Council hosted the U11 Niagara-on-the-Lake Wolves rep hockey team Tuesday night after they placed second at the Ontario Minor Hockey Association’s annual championship tournament April 9. Lord Mayor Gary Zalepa led a procession
Indigenous advocates are pleading for the state to treat violence against Indigenous women seriously – before it gets passed to their children. Hundreds walked together through downtown St. Catharines to rally support for
When life gives you lemons … make lemonade. And that’s exactly what families will be doing in Niagara-on-the-Lake on June 10. NOTL council was full of smiles when Caroline Polgrabia, president of Family
This story has been updated to correct some incorrect information provided regarding the items recovered. Also, Tim Balasiuk did not start the Love Your Lakes campaign. Bicycles, brake discs, car parts, lawn chairs
Anyone who wants to speak directly to Niagara-on-the-Lake’s council will be playing by some slightly new rules from now on. Residents will not be able to address council about issues that don’t fall
‘Some things just don’t belong’ in a residential neighbourhood, council told Almost 50 people turned out at Niagara-on-the-Lake town hall Tuesday night to voice concerns about a developer’s plan to replace the old
Two months ahead of Canada Day, community groups hosting celebration events will get $12,500 of support from the municipality. Niagara-on-the-Lake’s council approved two grants for the Rotary Club and Friends of Fort George
Under Bill 23, people can add up to three units to ease housing crunch For the second time in a year, a housing advocate is asking the Niagara-on-the-Lake council to embrace secondary
A new condominium proposed for Mary Street should not exceed municipal height restrictions, says the town’s urban design committee. The committee made 14 recommendations in total on the development, mostly on the height,
Neighbour says home had history of bylaw violations. Other licensed properties don’t appear to meet some bylaw rules The town has issued a short-term rental licence to the owners of a Virgil
With no one to steer the ship on the town’s new program to tackle climate change, the municipality’s chief administrator says it will be challenging to achieve its goals on schedule. The town’s
Niagara College will be honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls this Friday. On May 5, the college will be lowering its flags to half-mast and hanging red dresses at its campuses
The dispute between Solmar and SORE over the future of the Rand Estate is now in the hands of the Ontario Land Tribunal. Almost 300 people gathered at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre Monday
Town council wants to see a commemoration plan for the old Parliament Oak school before it considers granting a demolition permit to the developer. Council decided Tuesday night to request a plan from
A new horse-drawn carriage service could be riding onto the scene. Niagara-on-the-Lake currently permits five carriages to operate and industry veteran Ronda Cave hopes to operate the town’s sixth. After Cave appeared before
Half a decade of land disputes is rapidly boiling down to a couple of hours of prepared speeches and power points. Solmar Development Inc. and the Save Our Rand Estate (SORE) residents group
Hotel operators in Niagara-on-the-Lake say that if short-term rentals are going to exist, they ought to be charging people the town’s 2 per cent room tax. Bob Jackson, chief executive officer of Lais
After months of discussion, debate and confusion, Niagara-on-the-Lake council approved the town’s budget for 2023, but it was far from unanimous. The final impact to the taxpayer is an increase of about $100.83,
Some families in Chautauqua are growing uneasy with the rising traffic speeds on Shakespeare Avenue as the town transitions from winter to spring. Resident Matt Finlin wants the town to install some speed
Niagara-on-the-Lake was a popular place for people to soak up the beautiful April sunshine Monday afternoon. And some swear there’s no place like NOTL at this time of year. “There’s no better place
The town has received about $200,000 from the municipal accommodation tax since last July, a fraction of what it could be collecting if the same tax was levied on all short-term rentals. Currently,
“Code Grey” is one in a series of stories in The Lake Report about health care in Niagara Region. In hospital parlance, “Code Grey” means loss of essential service. The Niagara region
Two Sisters Resorts Corp. wants to demolish the old Parliament Oak school to make way for a hotel and the town’s heritage committee wants the developer to first protect some of the site’s heritage features.
People in Old Town may soon get the chance to learn a little more about the history of the Canadian railroad in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Paul Chapman, treasurer for the Niagara chapter of the Canadian
How the community became a Mohawk woman’s path to sobriety “I prefer to be Marie Louise.” Marie Louise gets her legal last name, Bowering, from her grandfather, but she doesn’t have a
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