Entrepreneur and 2022 mayoral candidate Vaughn Goettler, writes Garth Turner, is “pragmatic, driven, a tad rumpled, safely retired but far from finished. He has fine real estate, toys and ambition.”
“Have we priced ourselves out of the economic reality in which most Canadians live? Of course,” writes Garth Turner in this week’s edition of The Turner Report.
“Dividing the world into left and right, as the Americans are doing (and we’re following) solves nothing. One side is not right and good, the other wrong and evil. Trust me. I’ve been on both,” writes Garth Turner.
“A nice heritage home sold in Old Town this week. The asking price was competitive, but no cigar. The new owner got it for 14 per cent less,” writes Garth Turner.
“Rates have now dropped twice, with two more chops likely in 2024. In NOTL the market, like the weather, has been uncomfortably sticky,” writes Garth Turner
“On this side of the river, we’ll have to deal with a situation new in our lifetimes. Religion, race, tribalism, patriotism and a battle between left and right make the coming presidential vote a rising risk to wealth,” writes Garth Turner.
Some days you never forget. It was Monday. I was a columnist and business editor for one of the city’s big dailies (remember them?). Without warning, stocks crashed. The New York market shed
Sure, it’s a nice place. Most folks would be happy living in the coach house. But is it $4.5 million nice? The latest listing on my Old Town street (one block from the flip now on sale at $3.9 million) is part of a larger local story.
It was raining, so we drove. But forget about parking. The streets of Old Town were jammed. Dorothy and I ended up walking through the wet and the dark halfway back from where we started.
Who hasn’t stood on the river bank and stared across at Fort Niagara? In Niagara-on-the-Lake, America is close. No wonder so many from New York state and beyond trek here. They love us.
This marks the debut of columnist Garth Turner as a regular contributor to The Lake Report. He’s a longtime journalist, commentator and former federal cabinet minister. We look forward to his insightful contributions.
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