Local

Province narrows in on selecting new regional chair

Municipal elections will be held across Niagara Region later this month, but this year there will be no elections for Regional Council. Instead, the new Council will be composed of Niagara’s 12 new mayors, all of whom will be elected by voters on Oct. 26 and headed by an appointee of the Ford government.

Voting will occur via weighted voting, meaning each mayor will have a vote weighted according to the size of the population of his or her municipality.

Niagara’s next regional chair will succeed Bob Gale, who had a very brief stint as regional chair from December 2025 to March 2026. Gale resigned amidst controversy some items contained in his private historical collection.

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Local

Niagara Children’s Centre’s Superhero Run raises over $150,000

A record 450 participants came out on Saturday at Heartland Forest in Niagara Falls to support children and youth across Niagara Region in the Niagara Children’s Centre’s 12th annual Superhero Run.

Sports

Local Taekwondo champion finally getting the chance to compete in Niagara

A 16-year old Niagara native, and provincial champion, will finally get the chance to compete on home soil this month.

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National

Climate facts refute the hype

For decades, we have been bombarded with climate extremism including predictions that the world would end, the planet would burn up and the human race would be annihilated because of climate change.

National

Ottawa is courting Canada’s pension funds and should be asking more of them

Prime Minister Mark Carney spent last month telling the world that Canada is open for investment. The harder question is whether Canada’s own money is.

National

Voters should beware as politicians pitch price controls as a solution to food inflation

British Columbia Premier David Eby, facing an electorate that has soured on his government, particularly after its decision to call a snap election just two years into its four-year mandate…

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National

It’s time to take a stand against antisemitism

The public rhetoric is getting a bit tiresome. You know, the same old quote that gets trotted out by our leaders after another act of antisemitism is committed…

Welland’s open mayor’s chair draws a crowded field

Local

For the first time in more than a decade, Welland voters will pick a mayor without an incumbent on the ballot. Frank Campion isn’t seeking re-election, and the open seat has drawn eight candidates: a mix of sitting and former politicians, community activists, and first-timers.

The stakes are higher than usual. Under the province’s Better Regional Governance Act, Niagara Regional Council is being reduced to 12 local mayors plus a provincially appointed chair. That means whoever wins on Oct. 26 will also be Welland’s only voice at the Region and will hold the strong-mayor powers that now come with the job.

Turnout in 2022 was about 26 percent. Advance voting runs Oct. 5 to 9, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Civic Square, 60 East Main St.

Niagara Regional Police Survey shows declining confidence in public safety, particularly in downtown areas

Local

A new survey from the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) shows that most Niagara residents feel safe where they live but do not feel safe in downtown areas throughout the region.

Three sweeps, one classic, and the White Sox are still playing

Sports

Four series, nine games, three days. That’s all it took to trim the field from 12 to 8, and only one matchup bothered to go the distance.

The Stelco factor

National

This week saw a stunning announcement that steelmaker Stelco, a Hamilton institution for decades, was indefinitely idling its operations at its Hamilton Work plant.

Could British Columbia Premier David Eby’s power move backfire?

Opinion

David Eby, the NDP Premier of British Columbia since 2022, called a snap election on Sept. 22. He won a full term to office in 2024 after succeeding the late John Horgan.

Alberta’s deep drilling expertise targets the next frontier in geothermal energy

Business

From a single spot on the surface, oil and gas producers in Western Canada can drill kilometres underground in multiple directions to reach vast energy resources.

Get out the popcorn

Provincial

There’s an old joke about Canadian politics that goes something like this: In Atlantic Canada, politics is a way of life, in Quebec it’s like a religion, in Ontario it’s all business, on the Prairies it’s very grassroots and in B.C., it’s entertainment.