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Advocates protest underfunding of education system as Peel school boards remain under provincial supervision
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (1644+ words) Almost 200 protesters shouted in front of Queen’s Park on August 29 in opposition to the PC government's cuts to education. “Out with Doug Ford” they chanted in front of Ontario’s legislature, as part of the ‘Fight Ford Province-wide’ protest. Bonnie Powell…...
Sleeping in traffic, striking guardrails and one dead dog; the consequences of Peel????s drunk driving cops
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (942+ words) Five Peel Police officers were disciplined in 2025 for getting behind the wheel drunk, the shocking details of which are laid out in plain language in a report to the Peel Police Services Board with the benign title of “2025 Corporate Risk…...
Brock University cancels scholarship honouring namesake, falls short on honouring his Indigenous allies
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (773+ words) The Pointer Brock University cancels scholarship honouring namesake, falls short on honouring his Indigenous allies In December Brock University ended the long-running full scholarship for students from the Guernsey islands, where General Brock was born, to study in St. Catharines....
Shaped by PC politicking, the Niagara municipal election landscape is set, let the campaigning begin
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1726+ words) Nominations for municipal offices of mayor, councillor and school board trustee officially closed ten days ago, and across Niagara Region, incumbents and those looking to challenge them for their seats around the council table are gearing up for nearly two…...
‘Treacherous and unsafe’: St. Catharines firefighters have documented the dangers of the former GM site for years—the City has failed to act
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (1340+ words) For years, St. Catharines firefighters have answered call after call about the former General Motors property on Ontario Street, responding to fires, signs of smoke and medical emergencies at the deteriorating industrial site in the heart of the city. Numerous…...
Niagara Public Health won’t investigate threats from asbestos, other contaminants on GM site
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1543+ words) The recent discovery of asbestos contamination in the soil at the former General Motors site in St. Catharines has added a serious public health dimension to longstanding concerns about the condition of the derelict property. The presence of soil that…...
Delays & Deceit: 8 years after its revival, the Main Street LRT is no closer to breaking ground while City, Mayor Brown continue to mislead residents.
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1590+ words) It has been nearly eight years since Mayor Patrick Brown and several of his fellow councillors put the Main Street route for the extension of the Hurontario LRT back on the table. The decision, only weeks after the 2018 municipal election…...
BREAKING: Councillor Lori Lococo challenges Jim Diodati for mayor’s chair in Niagara Falls
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1204+ words) In a move that promises to shake up the 2026 Niagara Falls mayoral race, Lori Lococo, an incumbent who initially registered to run for a third term as a city councillor, has pivoted at the eleventh hour to challenge Jim Diodati…...
After fleeing wildfires, Neskantaga forced to evacuate again after sewage floods only nursing station | The Pointer
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1204+ words) “It makes me feel really angry,” Neskantaga First Nation Chief Gary Quisess told The Pointer after his residents were forced to evacuate for a second time in less than a month due to “failures in essential social infrastructure”—first after…...
Peel’s public and Catholic school boards file budgets without public consultation after provincial takeover
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1474+ words) It is the first budget released since the provincial takeover of the PDSB, after the education ministry cited infighting and a misuse of funds as justification to strip the board of its governance responsibilities. The DPCDSB’s 2026-2027 operating budget shows an…...