Bill Sawchuk
The Standard
Pelham, ON, Canada
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Region settles lawsuit against ex-chair over tainted CAO hiring process
Court action was launched against Alan Caslin and assistants Jason Tamming and Robert D’Amboise for their involvement in the hiring of Carmen D’Angelo in 2016. → Read More
Women-only police recruiting session taking place in Welland
OPP holding International Women’s Day event to offer insight, advice on recruitment process → Read More
GO station redevelopment plans could bring ‘traffic chaos’ without proper planning: Siscoe
St. Catharines mayor urges Niagara Region staff to get detours right because he says the preliminary plan he saw doesn’t make sense → Read More
Regional council finalizes budget with 7.58 per cent tax increase
Niagara’s gross budget is more than $1 billion, and councillors approved a general levy of $444.5 million, including $255.6 million to fund regional departments. → Read More
Climate change data for Niagara ‘alarming’
Research from Ontario Climate Consortium could help municipal staff, business owners, and residents understand the risks and plan for the future → Read More
Shared services gaining ground in Niagara
Working group of top officials looking for initiatives to make local government more efficient → Read More
Niagara Region budget hike of 7.29 per cent approved by committee at end of marathon session
Regional chair opened budget committee meeting that ended near midnight by telling councillors finalizing the 2023 budget is most challenging decision they will face this term. → Read More
Former Niagara Region councillor’s expenses for business cards, T-shirts, meals, events rejected
Region’s audit committee recommends against reimbursing Mike Britton $1,246.70 for claims that lacked itemized receipts or supporting documents. → Read More
No decision: Difficult budget deliberations taxing Niagara regional councillors
Decision to use reserves to reduce last year’s tax increase from 4.37 per cent to 2.87 per cent looks like a mistake in hindsight and has this year’s council, in the mayor of Thorold’s words, “behind the 8-ball.” → Read More
Shooting victim’s father tells court, ‘Every day is a struggle to find purpose and peace’
Scarborough man gets 15 years in manslaughter plea deal for shooting in a Niagara Fall hotel in March 2020 → Read More
Life sentence for retired Toronto firefighter who murdered wife with metal mallet at St. Catharines home
Judge cites improved mental health in custody in allowing Gregory Tkachyk, 63, to apply for parole after 14 years. → Read More
‘If I can save one family, he didn’t die in vain,’ says mother whose son died in Niagara Detention Centre
Welland mother appears before Ontario Chief Coroner’s Expert Panel on Deaths in Custody that found almost all were preventable → Read More
Bobby Hull was a star in St. Catharines before the NHL
The “Golden Jet” left his mark in hockey with blazing speed, blistering slapshot and off-ice struggles → Read More
Injured GM worker in stable condition, recovering in hospital
The employee was crushed while working inside a machine and sustained significant injuries to his upper and lower body. → Read More
Shifting mental-health calls away from police easier said than done, says NRP chief
Niagara Regional Police Chief Bryan MacCulloch acknowledges anti-racism association’s call to defund parts of the police budget and have that money transferred to another entity — but “that entity doesn’t exist.” → Read More
Council approves police budget of $177.9 million during almost six hour meeting
Meeting dealt with Niagara’s agencies, boards and commissions; final budget approval on track for the end of February → Read More
International drug package bound for St. Catharines leads to arrest
Four kilograms of Ketamine shipped from Germany leads to search warrant and trafficking charges. → Read More
GM worker airlifted to hospital
Victim in his 50s suffered significant injuries to his upper and lower body in accident at plant on Glendale Ave. → Read More
Will Niagara’s municipal councils pass on transit savings to taxpayers?
Local politicians are wrestling with the implications of Niagara Transit Commission, which took over bus services across the region on Jan. 1 → Read More
Regional council to look at reducing 9.4% tax hike
The budget balancing act is fraught with challenges this year, with economic pressure from inflation leaving many Niagara taxpayers struggling to keep up. Of course, Niagara Region itself is facing similar pressure. How it all plays out will be decided in coming weeks. → Read More