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 Garbage bag tag hike approved; cost increased to $2
It's looking more and more likely you'll have to pay a dollar more to put out that extra bag of trash, after the price hike was approved by the regional public works committee Tuesday morning. After a brief debate, the committee voted unanimously in favour of increasing the cost of the tags to $2.[...]
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 Joint task force takes aim at rash of arsons
DAN DAKIN Niagara Falls Review By their very nature, arsons are some of the hardest crimes to prosecute because the clues and evidence that could lead to a conviction often end up as a pile of ashes.[...]
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 Painting a rosy future for waste-management firm
Its beginnings were as humble as it gets for a waste-management start-up. Now the future of Photech Environmental Solutions is hued in bright colours as it moves into the provincial paint recycling market.[...]
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 FEEDBACK: Topic of improving health care a hot one
We asked readers: What do you think needs to be done to improve health care in Niagara? Fewer sick people would help. That means prevention, better nutrition, more exercise. -- Jeff Aubry Less of a wait time at clinics and emergency rooms.[...]
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 Gas prices fluctuate across the region
The tide has turned -- for now. Back in 2005, Jim Diodati was a rookie alderman who ran a food wholesale business. The businessman was growing increasingly concerned that gas prices were often higher in Niagara Falls than they were elsewhere in the province, including St.[...]
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 Niagara has to stop fighting change in the hospital system
It's impossible to talk now about health care in Ontario without referencing the mammoth report by economist Don Drummond. You know, the one where he spells out in painful detail how public health care has become a money-sucking black hole so massive it's started to feed on itself? That report.[...]
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 Police probe St. Catharines fire
A fire at a building on the corner of Geneva and North streets in St. Catharines remains under investigation. Emergency services were called to the complex around 9:20 p.m. Monday.[...]
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 Star Trek actor added to Falls Comic Con
It's not a comic convention without some Star Trek. The guest list for June's Niagara Falls Comic Convention has booked Robert Picardo, who played the holographic Doctor for all seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager (1995 to 2001).[...]
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 Making memories on Family Day in Niagara Falls
It's not so much what you do on Family Day, it's more about having fun and spending time with all those who are so important in your life. Mario DeVellis was planning to spend the day at home just relaxing, but his son, grandson and son-in-law had a better idea.[...]
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 Fire destroys St. Catharines home -- 'That smoke detector saved their lives'
An early-morning fire has destroyed a St. Catharines home. No one was hurt in the blaze which occurred around 1:30 a.m. Monday morning. St. Catharines Fire Services battled the stubborn fire after it started on the outside of the home on Marwood Circle, crawled up the siding and entered the attic.[...]
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 Female employee assaulted at local restaurant
Police were called to Somebuddys Restaurant, 8278 Thorold Stone Road, Niagara Falls, early Sunday morning after a female employee complained she had been assaulted. Police attended at 2:28 a.m. to investigate.[...]
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 What's open and closed on Family Day
Here is a list of some of the places that are open on Family Day. Federal government offices and most post offices. Garbage collection and recycling will remain the same. Niagara Square will be open from 11 a.m to 5 p.m.[...]
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 Info Commissh slams Foreign Affairs bureaucrats
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says he will not change the way his department handles access to information requests despite a formal recommendation to do so by Canada's Information Commissioner.[...]
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 Meeting at Fort Erie race track Saturday
A meeting was held at the Fort Erie Race Track Saturday morning to discuss the future of the racetrack, but it was closed to the media. A spokesperson for the track said the meeting was for workers only and the meeting was closed to protect their privacy.[...]
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 Whitney Houston's final bow
NEWARK, N.J. - Stars, family and friends mourned Whitney Houston in a spirited funeral service at her hometown church on Saturday, a week after the sudden death of the singer whose spectacular voice made her one of the biggest pop stars of her era.[...]
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 Province clamping down on Oxycontin, replacement drug
Ontario is delisting the painkiller OxyContin and making it more difficult to access its replacement medication. OxyNEO contains the same active ingredient as OxyContin but turns to a thick gel-like substance in water to prevent addicts from injecting it.[...]
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 Bobby Brown walks out of funeral
Singer Bobby Brown abruptly left the funeral of his ex-wife Whitney Houston on Saturday, claiming security guards asked him to move several times and prevented him from seeing his and Houston's daughter.[...]
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 Keep Falls casinos open, locals tell Ontario government
Don't stick your nose where it doesn't belong. That's the advice a Niagara Falls man had for former TD economist Don Drummond regarding his recommendation that the provincial government close one of the two casinos currently operating in the city.[...]
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 Trivia on Niagara Falls' past
Here for your Family Day weekend reading pleasure are some bits and pieces from Niagara Falls' fascinating past. 1. Back in 1898 you could stay at the "newly remodelled" Windsor Hotel on Bridge St. for $1.50 to $2 a day.[...]
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