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'80s star Corey Haim dead at 38
LOS ANGELES -- Reports from Los Angeles say that Canadian actor Corey Haim, known best for his role in the 1987 hit The Lost Boys and other 1980s movies has died.He was 38.TV station KTLA quoted police as saying that Haim died early today of an accidental overdose, The Ca...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 8:15 AM
 
Airport expansion hits turbulence
A multimillion-dollar project to revamp Niagara-on-the-Lake's airport with money from three levels of government could be grounded over a planning dispute, says the head of the Niagara District Airport Commission.Niagara Region, which has agreed to split the cost of the $...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 8:00 AM
 
Blue Jays are cautious about McGowan's return
Dustin McGowan's smile said it all.Following a two-inning, 30-pitch simulated game Tuesday morning, the right-hander's grin could have lit up a city block.McGowan has every reason to be feeling upbeat these days as his lengthy recovery from shoulder surgery is going so we...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 8:00 AM
 
Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty
A TV producer accused of a $2.04 million extortion attempt against talk show host David Letterman pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny Tuesday in exchange for agreeing to a six-month sentence.Robert Joel Halderman, a producer for the CBS news program48 Hours Mystery,...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 8:00 AM
 
A year from the bottom
Toronto and U.S. stocks are marking the first anniversary since markets bottomed out following the financial crisis, with fund managers predicting the benchmark index still has room to rise.After hitting a low of 7,566.94, the S&P/TSX Index staged a strong recovery, gaini...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 8:00 AM
 
‘Green’ rebirth of vacant buildings as W. Side homes attracts support
A plan to turn three abandoned buildings on the West Side into affordable housing that will embrace environment-friendly “green” technology won praise from a city panel Tuesday. The $1.8 million proposed rehabilitation of structures in the 300 and 400 blocks of Massachusetts Avenue was w...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 6:59 AM
 
Teen charged in fatal East Side stabbing
Four months ago, Francois Mitchell, 25, became Buffalo’s 55th homicide of 2009. Tuesday, his half brother, Dontae E. Coble, 16, was accused of committing the city’s seventh homicide of this year. The cycle of violence in this family doesn’t end there. A cousin of Mitchell and Coble...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 6:58 AM
 
Educators clash over interpretation of graduation rates
State Education Commissioner David M. Steiner looks at Buffalo’s high school graduation rate and sees stagnation. Buffalo School Superintendent James A. Williams looks at the same data and sees substantial progress. That difference spilled over into acrimony Tuesday when Williams accused Stein...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 6:58 AM
 
Judge affirms ‘jail’ standard for hygiene
On the heels of a federal judge’s order that Erie County open its jails to a suicide-prevention expert, a state judge has ruled that the Holding Center is a “jail” and must provide items of personal hygiene to its inmates even before they are arraigned. The lawsuit was filed by th...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 6:58 AM
 
Herpetologist will present 2010 Hayes Lecture
A plan to turn three abandoned buildings on the West Side into affordable housing that will embrace environment-friendly “green” technology won praise from a city panel Tuesday. The $1.8 million proposed rehabilitation of structures in the 300 and 400 blocks of Massachusetts Avenue was w...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 6:58 AM
 
Appointments encouraged for free tax assistance
A plan to turn three abandoned buildings on the West Side into affordable housing that will embrace environment-friendly “green” technology won praise from a city panel Tuesday. The $1.8 million proposed rehabilitation of structures in the 300 and 400 blocks of Massachusetts Avenue was w...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 6:58 AM
 
A year from the bottom
Toronto and U.S. stocks are marking the first anniversary since markets bottomed out following the financial crisis, with fund managers predicting the benchmark index still has room to rise.After hitting a low of 7,566.94, the S&P/TSX Index staged a strong recovery, gaini...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 5:17 AM
 
Airport expansion hits turbulence
A multimillion-dollar project to revamp Niagara-on-the-Lake's airport with money from three levels of government could be grounded over a planning dispute, says the head of the Niagara District Airport Commission.Niagara Region, which has agreed to split the cost of the $...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 5:15 AM
 
Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty
A TV producer accused of a $2.04 million extortion attempt against talk show host David Letterman pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny Tuesday in exchange for agreeing to a six-month sentence.Robert Joel Halderman, a producer for the CBS news program48 Hours Mystery,...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 5:14 AM
 
Day of rare occurrences at Brier
There haven't been many games like it in all 81 years of Brier history.Alberta, a province which had a 29-game winning streak at the event busted just the day before, was going against host province Nova Scotia and a team which hadn't won a game yet.The Bluenosers were up...
Wednesday Mar 10, 2010 - 5:14 AM
 
Canal Terrace endorsed by council
WELLAND — They won't give Niagara Falls much competition.But a series of waterfalls will tickle down the wall of the recreational canal along King St. by this summer, if plans by the Welland Recreational Canal Corporation come to fruition.fctAdTag("bigbox",MyGenericTagV...
Tuesday Mar 9, 2010 - 10:24 PM
 
Witnesses to fatal car crash sought
A man driving a Saturn southbound on Highway 406 was killed after his car crossed the grassy median and collided with a Ford SUV driving in the northbound lanes last Thursday night. The accident occurred at around 6:45 p.m. north of Glendale Avenue. OPP media officer Graham Williamson said the Satu...
Tuesday Mar 9, 2010 - 9:51 PM
 
Canucks put stranglehold on opening round
Game 2 of the series between the Niagara Falls Canucks and the Welland Junior Canadians was a tightly fought double-overtime thriller.Not surprisingly then, both teams were a little tentative during the opening frame of Game 3 Tuesday night at the Memorial Arena. Everyone...
Tuesday Mar 9, 2010 - 9:48 PM
 
Foul play not suspected in death of woman
Police do not suspect foul play in the death of a 49-year-old St. Catharines woman who was found dead in a downtown apartment last week. On Thursday, March 4, at about 7 p.m., Niagara Regional Police were called to an apartment at 131 King St. Upon arrival, they discovered the body of a deceased fe...
Tuesday Mar 9, 2010 - 9:47 PM
 
Escaped convict arrested
An inmate from Beaver Creek Federal Institution who escaped on Feb. 11 has been found in St. Catharines. Aaron England was serving a 10-year sentence in the Gravenhurst prison for criminal organization and counterfeit money related charges. He was arrested as a result of Project Bulldog in 2005, a ...
Tuesday Mar 9, 2010 - 9:46 PM
 
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