Gary Burroughs is running for re-election in 2014. The Niagara Region Chairman, saying he is “not done yet,” confirmed to Bullet News he will seek to retain his job, which means winning approval from Niagara-on-the-Lake voters and then from fellow councillors.
It was vintage Jim Diodati, full of energy and optimism and enthusiasm. Of course, that comes from having good news to spread. And there was no shorta ...
Peter Conradi, publisher of Bullet News Niagara, has been elected to the Ontario Press Council.
There is a new way of doing politics. Barack Obama said so every time he needed to be elected. Now Justin Trudeau is saying it, too.
As Kathleen Wynne works to put together her first cabinet, coping with the usual angst and expectations among the caucus, she knows it’s time to start promoting some of the new talent around her. She needs to form a cabinet that will refl ...
Wayne Gates may not be a candidate – yet - but he sure is sounding like one. The Niagara Falls city councillor and local president of the CAW fended off reports this week that is already the handpicked choice to carry the NDP banner into ...
Massimo Capra chuckles as he recalls, growing up on a farm in northern Italy, never having been exposed to fast food. Rather strange when you think about it. Then again, how could it be otherwise, surrounded by the freshest of fruits and ve ...
Regional politicians did the governance two-step again Thursday night and, to no one’s real surprise - and as they have done so many times in the past - tripped over their own feet.
While about 80 people were protesting in Welland the amalgamation of maternity and pediatric services in the region, the Niagara Health System supervisor continued to stick to his position – one that is shared by some of the world’s lea ...
Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati will attend a rally in Welland Saturday afternoon to protest the consolidation of the region’s maternity and pediatric services at the new St. Catharines hospital, even though he has been asked to reconside ...
Kevin Smith told Bullet News Wednesday evening he will meet with Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati to better understand the recent concerns expressed by Niagara Falls politicians, but he doubts anything will change.
So the NHL is back, and we’re all supposed to blindly flock back to the arenas and to our TV sets and to the souvenir stands to fork out $300 for that new jersey our team has dreamed up during the 113-day shutdown.
Niagara Regional Chairman Gary Burroughs, a little more than half-way through his term, told Bullet News in a 90-minute interview that while employment is a global issue right now, there is plenty a local council can do.
More than 100 people gathered in the lower-level parking lot behind St. Paul Street on Thursday – exactly 74 years after Garden City Arena first opened its doors - to break ground on the city’s new spectator facility.
The recent departure of three senior employees from the Region have caused a ‘personal crisis’ for Chairman Gary Burroughs, who warns more people will head for the door unless steps are taken to improve job satisfaction with the local g ...
An attempt by Niagara Regional Chairman Gary Burroughs to discuss councillor expenses was abruptly cut off Monday afternoon when the audit committee lost quorum.
The Red Bull Crashed Ice competition is for the loonies among us. Brave? No doubt. Athletic? Sure. Out of their minds? Undeniably. And Saturday night that combination enticed a huge crowd to the Fallsview area around Murray Hill to witness ...
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