Bill Sawchuk

The Niagara Regional Police budget for 2025 is in keeping with Niagara Region’s declaration that intimate partner violence in Niagara is reaching epidemic proportions, says Chief Bill Fordy.

Taxpayers won’t notice much of a difference either way. The reduction would only shave 0.0025 per cent off the Region’s total levy.

Conservation authority says its budget and programs protect one of Canada’s most biodiverse and threatened regions.

The long-term-care home includes a heated outdoor walkway designed to reduce the risk of slips, trips and falls in the winter.

Niagara Region’s long-term-care home includes a heated outdoor walkway designed to reduce the risk of slips, trips and falls in the winter.

S&P cites prudent financial management practices and transparent reporting disclosure in its AA+ credit rating for Niagara Region.

Niagara Region’s waste collection contract extensions lock in current pricing for another year. Other municipalities are entering into new contracts with 50 to 150 per cent hikes.

Niagara Region council is ready to agree to a 9.77 per cent increase in its tax bill for 2025, with some last-minute wrangling that could bring another slight reduction.

Allan Timko of Beamsville, 71, was sentenced to eight years for heinous 2023 knife attack that nearly killed a respected and beloved doctor amid divorce proceedings with his son.

Budget package includes funding for regional departments, the conservation authority, Niagara Regional Housing and the police. The increase doesn’t include the cost of transit and water rates, which are billed separately and vary based on the municipality’s usage.