Some Airbnbs accepting reservations despite lockdown The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake has given out three COVID-related tickets in April, the “busiest month” since last spring for enforcement, says the town's chief administrative officer Marnie Cluckie.
Amid protests in some communities, in mainly rural areas in Niagara-on-the-Lake, a small minority of people have been putting up signs challenging the province’s COVID-19 lockdowns. The signs contain messages like “No more lockdowns” and “#Justsayno.” However,
NOTL property developer says he plans to appeal decision The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake and council acted legally in instituting a 2018 development freeze and 2019 extension of the freeze, a Superior Court justice has
Councillors claim few expenses for 2020 Niagara-on-the-Lake councillors claimed few expenses in 2020. Almost no councillors claimed expenses for conferences and events, except for Coun. Erwin Wiens who billed the town for $1,742.67
Multiple people have phoned or emailed The Lake Report to nominate Upper Canada Lodge and its staff members, residents and family of residents, as NOTL pandemic heroes. The long-term care facility was the
Developer Benny Marotta has taken the Rand Estate off the market, after putting it up for sale for $19 million in October of last year. Marotta said his family decided to take the property
Vast majority of travellers are from Niagara region, mobile data shows Niagara-on-the-Lake had fewer visitors last weekend with a provincewide shutdown and rainy weather, but still saw thousands of visitors coming, many of them for
Chatting with documentary director Mitch Azaria
Over the weekend, my partner and I had the unfortunate experience of watching a mother squirrel be separated from her two babies after a piece of a roof was removed from our neighbour's home.
If you went down to Niagara-on-the-Lake’s downtown core on Saturday morning, you might have thought people were finally listening to the province’s lockdown orders. But if you went back at about 2 p.m.,
The former Mori Gardens property could become a temporary farmers' market or something similar, says developer Benny Marotta, who purchased the 26-acre property in 2020 for $5 million. This week, most of the
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As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in Niagara and across the province, ICU and hospital admissions are passing totals from the peak of the second wave and far exceeding what they were during the first wave,
Lord Mayor Betty Disero got her COVID-19 vaccine last week. She got a last-minute call Friday after a cancellation at Simpson's Apothecary in Old Town and rushed down to get her jab of the
Richard WestSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report I enjoy a daily walk around NOTL, especially during the year of COVID. A month or so ago, I was returning home up Gate Street and I
Virgil father Jeff McGuffin was teaching his one-year-old daughter Brynn about the spirit of giving when he found a few more lessons to impart along the way. After putting pussywillows out near the curb for sale
During the global COVID-19 pandemic, front-line workers at Niagara-on-the-Lake’s grocery stores have gone above and beyond to create a safe, friendly environment for locals to shop. Harvest Barn, and both Phil’s and Hendriks Valu-marts,
Niagara-on-the-Lake is continuing to see thousands of visitors entering town on weekends, despite pleas from public health officials across Ontario for people to stay home and not travel out of their region. The
A 40-year-old man who was killed in a hit-and-run on Lakeshore Road Sunday night was a lifelong NOTL resident with a passion for sports. Niagara Regional Police said they have identified the driver of a
In an ongoing legal battle between Hummel Properties Ltd. and the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, the municipality says it acted legally when it implemented a bylaw to freeze all development in Old Town. Hummel, a prominent
Police are investigating a hit-and-run that left a man dead on the side of Lakeshore Road in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Officers were called to the area, near NcNab Road at about 7:18 a.m. Monday and discovered a deceased adult
Developer Hummel Properties Inc. is suing the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake for damages over an interim control bylaw passed just days after council was sworn in on Dec. 3, 2018. Although the allegations have
When will Niagara-on-the-Lake get a dog park? What’s up with the town’s diversity committee? How will the municipality streamline operations during the pandemic? What are the pandemic impacts and how are the town’s finances? Those were
Niagara-on-the-Lake's wellness committee has set up a phone number residents can call to get help with booking their vaccines. Cindy Grant, chair of the committee, said the idea came to her when the
Ralph Dangelmaier was feeling left out, unable to get a vaccine when he tried to book one. The American citizen, a former navy fighter pilot, is over 80 and was desperately looking for a
Throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants have been some of the hardest hit businesses. But when restaurants were allowed by the town to set up temporary patios last year, a group of friends who
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