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Canada fires burning fast, blowing south and ramping up air pollutants in WNY

By Joanne Beck
Jun 30, 2023, 5:06pm

smoke over tonawanda — *Apparent smoke from the wildfires in Canada created a haze over the Tonawanda Creek on Friday morning.*
*Photo by Howard Owens.*

So this is what life has come to for much of upstate New York: checking the air quality reports every couple of days and having a good scientific expert on speed dial.

At least that’s how it is for The Batavian, with air levels reaching up past 150 for Western New York the last few days, signaling a red zone of “unhealthy.”

Letter to the Editor: GCEDC and STAMP: The Truth About IDA Incentives

By Reader Submitted
Apr 2, 2025, 4:01pm

The Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC), the regional Industrial Development Agency (IDA) in our area, has taken the first step toward bringing Double Reed—a data center—into our community, next door to the Tonawanda Seneca Nation.

But the fight is far from over. GCEDC still faces several legal and bureaucratic

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Apr 2, 2025, 3:00pm

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