Glendale is taking the first step toward becoming a bona fide urban centre in Niagara-on-the-Lake – with the unveiling of a major new development complete with four highrise condo...
While some in Indigenous communities feel optimistic about the path toward truth and reconciliation, others say there’s a long way to go.
Phil Davis, who...
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum has recruited pharmacist Sean Simpson as the face of a major $10-million project aimed at revitalizing and expanding the facility.
Simpson will...
Steve Hardaker
Community Correspondent
To say residents of the Niagara on the Green neighbourhood were surprised when they learned that White Oaks Resort and Spa is about to launch a massive...
Jamie-Lynn Gillingham says that every Indigenous person you meet has been touched by the Canadian residential school system in some way: either they're a...
Red Roof Retreat was a hive of activity during last Thursday’s honey extraction demonstration.
The Host a Hive program, run by Niagara Beeway, has about...
The Moderator of the United Church of Canada is only able to visit a dozen or so of the church's 2,700 congregations across the country every year – and Grace United was one of them.
As part of the congregation's 200th anniversary celebration, Right Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne gave a sermon during last church’s Sunday service, touching on pressing issues and themes in the faith community.
“We have these congregations all across the country that have declining memberships and declining resources and that’s true of religion all across Canada, not just the United Church of Canada,” Lansdowne told The Lake Report...
The team at Brock's Monument is inviting everyone to join them on Oct. 6 to celebrate the life of the hero of Upper Canada: Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, born...
Niagara Regional Police are seeking information from the public after a body was discovered in a backyard on Anne Street in Niagara-on-the-Lake on Sunday evening.
Officers were sent out to assist with an ambulance call, Const. Philip Gavin said in response to questions from The Lake Report.
When emergency services arrived at the home, "a person was found in medical distress at the front of the home," Gavin said.
The body, which police refused to identify, was discovered in the backyard of the home.
The person who was in medical distress was taken to a Niagara hospital for assessment, Gavin said, and was...
Volunteers from Newark Neighbours took on the role of unloading and unpacking donations during this Saturday’s Porch Pickup from nearly 100 addresses.
Cindy Grant, the food bank's board chair, said thanks to all of the community’s donations and pickups, Newark Neighbours is more than equipped to give back for Thanksgiving.
“Once again, an overwhelming, outstanding community support and contribution that we’re always grateful for,” Grant said.
“We haven’t yet had a chance to do an inventory yet of what we need for Thanksgiving but I think we’re pretty well-stocked.”
Along with Newark Neighbours volunteers, the nonprofit partnered with the Rotary Club, the St....
School of Restoration Arts not accepting first-year students, for now
When the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology wanted a chair for its first-ever bachelor of...
Niagara-on-the-Lake plans to use Niagara Region planners to help the town handle some of its planning responsibilities.
It is part of the town's effort to...
It was a dark and tempestuous October night in Niagara-on-the-Lake three years ago, on an old peach farm next to Lake Ontario.
Inside the farm's wooden cabin, however, singer-songwriter Avalon...
The Jackson-Triggs Concert Series is back again this summer, with headliners such as Jann Arden, Serena Ryder, Charlotte Cardin and more coming to Niagara-on-the-Lake for 11 weekends of live...
Dear editor:
I entirely agree with the article by letter writer Lydia Madonia, ("Over-tourism, development could hurt NOTL," Sept. 21).
Her concerns with respect to over-tourism...
Guests basked in the sun with an ice cold beer last Friday at Niagara College’s Project Brew Hops by the Docks beer festival.
More than 550 people came out to...
The spirit of persistence and compassion were fully on display at Crossroads Public School this past Friday during the annual Terry Fox Run.
When The Lake Report arrived early last...
Kids will have a bit more to do in Niagara-on-the-Lake this fall.
The town is introducing two new children’s activities after the town identified increasing recreational programming for youth as...
Ryan Boisvert
Special to Niagara Now
This Saturday's Pedal Pushers Challenge fundraising ride for palliative care is named in honour of Niagara-on-the-Lake developer Rainer Hummel.
Bonnie Bagnulo, executive director of NOTL Community...
The Niagara Baptist Church Burial Ground officially has a new plaque.
On Tuesday afternoon councillors, staff and residents met at the Mississaugua Street property for a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony.
“I'm excited...
Coun. Erwin Wiens had a tremendous stroke of luck during the town's golf tournament on Sept. 14, scoring a perfect hole-in-one and winning $10,000 that he and his wife Dorothy Soo-Wiens have big plans for.
Joe Pillitteri's “Team Pillsy on the Terry Fox Foundation (got some), our church is going to get quite a bit of it. We’re doing a build program. Dorothy and I were also talking about sharing it with some of the people who work with us at the farm,” Wiens told The Lake Report.
Soo-Wiens said that they haven’t entirely decided where all of the money is...
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Rotary Club’s sold out Icewine Cocktail Party on Sept. 15 raised more than $25,000 for NOTL's Red Roof Retreat and Rotary International projects. The party was held on the grounds of the Hiscott House at 78 Prideaux St.
The evening was full of good food, like sushi and oven-fried pizza, tasty drinks and live music.
Nearly 50 years after departing Niagara District Secondary School, about 100 graduates were eager to come together from near and far for a reunion at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Legion on Saturday.
The former students, representing three graduating classes, were there to reminisce and enjoy live music and good food.
Organizer Lorraine DeRosa said it all started with a classmate who became a successful author.
“(Arthur Boers) was doing...
Newark Neighbours' porch pick-up food drive is fast approaching and more donations are needed.
“Right now, we're a bit short,” Newark Neighbours board chair Cindy Grant said this week.
She’s hoping that changes before the food drive starts Saturday. It runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Members of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Rotary Club, NOTL Kinsmen Club and St. Davids Lions Club are collaborating with Newark to make the...
The controversy over a $10,000 cash exchange between developer Benny Marotta and Coun. Gary Burroughs is over, the town says, after the municipality's integrity...
The Lake Report has again been honoured with several national awards for its journalism.
The Canadian Community Newspaper Association’s annual awards were announced Friday and The Lake Report received eight, including one each in the coveted Outstanding Reporter Initiative and Best Local Civic Journalism categories.
The paper was the only publication in Niagara Region recognized in the awards and took home the second-most number of awards in the country.
Most of the awards were in the largest...
Council has avoided a trip to the Ontario Land Tribunal by overturning a decision made by the committee of adjustment.
As a result, Keith Turner of 1939592 Ontario Inc., which owns 517 Gate St., will be permitted to build a bungalow on the lot with 40 per cent coverage instead of the 33 per cent permitted by the lot’s zoning.
“The houses across the street have 40 per cent coverage as well,” said Mary Lou Tanner,...