The Buffalo Chronicle
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Haldimand Tract trial breaks until Nov. 9 as the court weighs Six Nations oral history
The Six Nations land-rights trial adjourned Oct. 28 and resumes Nov. 9 in Ontario Superior Court. Here is where the case stands.
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Champagne opens budget week as Poilievre presses Carney on debt interest
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne speaks in Toronto and Ottawa Monday before tabling the budget Nov. 5. The Conservatives’ bid to make Carney testify on deficits failed 153 to 170.
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Buffalo picks a former police precinct in the Old First Ward for its new animal shelter
Mayor Sean Ryan says the city will turn the former police station at 294 Louisiana St. into a modern animal shelter, replacing the cramped Oak Street building.
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Baskin runs on her record as Szymanski tries to unseat her in the 63rd Senate District
First-term state Sen. April Baskin faces former Lackawanna Mayor Geoffrey Szymanski on Tuesday in a district covering much of Buffalo’s East Side, Cheektowaga and Lackawanna.
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Erie County early vote passes 80,000, already above the 2022 nine-day total
Erie County’s early vote has topped 80,000 ballots with two days left, about 14% above the full 2022 total.
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Haldimand trial week three: Canada and Ontario challenge Six Nations oral history
Canada and Ontario objected to Six Nations’ oral history evidence as the land-rights trial entered its third week.
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Ontario projects a $16.9 billion deficit and delays balance to 2029-30
Ontario’s fall economic statement pushes the balanced-budget target back as tariffs weigh on the economy.
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White House circulates fishing industry praise for America First Seafood Strategy
The White House released endorsements from fishing groups and Cabinet officials for its seafood plan.
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Canada and the EU launch an ‘Alliance for the Future’ at Montréal summit
Carney and EU leaders agreed to work toward making Canada the EU’s first ‘Associate Member.’
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Defense bill’s 65-year streak heads into the lame duck with no Senate vote
The NDAA has no Senate floor vote and no budget deal as Congress breaks for the election.
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Buffalo Urban League gets $5 million in state aid for Jefferson Avenue headquarters
Gov. Hochul announced $5 million toward the Urban League’s $25 million campus at 1137 Jefferson Ave.
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Buffalo adds snowblower tractors, contractor money and plow tracking to clear side streets
Buffalo’s DPW is adding seven snowblower tractors, a $2 million contractor budget and plow technology aimed at side streets.
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Western New York has one in nine of the state’s cannabis shops but gets about one in 15 dollars of the local pot tax
As New York’s legal cannabis market passes $4.1 billion in sales, Comptroller data show WNY’s 78 dispensaries brought local governments $2.23 million in the first half of 2026, about $28,600 a store…
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Pentagon presses Congress to write the ‘Department of War’ name into law in the final defense bill
Both the House and Senate Armed Services versions of the defense bill would make the Department of War name law. The Pentagon and White House want it kept in the final bill,…
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Young Development buys the land for its $25 million Village Walk senior apartments in East Aurora as plans head to the Planning Commission
Young Development paid $1.2 million for 11 acres on Quaker Road for a 118-unit, 55-and-older complex. The project, which divided residents at a July rezoning vote, goes to the village Planning Commission…
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Western New York’s four Division I men’s basketball teams open Monday picked near the bottom
UB, Canisius, Niagara and St. Bonaventure all start the season Nov. 2 ranked in the bottom third of their conference polls. That includes UB, which just signed the richest naming-rights deal in…
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Opportunity Zone nominations close today, and New York hasn’t said which neighborhoods made its list
Wednesday is the extended deadline for governors to nominate the next decade of Opportunity Zones. New York can pick 429 of 1,716 eligible tracts, including 84 in Erie County, and hasn’t published…
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Federal survey finds serious violent crime fell 25 percent in 2025, with caveats from a redesigned count
The government’s victimization survey found serious violent crime fell 25 percent and aggravated assault 31 percent in 2025. The Justice Department credits President Trump; the bureau warns the figures are preliminary and…
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New laws make hotels post trafficking help or face fines, and warn abuse survivors before their voter privacy lapses
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed three bills that add civil penalties for hotels that skip required human trafficking notices, expand address confidentiality to victims of image-based abuse, and require advance notice before survivors’…
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The Old Pink’s arsonist gets five years. The Allen Street lots the fires left behind are still waiting on a plan
John W. Burns was sentenced to 60 months for the 2024 fire that destroyed the Old Pink. Court records lay out the texts that helped convict him, while Roche Development, which bought…
