Niagara Region

Racing for the Cause

admin — Sun, 22 May 2011 23:02:22 +0000

Racing for the Cause
Cool, wet weather did little to dampen the enthusiasm of drivers who raced the track at Niagara Go-Karts, Saturday. Twenty two teams turned out to test their driving skills and support a worthy cause at the ninth annual SHARE Grand Prix to benefit Project SHARE.[...]

Biodiesel plant hinges on fed funding: Diodati

admin — Sun, 22 May 2011 16:08:07 +0000

Biodiesel plant hinges on fed funding: Diodati
NIAGARA FALLS — A biodiesel company is looking at setting up shop in a disused local factory and the net result for the city could be at least 50 new jobs, said Mayor Jim Diodati. However, Oleo’s decision to start biodiesel production at the old Lubrizol plant on Thorold Stone Rd.[...]

Falls man charged with attempted murder

admin — Sun, 22 May 2011 09:25:33 +0000

Falls man charged with attempted murder
NIAGARA FALLS — The weekend shooting on the back patio of the Retro Bar and Grill on Lundy’s Lane led police to a motel and strip club on the Niagara Falls-Thorold border, where cops laid in wait around the property Sunday before nabbing the suspect at gunpoint as he tried to leave, said a person [...]

What now for HSBC in WNY?

admin — Sun, 22 May 2011 02:01:22 +0000

What now for HSBC in WNY?
Now that HSBC Holdings Plc has indicated that its sprawling upstate New York retail branch network no longer is important to its business, the question is what happens next?

The Mighty Mississippi

admin — Sat, 21 May 2011 18:57:12 +0000

The Mighty Mississippi
Abraham Lincoln called it “the Father of Waters”; 18th-century English novelist Frederick Marryat deemed it a “vile sewer” — long before our industrial revolution turned it into one. The American Indians, says author Lee Sandlin, imagined it as “a giant sleeping snake that would wake up every seven years and attack whoever was alongside it.”

Weekend festival a treat for food, wine lovers

admin — Sat, 21 May 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Weekend festival a treat for food, wine lovers
Organizers say the first Niagara Food & Wine Expo will introduce a worldwide selection of wines, beers and spirits. But mostly, the event will emphasize the region’s unique terroir known for producing exceptional wines and fresh foods.[...]

Dykstra waits to hear of possible government role

admin — Sat, 21 May 2011 05:18:35 +0000

Dykstra waits to hear of possible government role
Rob Nicholson says he is “pleased” and “honoured” to stay on as justice minister and attorney general in the latest Stephen Harper cabinet.[...]

Cancer patient an OPP officer for the day

admin — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:53:27 +0000

Cancer patient an OPP officer for the day
NIAGARA FALLS — Paul Ellis is living on borrowed time. Diagnosed with an inoperable brain cancer in 2004, the St. Catharines resident underwent a battery of radiation treatments that failed to remove the tumour growing deep inside his head.[...]

EDITORIAL: Time for an APB on dispatch savings

admin — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:55:08 +0000

EDITORIAL: Time for an APB on dispatch savings
Spending other people’s money is perhaps the easiest thing in the world to do. We know this because the long track record of our governments — regardless of their political leanings and ideologies — have proven over and over again that this is true.[...]

Larchmont gallery will auction rare works by Hudson River School painter Jasper Cropsey

admin — Fri, 20 May 2011 07:54:02 +0000

Larchmont gallery will auction rare works by Hudson River School painter Jasper Cropsey
LARCHMONT — While the inheritor of two paintings by a leading 19th-century artist stands to reap a windfall from their sale this weekend, Anthony Speiser is just glad the works were discovered.