The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake has hired B.C.-based Upanup Studios Inc. to design and host a new town website at the cost of $82,885. The money is coming from a $725,000 municipal modernization grant that NOTL
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake is considering reinstituting a ban on A-frame signs on Queen Street and replacing them with hanging signs or another alternative. A-frame or sandwich board signs were previously illegal in the
A 35-foot sailboat ran aground on a sandbar off Queen’s Royal Park on Wednesday evening. The water near where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario near Queen’s Royal is shallow and a prominent sandbar runs hundreds
Niagara-on-the-Lake council and committee meetings will remain virtual for the foreseeable future. Councillors on Monday, Aug. 30, were presented with the option of in-person meetings by parks and recreation manager Kevin Turcotte, but unanimously decided the
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake is implementing a municipal accommodation tax in its 2022 budget, a move that sparked contentious debate during a council meeting Monday. The tax is one of the few tools the municipality has at its disposal
Niagara Region council has voted to implement mandatory vaccines for employees and the same policy could be just around the corner for Niagara-on-the-Lake. Regional staff could be exempt from requiring a vaccine under
Election season is in full swing in Niagara-on-the-Lake and longtime Tory supporter Trudy Hildebrand says she has had enough of the Conservative party. This time she plans to vote for the People's Party of Canada.
Paddle Niagara wants to partner with the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake to clean up and open a section of waterfront along River Beach Drive as a recreational boat launch, an idea council bandied around
The Balls Beach stone breakwater collapsed in March due to extreme weather caused by climate change and a design that wasn’t prepared to deal with those problems, according to a presentation by town irrigation and
NOTL athletes were out in force over the course of a scorching hot weekend to participate in the Niagara-on-the-Lake Tennis Club’s women's and men’s doubles tournaments.
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Council is considering creating a community garden on town-owned land after a presentation by resident Julian Trachsel. Trachsel suggested the idea to council as a way to improve the sense of community in Niagara-on-the-Lake with a
On a hot Friday evening, the St. Davids Lions Club welcomed community members to their weekly barbecue. And, though it was a small and local affair, it raised money to help with critical aid for
The difficulty of fundraising during a pandemic has prompted four Niagara-on-the-Lake community members to work together to raise money for the Red Roof Retreat. So far, they have donated more than $1,400. Starting
The Lake Report interviewed all the candidates in the Niagara Falls riding for the Sept. 20 federal election. We asked them three identical questions to provide our readers with a sense of
Five candidates are in the running for Niagara Falls riding, which includes Niagara-on-the-Lake, Fort Erie and the Falls. With Parliament dissolved and Canada on the path to a federal election on Sept. 20, the Liberals are
Fully vaccinated Americans have been allowed into Canada since Aug. 9 and Niagara-on-the-Lake businesses are eager to welcome back our neighbours from south of the border and the money they bring. So, where
Niagara police are investigating after animal rights protesters and horse carriage operators both allege that assaults occurred on Saturday in Niagara-on-the-Lake. A young employee of Sentineal Carriages Inc. was “bashed around” by a protester,
But his wife is happy to be protected from virus Chris McGregor got his second dose of COVID vaccine at a walk-in clinic at the NOTL Community Centre on Monday – but he wasn’t
Steven Page, ex- of Barenaked Ladies, will perform with orchestra at opening A small crowd gathered on Monday evening at Southbrook Organic Vineyard for the unveiling of the Niagara Symphony Orchestra’s 2021-22 season.
Large new project 'looks like a barracks,' mayor says Niagara-on-the-Lake councillors expressed concerns at a planning meeting last week about a large commercial development by Benny Marotta at 135 Queen St., but didn't block
Spencer “Spenny” Rice may be known as the politically correct counter-ego to Kenny Hotz in the hit Canadian comedy “Kenny vs. Spenny,” but that isn't the only side of the Kingston-based actor and comedian. Niagara Now
Brian Barker will be the New Democratic Party candidate for the riding of Niagara Falls in the next federal election. The announcement barely preceded widespread news reports that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning on dissolving Parliament as
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum is preparing to host two silent movie nights with a pay-what-you-can donation charge for attendance. The first show is on Aug. 19 and will feature the Charlie Chaplin classic “City Lights,” about
A body found in Lake Ontario off Niagara-on-the-Lake has been confirmed to be a 27-year-old man who drowned in the Niagara River gorge on Aug. 1. A 22-year-old woman also drowned in the gorge in an
With the appointment of Mary Simon as the first governor general of Indigenous heritage, the executive director of the Niagara Regional Native Centre, says he is happy his children have someone to look up to –
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