August 12, 2020

Mother fired from Niagara Falls dealership over videoof her defending daughter against carriage protesters

A Niagara woman has lost her job, after a video of her trying to protect her 16-year-old daughter from NOTL horse carriage protesters was sent to...

Campaign to cut wine tax gathering steam

More than 3,000 people have signed a petition calling on the provincial government to eliminate a 6.1 per cent tax on wine sold at wineries. The petition...

Nearly 1,000 Lions Burgers sold at drive-thru barbecue

The Friday night drive-thru barbecue at the St. Davids Lions Club is becoming a hot spot after selling nearly 1,000 burgers in its first two...

Parents ‘uneasy’ with Ontario government’s back-to-school plan

The back-to-school jitters are hitting harder this year with many parents uncertain about the Ministry of Education’s plan to reopen schools in less than a month. One Niagara-on-the-Lake...

Letter: No public toilets for Navy Hall visitors

Dear editor: We are writing to you and copying our contacts at Parks Canada and the Niagara-on-the-Lake town council. It has always been a pleasure for us...

Letter: Help NOTL Fund help NOTL

Dear editor: In the July 23 edition of The Lake Report we read the heroic stories of nine charities in NOTL who have adapted to meet...

Letter: Get head start on St. Davids pool

Dear editor: As we were made aware of last year, this was to be the final summer for the St. Davids pool as designs were...

Letter: COW-VID

Niagara-on-the-Lake artitst Ross Smith has created a unique painting to encourage people to wear a mask to prevent COVID-19. Smith calls his rendering a mask-wearing...

Letter: Please don’t change transit schedule when buses resume

Dear editor: This is an open letter to members of Niagara-on-the-Lake town council. We believe that NOTL council will be discussing resumption of transit soon at...

Give a hoot: Town of NOTL pulls plug on noise bylaw after extreme resident push back

After a petition with more than 9,000 signatures, national news coverage, a satire piece in the Beaverton and a noisy flash mob, town council...

Editorial: Noise and action on complaints

Many NOTLers don’t like noise disturbing the tranquillity of life in Canada’s self-proclaimed “prettiest town.” Just look at the reaction to the now-notorious Pedal Pub tourist attraction,...

Cameron wants to ‘put the brakes’ on Virgil skatepark

Coun. Clare Cameron wants the town to “significantly reconsider” and "put the brakes" on plans for a Virgil skatepark that is already under construction. “I’m really...

Code Club at library will teach kids how computers work

Code Club is coming to the library to teach kids more about the language used by the technology they interact with almost every day. NOTL...

Letter: More examples of NOTL’s dwindling green space

Dear editor: While playing at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club last week I was dismayed to see a big, beautiful, healthy maple tree being cut down. We approached...

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