NIAGARA FALLS — The courts might have to sort out the issue of severance pay for workers who lost their jobs at the Edscha plant in Niagara Falls.[...]

FORT ERIE — Border security officers in Fort Erie have earned the thanks of the federal government for their role in what’s being called the largest cocaine seizure at the Canadian side of the Niagara border.[...]

A reality cooking show shot in Niagara will take to the airwaves Sunday night. Pressure Cooker, shot last year at Niagara College’s Niagara Culinary Institute, will premiere Sunday at 6 p.m. on SUN TV.[...]

The rain pouring down on Niagara lately has meant one thing to Bruce Dressel’s camping business: Less cash flow. This week, soft, rain-soaked soil forced Dressel to temporarily shut down more than half of the 110 sites he operates at Dressels Jordan Valley Campground.[...]

A medical clinic on Ontario Street has become part of the effort to train new doctors locally — doctors many hope will stay in the region to practice medicine.[...]

Leading the Hamilton Bulldogs in scoring has earned Mike Glumac another contract with the Montreal Canadiens.[...]

Mayor Ted Salci said he’s impressed with the response to GO Transit’s new weekend and holiday train service between Niagara Falls and Toronto.[...]

FORT ERIE – Yvan Charrois is back behind the bench.[...]

FORT ERIE – A Fort Erie chemical manufacturer has been fined $70,000 for health and safety violations stemming from an October 2006 incident that left one of its workers with serious injuries.[...]

Even if you’re an Ottawa Senators fan, you’d be kind of impressed if your neighbour became the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs. That explains the buzz last week in Niagara when Tim Hudak – born and raised in Fort Erie – became the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party.[...]

The Township of West Lincoln has received a boost from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) to help develop a community improvement plan and brownfield redevelopment strategy.

To help students enjoy all the city has to offer this summer, Welland Transit is offering a two-for-one monthly bus pass promotion for July and August.

Several arrests were made at Long Beach during last month’s annual high school Beach Day. Wainfleet Mayor Barbara Henderson commended the Niagara Regional Police, and in particular, Acting Staff-Sgt.

The City of Thorold could get up to $50,000 from the Region to help update its official plan, the master planning document that guides development in the city.

For the onlookers watching the thousands of rubber ducks making their way through the Port Dalhousie harbour, it was a race and one which was made that much more interesting for those who purchased one.

ALLAN BENNER Tribune Staff PORT COLBORNE — Bob Izumi has spent most of the past three decades fishing all over the world and he spends as many as 300 days a year travelling. “I’ve been everywhere. Coming up, I’m going to Ottawa.[...]

TORONTO — Here are the winning numbers from Friday's draws: The winning Encore number was 4685229. The winning Ontario Pick 3 number was 742. The winning Ontario Pick 4 number was 2085.[...]

WELLAND — Dennis Laverty of Welland is $50,000 richer after winning the June 27 Ontario 49 draw. "I checked the winning numbers in the paper and then went to the store to verify my win," Laverty excitedly said of his win to Ontario Lottery and Gaming officials.[...]

PORT COLBORNE — Monday morning the Port Colborne hospital emergency department will officially be converted to an urgent care centre. Niagara Health System is moving ahead with hospital improvement plans to convert the ER to an urgent centre, which will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.[...]

PORT COLBORNE — Mayor Vance Badawey has two words to describe plans for this year’s Canal Days festival — “active” and “vibrant.” “We are active, vibrant lifestyles.[...]

Filippo Marrella thinks it's time for Toronto politicians to show leadership by rolling back their pay increase.

Two weeks after her 6-year-old daughter suddenly died, Kuldip Thindal is haunted by two questions:

Bus travel between York University and Downsview subway station should be easier starting September, thanks to a new service integration plan from York Region Transit and the TTC.

The group Friends of Christie Pits has stepped up its war against the temporary garbage dump in its community, vowing to ignore urgings from Toronto's top public health official that it stop preventing the site from being sprayed for insects.

Movie star Leonardo DiCaprio is expected to testify that a Toronto woman accused of throwing a drinking glass at him at a Hollywood Hills party started by yelling profanities at him, according to U.S. prosecutors.

A Toronto woman accused of assaulting actor Leonardo DiCaprio at a Los Angeles party has been granted bail pending an extradition hearing.

Coming off a 5-0 win against Tampa Bay in which they broke the Rays' seven-game winning streak, the Toronto Blue Jays are looking forward to visiting the New York Yankees Friday afternoon.

Toronto's chief medical officer of health is defending chemical use at garbage dump sites set up during the civic workers strike following residents' complaints that the pest-control spraying is doing more harm than good.

The Toronto Maple Leafs re-signed speedy forward Mikhail Grabovski to a three-year deal, the team announced on Thursday.

Mike Komisarek is fully aware that most of the fans he made during his years with the Montreal Canadiens consider him the enemy now that he has joined the rival Toronto Maple Leafs.

An Ottawa resident who has been lobbying to put a wind turbine in his backyard in the city's Westboro neighbourhood has been told that his project is grinding to a halt.

Social service workers who help look after people with disabilities in Lanark County could go on strike at midnight, their union said Friday.

Ottawa residents have called the city with more complaints about construction noise this year, even though city council's new construction regulations have gone into effect.

More than half a million Canadians are more than three months behind on their credit payments, according to Equifax Canada.

Gasoline prices dropped by as much as five cents a litre overnight in many cities across Canada

BARRIE —- Talk Is Free Theatre (TIFT) will again extend its hit production of Tales of an Urban Indian until July 18. The smash hit production has been running on a moving city bus from May 4, becoming the longest running play in the history of TIFT and the City of Barrie.[...]

About 30 south-end Barrie homes were evacuated Friday afternoon due to a gas leak. Barrie firefighters called police for assistance following a ruptured gas line on Pass Court, near Ardagh Road and Ferndale Drive.[...]

COOKSTOWN - South Simcoe police got some wrecks off the road Friday. Operation Wreck Check, or passenger vehicle safety inspections, stopped 25 vehicles during a four-hour span. Police removed 15 vehicles from service and issued 41 charges under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act.[...]

No pig in sight. Ransom letters and concerned children are now involved with the disappearance of Pinky the Pig, but some foresee its safe return. Since Rock 95's inflatable pig vanished on Canada Day, the radio station has been receiving a variety of calls and letters.[...]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A Canadian soldier travelling through a hotbed of Taliban activity was killed Friday when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb seconds after it was narrowly missed by the senior commander of coalition forces in Kandahar province.[...]