Ontario/Niagara
- Football fans advised of bridge delays
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Updated: 08/27/08 10:13 AM
- Football fans bound for the Buffalo Bills-Detroit Lions preseason game are expected to cause traffic congestion on the international bridges Thursday, U. S. Customs and Border Protection officials warn. Many Lions fans are expected to cross Canada to come to the game.
- Victim of fatal crash was St. Catharines man
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Updated: 08/27/08 6:50 AM
- ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — A St. Catharines man has been identified as the victim of a fatal crash Monday afternoon in Thorold, Niagara Regional Police said.
- Canadians rescued from river become snarled in federal illegal entry case
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By Dan Herbeck
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 08/26/08 6:56 AM
- First, they were hurled into the water after a personal watercraft accident on a dangerous stretch of the Niagara River.
- 3 boaters rescued on land after overnight stranding
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Updated: 08/26/08 6:56 AM
- NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. — Three boaters had to be rescued by helicopter at daybreak Monday after being stranded overnight in an inaccessible, extremely wooded area in the Four Mile Point, Ont., area, between Port Dalhousie and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canadian authorities said.
- Home invasion leaves one dead, four in custody
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Updated: 08/25/08 6:54 AM
- ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — A man was shot dead and four people were taken into custody after a violent home invasion on Carlton Street just before 2 p. m. Saturday, Niagara Regional Police report.
- Celebration to mark carousel’s 80th year
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Updated: 08/23/08 6:58 AM
- OLCOTT — The 1928 Herschell-Spillman Carousel featured at Olcott Beach Carousel Park is commemorating its 80th year with a special celebration this weekend.
- Falls, Ont., resident seized on cocaine charge
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Updated: 08/22/08 7:53 AM
- NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Niagara Regional police executed a warrant on an apartment above a tavern on Ferguson Street on Thursday and arrested a man who lived there on cocaine charges.
- Body of Ontario man taken from disabled boat
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Updated: 08/22/08 7:14 AM
- PORT COLBORNE, Ont. — Canadian rescue crews Thursday recovered the body of a 38-year-old Dunnville, Ont., man inside a partially submerged boat that was found in the waters of Lake Erie near Sugarloaf Marina.
- Falls, Ont., resident seized on cocaine charge
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Updated: 08/22/08 7:14 AM
- NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Niagara Regional police executed a warrant on an apartment above a tavern on Ferguson Street on Thursday and arrested a man who lived there on cocaine charges.
- Man pleads guilty in roadside standoff
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By Matt Gryta
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 08/22/08 7:14 AM
- James H. Gilchriese, the former Cheektowaga resident whose suicide threats caused a massive traffic jam on the Niagara Thruway this spring, pleaded guilty Thursday to a violent felony weapons charge and misdemeanor drunken driving.
- Stricken swimmer, 74, later pronounced dead
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Updated: 08/19/08 6:41 AM
- A 74-year-old Orchard Park man who was stricken while swimming in Lake Erie off Port Maitland, Ont., on Sunday afternoon was pronounced dead later in a nearby hospital, Ontario Provincial Police reported Monday.
- Man charged with car theft, burglary, knife possession
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Updated: 08/18/08 6:56 AM
- FORT ERIE, Ont. — A 26-year-old man who stole his parents’ car Sunday found himself in even more trouble when police caught him and connected him to a burglary, according to the Niagara Regional Police Service.
- Ontario officials probing fire at industrial waste plant
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Updated: 08/17/08 6:41 AM
- FORT ERIE, Ont. — Investigators Saturday were trying to determine what caused a fire that broke out Friday evening at an industrial waste management plant on Pettit Road, prompting the evacuation of local businesses and homes for several hours.
- Greyhound driver hurt when bus battery explodes
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Updated: 08/17/08 6:41 AM
- FORT ERIE, Ont. — A Greyhound bus driver was hurt on the Canadian side of the Peace Bridge on Saturday morning when the bus battery exploded, Canadian Peace Bridge Authority officials said.
- Three suspects held after chase of stolen car
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Updated: 08/16/08 7:50 AM
- NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — A Niagara Parks Police officer was involved in a high-speed chase of a stolen vehicle early Friday morning.
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