 20 May 2012 17:54:55 GMT
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Impasse has Air Canada talks headed for arbitration - Globe and Mail
Sat, 19 May 2012 21:45:23 GMT
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Prince Charles: Once swooned over and scorned, the king-in-waiting now carving ... - Vancouver Sun
Sun, 20 May 2012 18:27:39 GMT
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Peel police officer dies after Orangeville crash - Toronto Star
Sun, 20 May 2012 17:39:36 GMT
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Yahoo World News
Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya: brother
 TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer on Sunday aged 60, leaving many questions on the attack and its aftermath unanswered. Megrahi, who said he was not responsible for bringing the jumbo jet down on the Scottish town and killing 270 people, was found guilty in 2001 but was freed in 2009 and returned to Libya because he had terminal cancer and was not expected to live long. ...
2012-05-20T18:19:49Z
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Italy quake kills six, damages historic buildings
 SANT' AGOSTINO, Italy (Reuters) - A strong earthquake in northern Italy killed at least six people, injured dozens and damaged historic buildings including a famed mediaeval castle early on Sunday, waking terrified citizens and sending thousands running into the streets. The quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey recorded at magnitude 6.0, struck at 4:04 a.m. (0204 GMT) and was followed by a series of jolting aftershocks. At least two of them reached magnitude 5.1, sowing fresh panic, further damaging already weakened buildings and causing more structures to collapse. ...
2012-05-20T18:00:04Z
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NATO chief: No "rush for the exits" in Afghan war
 CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO's chief sought on Sunday to dispel fears of a "rush for the exits" in Afghanistan as Western allies gathered to chart a path out of an unpopular war that has dragged on for more than a decade. President Barack Obama hosts the summit in his home town, Chicago, a day after major industrialized nations tackled a European debt crisis that threatens the global economy. ...
2012-05-20T16:49:22Z
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Mighty Merkel may be the odd woman out
 CHICAGO (Reuters) - There are weeks in the political life of Angela Merkel that were surely more pleasant than the last one. Last Sunday, the German chancellor's party suffered a big loss in the regional election of North Rhine-Westphalia. On Wednesday, she sacked one of her cabinet ministers, a rare move for her, after he led the party to the election defeat. On Saturday, she looked isolated with her insistence on fiscal austerity - also known as "consolidation" -for the ailing euro zone at the G8 summit hosted by President Barack Obama at Camp David in Maryland. ...
2012-05-20T17:13:41Z
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Syrian army shelling kills 16 in Hama: rights groups
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian army shelling killed 16 people, including children, on Sunday in the town of Souran in the central province of Hama, the British-based rights group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "The army shelled the town and then stormed it," the head of the rights group Rami Abdelrahman told Reuters, citing residents. Hama has been a focal point of Syria's 14-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. (Reporting by Oliver Holmes; Editing by Louise Ireland)
2012-05-20T14:22:26Z
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U.N. seeks Iran nuclear deal before Baghdad talks
 VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear supervisor flies to Tehran on Sunday looking for a deal to inspect suspected weapons sites - a potential breakthrough that Iran may hope could persuade the West to start lifting sanctions and deflect threats of war. But though IAEA chief Yukiya Amano scheduled Monday's talks with Iran at such short notice that diplomats said agreement on new inspections may be near, few see Tehran convincing Western governments to ease back swiftly on punitive measures when its negotiators meet big power officials in Baghdad on Wednesday. Amano, director general of the U.N. ...
2012-05-20T17:32:06Z
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Lone bomber, not mafia, sought for Italy school attack
BRINDISI (Reuters) - A bomb attack which killed a teenage girl and wounded 10 other people in the southern Italian town of Brindisi was probably done by an individual operating alone, a senior official said on Sunday, playing down initial suspicions of mafia involvement. Saturday's attack on the Francesca Morvillo Falcone school, a vocational training institute named after the wife of a famed anti-mafia judge, horrified Italy and sparked speculation it was the work of southern Italy's organized crime gangs. ...
2012-05-20T16:09:18Z
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North Korea releases detained Chinese fishermen
BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea released a number of Chinese fishermen and boats on Sunday two weeks after seizing them, ending a rare public dispute between the two allies, Chinese state media reported. The boats were taken in the Yellow Sea between China and North Korea on May 8 - although it remains unclear whether the action was authorized by the North Korean government. The North Koreans who took the boats had demanded 1.2 million yuan ($189,800) for releasing the fishermen, then cut their price to 900,000 yuan, the owner of one of the captured vessels said last week. ...
2012-05-20T15:59:12Z
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Sudan releases four foreigners arrested in border area
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has released four foreigners who were detained three weeks ago near the border with South Sudan following weeks of heavy clashes between the two African neighbors, officials said on Sunday. Sudan accused the four - a Briton, a Norwegian, a South African and a South Sudanese - of entering an oil-producing border area illegally to spy for South Sudan. South Sudanese officials had denied Sudan's allegations, saying the men were working with the United Nations and aid groups clearing mines, and had got lost in the remote territory. ...
2012-05-20T15:08:28Z
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Egypt's would-be "president of the poor" touts past
QALYUB, Egypt (Reuters) - The motorcade of Hamdeen Sabahy, a dark horse in Egypt's presidential race, inched over the bumpy roads of this Egyptian town led by a car booming 1960s nationalist music in homage to his hero, Gamal Abdel Nasser. The smiling leftist politician has a long history of opposition, first to Nasser's successor Anwar Sadat and then to Hosni Mubarak, who was deposed in last year's popular uprising. ...
2012-05-20T13:11:12Z
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Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president
Sixty years after their country came under military dictatorship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president.
2012-05-20T17:08:45Z
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Former Israeli PM: Jerusalem must be partitioned
 Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contending in a pair of interviews that years of government neglect have kept the Jewish and Arab sectors irreparably divided.
2012-05-20T17:43:51Z
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Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dies at 60
 Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died at home in Tripoli Sunday, nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the relatives of the attack's 270 victims. He was 60.
2012-05-20T15:16:55Z
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Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious tweets
Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter for much of Sunday because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials.
2012-05-20T18:22:03Z
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Bomb explodes during UN visit in Syria
 A roadside bomb exploded in a restive suburb of the Syrian capital as senior U.N. officials toured the area on Sunday, the latest incident in which the unarmed observer mission has nearly been caught up in the country's bloodshed.
2012-05-20T18:00:57Z
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Former Yemen president hospitalized
The party of Yemen's former president says the 69-year old Ali Abdullah Saleh has been admitted to a hospital for regular checkups and minor procedures.
2012-05-20T18:26:03Z
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Lawyer: Jailed Bahrain activist granted bail
A court in Bahrain granted bail Sunday for a jailed rights activist, but he remained in detention to await another court hearing later this week, a defense lawyer said.
2012-05-20T17:49:35Z
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Strong quake kills 4 in Italy cheese region
 A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook several small towns in northeast Italy Sunday, killing four people, knocking down a clock tower and other centuries-old buildings and causing millions in losses to the region known for making Parmesan cheese.
2012-05-20T17:21:32Z
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Jailed Israeli president freed briefly
A prison spokeswoman says Israel's jailed former president has been freed for a few hours to attend his son's wedding.
2012-05-20T14:38:19Z
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Italy bombing revives memories of dark era
 A bomb blast outside a high school in southern Italy that killed a 16-year-old student has revived dark memories of the 70s and 80s, when terrorists, anarchists and organized crime carried out dozens of bloody attacks across the country.
2012-05-20T12:10:56Z
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The Ridgeway Herald
Garrison Road to lose water service
Water service along Garrison Road between Spears Road and Pettit will be shut down for four hours starting at 1 p.m. Friday. A leak was found in the regional trunk water main last night and repairs will be made this afternoon, said Fort Erie’s water services manager Grant Boutin. Once service is restored, customers are [...]
Fri, 18 May 2012 15:08:02 +0000
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‘Cover Me Canada’ winners rock out Ridgeway
Toronto rock band Whosarmy — winner of CBC’s “Cover Me Canada” contest –will take the stage in Ridgeway Saturday, May 26. The Sanctuary Centre for the Arts will be the venue for the group as they perform the tunes — along with a repertoire of original songs — that rocketed them to Canadian fame on [...]
Tue, 15 May 2012 16:04:27 +0000
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Flip, flop, litigate
Faced with the prospect of another Ontario Municipal Board hearing, town council rescinded a March 5 decision to deny construction of a semi-detached house in Crystal Beach. The original denial was against staff recommendations, and after a closed session Monday night, council changed its mind. The property is located on Glendale Avenue, west of Helen [...]
Tue, 15 May 2012 02:02:07 +0000
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Ridgeway farmers’ market opens Saturday
The popular and lively farmers’ market returns to Ridgeway on Saturday and will run every Saturday morning until Oct. 13. Most of the vendors from last year are returning to offer fresh local produce, baked goods, crafts, music and activities for children on the Friendship Trail in downtown Ridgeway. The market will also be featured [...]
Fri, 11 May 2012 16:40:32 +0000
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Town wages frozen for two years
After three meetings with a provincial conciliator, the Town and its union reached an agreement for a wage freeze for the next two years. The 80 full-time and casual employees will instead receive a lump sum $500 payment this year and $750 next year and some undisclosed improvements in medical benefits. According to the Town [...]
Tue, 08 May 2012 02:57:26 +0000
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Woman and horse killed in collision
A young woman and the horse she was riding were killed in a collision with a pickup truck on a rural road near Grimsby Sunday afternoon. Niagara Regional Police said the horse was struck as it entered the roadway from the driveway of the woman’s family farm in West Lincoln at approximately 4:30 p.m. The [...]
Mon, 07 May 2012 05:45:22 +0000
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Best manure around, next to McGuinty’s
Sat, 05 May 2012 22:45:54 +0000
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Council to meet with lawyer
Town council will meet in a closed session Monday to discuss the dismissal of Heather Salter, the director of legal and legislative services and Town solicitor. They will meet with Leanne Standryk of the St. Catharines firm of Lancaster, Brooks and Welch.
Sat, 05 May 2012 20:40:00 +0000
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“I’m not on leave,” says Town lawyer
Town solicitor Heather Salter is gardening at home and volunteering with the United Way at the expense of Fort Erie taxpayers. “There was an in-camera meeting. There was a vote taken. Subsequent to that, I’m no longer at work,” Salter told The Ridgeway Herald. “I’m not on leave.” Reprinted from the April 30, 2012 edition [...]
Sat, 05 May 2012 20:32:24 +0000
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Niagara hospital closures recommended
Douglas Memorial Hospital will be closed in seven years if the Ontario Ministry of Health accepts the recommendations of Dr. Kevin Smith, the government appointed supervisor of the Niagara Health System. A source in the advisory circle of the NHS said that Niagara-on-the-Lake and Port Colborne will also lose their hospitals and Greater Niagara General [...]
Thu, 03 May 2012 14:52:48 +0000
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Judge rejects all claims against condo
Ontario Superior Court Justice Glenn Hainey rejected every argument brought to him against the Bay Beach condominium development agreement. In his 12-page decision handed down Wednesday afternoon, Hainey also ordered the six plaintiffs to pay $135,000 in costs to the Town of Fort Erie and the Molinaro Group. He did not rule on the defendants’ [...]
Thu, 03 May 2012 04:52:18 +0000
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Condo plan legal, court rules
The Bay Beach condominum agreement is legal, an Ontario Superior Court judge ruled today. Details are sketchy, but Mayor Doug Martin confirmed the court had sided with the Town and Molinaro Group and awarded $110,000 in costs to be paid by the litigants. Seven ratepayers represented by Buffalo lawyer John James Keenan last April sued [...]
Wed, 02 May 2012 20:58:24 +0000
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Two killed in crash into river
[UPDATED] Two Fort Erie men were killed in a car crash into the Niagara River near Netherby Road sometime before 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 28. Carlos Mejia, 30, and Joseph Holika, 39, were the only occupants of a passenger vehicle that failed to stop at the intersection with the Niagara Boulevard and plunged into the [...]
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:50:52 +0000
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Man critically injured in ATV accident
A 48-year-old man is clinging to life at Hamilton General Hospital when the ATV he was riding flipped and rolled over him on Grandview Road in Fort Erie late Saturday afternoon. He was airlifted to Hamilton General Hospital with life-threatening injuries and is in critical condition. Police say he was not wearing a helmet. The [...]
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:30:09 +0000
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Local cop busted with $500K in drugs in U.S.
A Niagara Regional Police constable was arrested in Buffalo with a veritable pharmacy of illegal drugs worth more than $500,000, including steroids, growth hormone, tranquilizers and the main ingredient of a date rape drug. Geoffrey Purdie, a 13-year veteran of the NRP, was suspended from duty with pay on April 5 as a result of [...]
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:45:37 +0000
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Gas leak closes Garrison Road — again
Garrison Road is closed near the intersection of Buffalo Road for a natural gas leak late Wednesday afternoon. Roadblocks are set up at Ferndale Avenue and Green Acres Drive. Canadian Niagara Power is assessing whether to shut the power. It is the second time in less than two months that a contractor has ruptured the [...]
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:22:11 +0000
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Candidates forgiven: Part 2
The 2010 municipal election in Fort Erie is now over. The Niagara compliance audit committee cleared all six candidates of deliberate wrong-doing in the second round of hearings into their election finances. Infractions by councillor Stephen Passero, Mayor Doug Martin and former councillor Ann-Marie Noyes are not serious enough to merit prosecution in court, the [...]
Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:53:34 +0000
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Councillors forgiven for election violations
Election finance violations by three Fort Erie town councillors are not serious enough to merit court action, ruled the Niagara compliance audit committee Tuesday night. John Hill, Don Lubberts and Paul Collard were forgiven their transgressions during the 2010 municipal elections last October when they accepted donations from ineligible contributors and committed other infractions of [...]
Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:57:01 +0000
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Election audits skewer candidates
No one escaped unscathed from compliance audits of 2010 municipal election campaign finances in the Town of Fort Erie. Five members of council plus an unelected candidate were found to have contravened a handful of regulations in the Municipal Elections Act. They are illustrative of carelessness, sloppiness, confusion and ignorance. However, the auditor also noted [...]
Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:27:45 +0000
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Report targets council to improve efficiency
Town councillors need look no further than themselves to find the best way to improve municipal operations. “Better governance,” said the consultant hired to conduct an operational review, “appears to hold the greatest opportunity for improvement.” David Berger of Western Management Consultants said it was the “number one issue” when he summarized the review to [...]
Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:22:40 +0000
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Operations review reveals no surprises
By Mike Cloutier The money spent on the operations review by David Berger and Liuba Mamonova of Western Management Consultants was worth every cent, if only it turns the noise level down. An extra bonus would be if it helps to ratchet up the intelligence quotient “around this horseshoe” — what councillors have been calling [...]
Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:17:31 +0000
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Garrison Road closed
A short section of Garrison Road between Crescent Road and Daytona Drive is closed Monday morning while Enbridge personnel deal with a natural gas leak related to underground construction.
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:54:56 +0000
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Town to hike taxes 3.4 per cent
Property taxes in Fort Erie are going up an average of 3.4 per cent in 2012. The Town’s one-third share of the total tax bill is going up 4.6 per cent, missing council’s guideline of a 2.9 per cent increase. Councillor’s refused to commit any money toward the replacement of the Kinsmen Pool which will [...]
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:38:27 +0000
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Condo fighter strikes out again
A second attempt to overturn the Ontario Municipal Board approval of the Bay Beach condo project was rejected last week. Board chairman Lynda Tanaka refused Patricia Nowak Murrett’s request to review the OMB decision from last January. She wrote that the request was made well beyond the 30-day limit and rejected Murrett’s claim that she [...]
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:44:29 +0000
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Town seeks conciliator in union talks
Contract negotiations between the Town of Fort Erie and its unionized employees have broken off. Representatives of management and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local #714 met for two days in December and briefly this morning. The two sides are at odds over contract language covering job postings and layoffs. Wages and benefits were [...]
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:15:24 +0000
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Springsteen in Buffalo April 13
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Wrecking Ball Tour will come to First Niagara Center on Friday, April 13 at 7:30pm. Tickets go on sale Saturday, January 28 at 11am. Tickets are $100.50, $70.50 and $38.50 (includes $2.50 facility fee) and will be available at the First Niagara Center Box Office, online at www.tickets.com [...]
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:21:56 +0000
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Council unproductive, inefficient: consultant
Town operations are “lean and mean,” said the consultant who Fort Erie town council hired last year to root out cost savings and “efficiencies.” David Berger of Western Management Consultants said the Town compares well with similar municipalities and in some cases exceeds benchmarks. The two most important points in his 25 recommendations, as he [...]
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:16:49 +0000
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Water and sewer bills increased 4.4 per cent
Water bills will go up an average of 4.4 per cent in 2012. With no members of the public present, no TV camera and only one reporter, town councillors had little to say when the water and sewer budget was presented Dec. 7. The increase translates into a $4.17 hike on an average water bill [...]
Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:11:46 +0000
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New Town fees proposed, others increased
The Town of Fort Erie is not meeting its non-tax revenue targets so a raft of municipal fees are proposed to be hiked and a bunch of new ones implemented. Fee revenue for planning and building services is way under budget, missing the $650,000 target by more than half. Planning director Rick Brady said a [...]
Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:09:40 +0000
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How water rates are set
Provision of water and disposal of sewage is a collaborative effort of both levels of municipal government. It’s a $16 million business in Fort Erie — more than $1,500 for every household in town. And it’s forecast to grow to more than $18 million in five years. Financial operation of the water system — technically [...]
Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:07:35 +0000
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Remarks baseless, Lubberts apologizes
Published Dec. 7, 2011 — Don Lubberts apologized Monday night for suggesting a week earlier that the town’s clerk and solicitor had falsified the Bay Beach zoning bylaw. He told council during his apology speech that he was misinformed by Raymond Borja of the Ontario Municipal Board, leading to his assertion that the bylaw was [...]
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:01:46 +0000
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FOCB helped fund OMB appeal
Published Dec. 7, 2011 — When the Friends of Crystal Beach “drew the line” — as described by its president — at removing comments about the group’s position on the Bay Beach condominium project, there was no option but to revoke its bingo licence, said the manager of the town’s bingo authority. Community Gaming Development [...]
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:44:49 +0000
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Bingo licence too hot to handle
Published Dec. 7, 2011 — Try as they might, councillors Paul Collard, John Hill and Don Lubberts just could not find a way to save the Friends of Crystal Beach from permanently losing its bingo licence. So they decided to let the province’s Alcohol and Gaming Commission give the bad news. The three councillors — [...]
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:24:17 +0000
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Condo plan gets grudging nod
Subject to the Molinaro Group removing part of a second-story terrace on the west side of the building, Fort Erie town council approved the site plan agreement for the Crystal Beach/Bay Beach condominium project Monday night. Councillor Don Lubberts wants a section of the second floor balcony that acts as a canopy for the south [...]
Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:58:58 +0000
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Bicentennial bonfire
A bi-national, bi-community commemoration of the Burning of Black Rock during the War of 1812 will take place at the Jarvis Street Coal Dock starting at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. Bonfires will be lit in Fort Erie and Black Rock with ceremonies presided by dignitaries and other activities. It is presented by the War [...]
Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:33:26 +0000
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Leaders sign another border pact
Stephen Harper and Barack Obama have agreed to a plan to smooth entry into the United States for Canadian goods and travellers that would see Canada work more hand-in-glove with the massive U.S. security bureaucracy to screen people and cargo for threats. The Globe and Mail
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:11:56 +0000
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Nothing like the past to predict the future
(Published Oct. 31, 2011) It was a fairly benign affair Fort Erie town councillor John Hill hosted to meet with Ward 4 residents of Ridgeway in his “Town Hall” meeting at the Crystal Ridge Library Oct. 27. About 60 or 70 people were there — many of whom were seen before at council meetings advocating [...]
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:37:29 +0000
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In better email boxes everywhere
The latest edition of The Ridgeway Herald is out on the street and in better email inboxes everywhere. Featured is full details of the Friends of Crystal Beach bingo licence appeal, coverage of the dizzying machinations around the Bay Beach site plan agreement, Part 2 regarding Ann-Marie Noyes’ freedom of information battle with the EDTC, [...]
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:44:13 +0000
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Record-breaking festivities in Ridgeway
Charlie Duhamel will try to put Ridgeway in the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday. Also known as “Chocolate Charlie”, he will try to make a 240-foot long chocolate bar during Spirit of Christmas festivities. He and his wife Barbara and many volunteers will pour nearly 400 pounds of Mercken’s chocolate into a length [...]
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:35:17 +0000
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Support sought for FESS greenhouse
Fort Erie Secondary School needs your internet vote to help it raise $125,000 to refurbish a greenhouse and create an energy efficient source of food and education. Project Green Falcon (click the link to vote) is competing against 1,000 other projects across Canada for a share of $1 million from the Aviva insurance company. The [...]
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:16:26 +0000
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