Niagara

The mayor of Niagara Falls has issued an apology for comments made by a former city official who claimed Kashechewan First Nation evacuees were negatively impacting tourism.

Despite the anecdotal evidence of Canadian colours overpowering the American aesthetic on this U.S. Independence Day Saturday -- Niagara tourism groups say their American tourism numbers have actually improved compared to last year.

Displaced Kashechewan residents feel unwelcome in Niagara Falls after recent remarks linked them to homelessness; Indigenous chiefs say they are not homeless, and urges compassion from the city.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving following a hit-and-run in Niagara-on-the-Lake that left a cyclist dead on Friday night.

A “significant act of vandalism” that recently occurred along Niagara Falls’ Millennium Recreational Trail will cost more than $20,000 to replace, the city says.

A 15-year-old girl was arrested after a 17-year-old girl was assaulted at a park in St. Catharines on Friday night.

Ottawa has endorsed a plan to move Canada’s last remaining captive whales to aquariums in the U.S. and Spain.

A man from Fort Erie, Ont. is awaiting sentencing after he was caught at the U.S. border with drugs in his vehicle.

Niagara Regional Police say they have arrested nine suspects, including seven youths, who were allegedly part of separate auto theft networks responsible for more than 100 vehicle thefts across southern Ontario.

Elderly homeowners who were approached by door-to-door salesmen years ago fear they’re still on the hook for shoddy renovations they may not have even asked for, thanks to a company connected to a fugitive with a warrant out for his arrest and a financial instrument thought to have been eliminated in Ontario.

Niagara Regional Police say a 71-year-old Peterborough man has been charged with making and possessing child sexual abuse material and investigators are concerned that there may be unidentified victims in other parts of the province.

Twelve black bears from Marineland are travelling in a pair of trailers toward their new home at a sanctuary in the United States more than 2,000 kilometres away as the park slowly winds down its operations.

A driving school instructor in Niagara Region has been charged with the sexual assault of a young person.

A local man was arrested on Monday in connection to a St Catharines homicide last week.

A second mental health worker at a Welland, Ont., school has been charged with assault.