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‘There could be further victims:’ Mississauga man charged in daycare sexual abuse investigation

A Mississauga man has been charged in connection with allegations of sexual assault at a Niagara Region daycare and police say that there could be additional victims who have not yet come forward.

Police lay 76 charges after patient found with ‘replica gun’ at hospital

A 38-year-old Niagara man is facing nearly 100 charges after police say he was found in possession of a firearm while he was a patient at a hospital.

A Niagara Falls restaurant owner has been ordered to pay back $14K in CERB benefits. She says it’s unfair

A restaurant owner from Niagara Falls has been ordered to repay $14,000 in benefits that she received during the COVID-19 pandemic after already facing the clawback of more than $24,000 in other payments that she received through a separate pandemic-era program.

SIU not laying charges against Niagara police officer in Welland shootout

The province’s police watchdog says the Niagara officer who shot and injured a 59-year-old man during an exchange of gunfire in Welland did so to protect himself and his colleagues.

SIU charges Toronto police officer in fatal shooting outside Niagara Falls hotel

The province’s police watchdog has charged a Toronto police officer in connection with a fatal shooting outside a Niagara Falls hotel last summer.

‘Severely emaciated’ puppy found abandoned in parking lot in St. Catharines

A local humane society is seeking answers after a 'severely emaciated' puppy was found abandoned in a parking lot in St. Catharines over the weekend.

TSB, CN Railway investigating after Monday morning train derailment in St. Catharines

A train has derailed in St. Catharines, Ont., on Monday morning, according to local police.

Peel police leading investigation into child abuse allegations at former Robert Land Academy

Peel police are looking for information as they lead an investigation into alleged child abuse at a former military-style private boarding school for boys in the Niagara Region.

Ontario man sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to terrorism charges

An Ontario man who pleaded guilty to three terrorism charges was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison.

Inquest to examine death of Indigenous woman following hospital visit in St. Catharines, Ont.

An inquest will begin next week to investigate the 2021 death of an Ontario woman, with ties to Six Nations of the Grand River, shortly after she was discharged from a hospital emergency room visit.

Suspects sought after taxi driver pepper-sprayed in Niagara Falls

Police have released images of two suspects after a taxi driver was pepper-sprayed in Niagara Falls last month.

U.S. border dog detects marijuana inside vehicle of 2 Canadian citizens

Two Canadian citizens have been arrested at a land border crossing in New York after six bags of marijuana were found hidden inside a vehicle.

Ontario man charged after GO bus crash sends six, including baby, to hospital

Six people, including a baby, were taken to a southern Ontario hospital on Sunday after an SUV slammed into a GO Transit bus.

Border officer charged after truck full of opium, cannabis, tobacco crosses into Ontario: RCMP

A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer is facing several charges after he allegedly allowed a transport truck filled with millions of dollars worth of opium, cannabis, and tobacco to cross the border into Niagara Region, the RCMP says.

Niagara police officer who fatally shot Brampton man wanted for murdering ex-girlfriend, kidnapping baby cleared

A Niagara police officer who fatally shot a Brampton man in the early morning hours of Oct. 22, 2025, after he killed his ex-girlfriend and kidnapped their young daughter, did not commit a criminal offence, the director of Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says.