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Fordy requests major Niagara Regional Police Service budget increase for 2025

Niagara Regional Police Service Chief Bill Fordy is pitching a massive operating budget increase for 2025, seeking a jump in funding of over 15 per cent.

The dollar value of Fordy’s requested budget increase for next year is $28.5 million, which would bring NRPS’s overall operating budget to just shy of $217 million.

This is Fordy’s first budget as police chief. Fordy took over as police chief earlier this year.

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Niagara-on-the-Lake Council approves, in principle, a $7 million capital budget increase for 2025

Budget 2025 negotiations are continuing across Niagara municipalities.

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Canadian Mixed Curling Championships begin Sunday in St. Catharines

he Garden City will be curling central starting Sunday, as a Canadian champion will be crowned.

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Some sanity prevails

A couple of recent electoral developments in Canada give comfort that in this age of woke extremism, some sanity is still present.

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Bethlenfalvy presents good-news economic update

Here’s some good news for taxpayers: the Ontario government stands on the cusp of balancing the books and there’s tax relief coming.

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Explaining Ford’s bike lane policy

For those on the progressive side of the political spectrum who don’t understand why Ontario Premier Doug Ford, well into his second mandate…

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Election predictions 2024

Attempting to understand and project what happens next in Campaign 2024 sounds like a fool’s errand. Once again, this author will play the fool and try to read the American electorate before the returns are in.

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Siscoe proposes higher property tax increase than city staff at 2.71 per cent

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St. Catharines Mayor Mat Siscoe is proposing a larger property tax increase in his 2025 budget than city staff recommended.

In October, city staff suggested St. Catharines councillors approve a 2.46 per cent property tax increase, but noted that the final decision would be left in the hands of the mayor.

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Niagara Falls seeks federal support for hosting asylum seekers

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The City of Niagara Falls is known as one of the world’s most famous tourist destinations.

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Sports history was made Monday night

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A rare bit of sports history and trivia from Monday night. Did you see the sports equinox? Or better yet, maybe you were a part of it – in either Buffalo or Toronto.

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U.S. election heads into the home stretch as Canadians begin a slow crawl to the polls

National

Nasty, brutish and short. The age-old words of political philosopher Thomas Hobbes come to mind when summing up the U.S. presidential campaign, which will come to a close on Tuesday.

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Early election in Ontario?

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In this week’s Economic Update, Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy stated that higher tax revenues and reduced costs of borrowing as interest rates are declining left the province in a fiscal position that was better than anticipated.

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Bill C-293: Establishing a new authority in Canada for the next global pandemic

National

Lost in the political mayhem on Parliament Hill, unbeknownst to Canadians, the Trudeau government has advanced a piece of legislation.

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Heavy-duty truckers welcome new ‘natural gas highway’ in Alberta

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Heavy-duty truckers hauling everything from restaurant supplies to specialized oilfield services along one of Western Canada’s busiest corridors now have more access to a fuel that can help reduce emissions and save costs.

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