Submitted by Christine Whelan MAY 13, 2021 VOL. 2 ISSUE 19 Detective Sergeant Ryan McComber of the Niagara Regional Police Service’s Human Trafficking Unit provided Mayor Redekop and Council with an update on the topic of Human Trafficking during the Town Council Meeting held Monday,

Submitted by Christine Whelan MAY 13, 2021 VOL. 2 ISSUE 19 Sessions on the River is Niagara’s premier professional recording studio. Housed in the former Parkway Movie Theater, its name echoes its address, along the river at 133 Niagara Parkway, Fort Erie. On May 1st,

Submitted by Dominique Lalama MAY 13, 2021 VOL. 2 ISSUE 19 Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Niagara has created a virtual fundraiser called Move for Kids’ Sake that is taking place until May 31. Celia Carr, the organizations fundraising and events coordinator, announced and

Submitted by Christine Whelan MAY 13, 2021 VOL. 2 ISSUE 19 Adam Woehl is running his way through university and on to what sounds like a very enthusiastic future. Born in Welland, raised in Ridgeway, Adam is getting ready to graduate in a couple months

We Are Our Own Medicine Cabinets: Tapping Into Our “Happiness Chemicals” APRIL 29, 2021 VOL. 2 ISSUE 18 Submitted by Christine Whelan Our diet is not just what we eat. It’s what we watch, what we listen to, what we read, the people we hang

Bringing Back the Bees With Sunflowers: It’s the Least We Can Do APRIL 29, 2021 VOL. 2 ISSUE 18 Submitted by Christine Whelan Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years.  However, seven years ago, it was reported that the bees were dying en masse. The

Submitted by Christine Whelan APRIL 29, 2021 VOL. 2 ISSUE 18 Peter Waytena is looking to find a good home for a box of Fort Erie history he has kept safe all these years. Serving as President of the Fort Erie Rotary Club for many

Submitted by Dominique Lalama APRIL 29, 2021 VOL. 2 ISSUE 18 Owners of the Clarion Hotel in Fort Erie proposed a conversion of the hotel into a retirement facility at the Fort Erie Council-in-Committee meeting on April 19. The Sunray Group of Hotels has requested

For the Love of Us – Families Are Essential was a friendly rally of people who are missing and longing for their loved ones on Canadian or American soil, held on Sunday, April 11. I spoke with Wendy Teal, Fort Erie resident and professional photographer,

Adam Burton took the plunge and made the choice to work from home, full-time, just as the rest of Ontario was told to stay at home. Friday, March 26 was Adam’s last day at “work work”, as he calls it. I met with Adam and