March 2020

Town cuts speed limit on troubled Mewburn shortcut

The speed limit on NOTL's problem-plagued Concession 6 Road between York Road and the Mewburn Road Bridge will be reduced to 60 km/h from the current...

Letter: Snowbirds need to stay home for 14 days

Dear editor: While out at a major Niagara-on-the-Lake retailer, I was dismayed and saddened to see a fellow NOTLer, deeply tanned, hug a woman and then hear him...

Editorial: Welcome, farm workers. And an opportunity for NOTL hotels

After days of confusion and mixed messages, the federal government finally announced late last week that seasonal farm workers would be allowed in to...

COVID-19: Long-planned adventure ends with unexpected twist

When Graham and Angela Lindfield tell the tale of their retirement adventure on board their 32-foot Grand Banks trawler “Lady Morgana,” it will have a...

Humour: Self-isolating for the second time. No joke

Paul JacotSpecial to The Lake Report During this whole pandemic, we must find something to laugh about, a chuckle here and there, anything to break...

COVID-19: Brock experts say getting out is good for you

It’s important for mental and physical health to find ways to get outside during mandated social distancing, an assistant professor at Brock University says. Kyle...

COVID-19: Niagara College pitches in to help health care workers

Niagara College is stepping up to provide support for local healthcare facilities struggling with COVID-19-related demands. Both campuses in Welland and Niagara-on-the-Lake are working...

COVID-19: Niagara confirms first case of virus with no travel history

A St. Francis Catholic Secondary School staff member has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now at home is self-isolation, Niagara Region Public Health...

COVID-19: Brock helping fight pandemic with supplies, expertise

Brock University is joining the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by contributing supplies and utilizing research facilities. Supplies of gloves, masks and chemicals have been...

COVID-19: Shaw on hiatus, but holding virtual rehearsals

‘There’ll still be theatre. We’ll still be here, we’ll bounce back, but we want to make sure the community we serve bounces back, too,’...

COVID-19: Expert advice on talking to kids about pandemic

NOTL resident Dr. Robin Williams, is a member of the Order of Canada and Niagara Region’s former chief medical officer of health. She chairs...

OPINION: Snowbirds, ‘get out of the store now’

Syme JagoSpecial to The Lake Report Twice in the past week, I interacted, in a manner, with people who had just returned from stays in Florida and aren’t isolating...

Dr. Brown: How the coronavirus attacks

Dr. William BrownSpecial to The Lake Report Unlike simple cells such as bacteria, viruses like the corona family of viruses, travel light: without help they...

Letter: Farm is perfect place for workers to self-isolate

Dear editor: I read with interest the very long March 20 article (“Border closure ‘devastating’ for Niagara farmers, Wiens says”), regarding the initial restrictions that...

Monthly Archives: March, 2020

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