The Buffalo Chronicle https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Hochul raises heating aid for oil users, but at WNY prices the bigger check buys a third less fuel HEAP winter heating aid opens Nov. 2 as delivered-fuel benefits rise WNY ‘No Kings’ rallies turn protest energy toward early voting Alberta votes to stay in Canada, CBC projects, after a campaign Carney cast as a stand against outside pressure Alberta votes Monday on a path to separation as Carney warns ‘some outside our borders’ want to break Canada Ottawa’s watchdog prices the trade war: a smaller economy, bigger deficits and a budget target propped up by tariffs on U.S. goods Buffalo wins a new $4 million federal lead grant; the White House budget asks Congress to shrink the national program DHS records on Batavia ICE expansion redact the bed count and describe the structure as both hard- and soft-sided Federal judge dismisses Justice Department suit over New York City sanctuary laws, rules an information-sharing law unconstitutional New York Democrats press DHS for the last $87 million in counterterror grants Trump pledged to restore; $100 million has been released Trump announces $8 billion in diesel relief for farmers; USDA sets grain payment rates first, with dairy and specialty-crop methods to follow Trump and Vance unveil Justice Department program paying fraud tipsters up to $30,000 when charges are filed Ukrainians’ TPS reaches its deadline with DHS saying a decision will come ‘at the appropriate time’ DHS letter called Batavia’s planned women’s unit ‘hard-sided’; a same-day ICE contract entry describes a $7.2 million ‘soft-sided tent facility’ Trump keeps 2027 refugee ceiling at 17,500, prioritizing Afrikaners the White House says face persecution; Buffalo resettlement stays low Justice Department warns California officials that counting ballots from 20,000 flagged noncitizens could expose them to prosecution; New York’s voter-roll case is on appeal Trump is open to a federal subway rebuild, people familiar with the discussions say; Blakeman allies tie it to the governor’s race Trump secures release of American Stephen Hubbard as Russia agrees to talks; the first Russian diesel shipment is small against U.S. demand The NFTA should tell Buffalo what the Metro Rail extension costs before it spends more planning it Inside the $11.6 million public bet on Niagara Power Transformer’s Cheektowaga expansion Every traveler flying to the U.S. must soon swear they haven’t been in Congo. Here’s how New York will watch for Ebola. New York’s senators press the Justice Department on why it stopped enforcing the under-21 handgun sales ban, citing Buffalo U.S. orders non-emergency diplomats out of Saudi Arabia as Houthi strikes widen and Buffalo diesel sits near a record Carney opens a ‘strategic partnership’ with Türkiye, Canada’s latest trade bet beyond the United States For the eighth time, the Montaukett Nation’s recognition bill waits on Gov. Hochul Erie County’s 2027 budget cuts the tax rate. Its own four-year plan warns of $70 million gaps GLYS WNY and the Pride Center are buying Oxford Pennant’s Allentown building Woman shoved by Buffalo’s deputy police commissioner files notice of claim, halting Internal Affairs review Niagara Falls bets its Main Street comeback on $25 million in Niagara University student housing Four Western New York providers win state money to train health workers, one more than the program promised the region Depew rebuilds its police command from within after a turbulent stretch Sun Cuisines still makes the case for Burmese food in Williamsville, if you’re willing to wait The BPO premieres its second new work this month, a Leshnoff symphony written for the orchestra West Seneca gets $1.7 million for a crossing a student flagged. Who gets the credit is now on the ballot Tonawanda’s new supervisor breaks the tax cap and says it will save residents later. Here’s the math A Buffalo judge strikes down the body armor ban Albany passed after Tops, on the day Hochul signs new gun bills Buffalo’s snow plan boosts contractor money nearly fivefold as the city waits on new plows Hochul’s budget office warns the data center backlash, including her own pause, could cool the AI boom paying New York’s bills Ontario will buy 600 megawatts of New York power this winter, weeks after Ford threatened to cut the U.S. off With the grape crush ending, Lake Erie growers who lost their buyer are still waiting on help Erie County Republicans try again to cap the gas tax at $2. Poloncarz, who backed a cap in 2022, calls it posturing Justice Department starts notifying counties it will monitor on Election Day as New York early voting nears Canadians are driving back to the U.S., but not across the Peace Bridge, StatCan data show The Broadway Barns hosted Woodrow Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald and pro hockey. City Hall says it will probably come down Albany is running $9.7 billion ahead of plan. Its own books say Buffalo shouldn’t count on it lasting Analysis: Canada tells the Haldimand court it didn’t inherit the Crown’s debts to Six Nations. In the 1920s, it paid toward one anyway Advertise Albany funds two East Side parks in one day. One is the city’s; the other belongs to a developer-backed nonprofit Current Breaking