Town signs agreement with Parks Canada The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake has signed a memorandum of understanding with Parks Canada, which allows town bylaw enforcement to give out fines on Parks Canada property. The
A community initiative to provide Niagara-on-the-Lake with masks has taken root in town. A group of volunteers called Niagara Covid Masks has set up “mask trees” around Niagara-on-the-Lake and anyone is welcome to
Nurse practitioners across the country are living in a new world. They’re finding new ways to help people from a safe distance, prioritizing in-person visits the best they can, and suiting up each
In positive, non-COVID-related news, Friday marks two years since the first issue of The Lake Report hit the streets of Niagara-on-the-Lake. Wow. What a time it’s been. It feels like forever ago, especially
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake will open a $10 million line of credit with the Royal Bank of Canada, just in case. The decision was approved Monday night during a special meeting of council
An alarming number of people are still visiting Niagara-on-the-Lake, despite the town's efforts to discourage them. Within an hour Saturday afternoon, The Lake Report surveyed 34 groups of people walking along Queen Street and found
Dear editor: It is bad enough that residents are obligated to pick up their mail from the town postal station on a regular basis as they have no home delivery. One would
Dear editor: First of all, a big apology is due to Yvonne Bredow for the despicable treatment she has received, (“Racist attitudes a common occurrence,” The Lake Report, April 16). This is disgusting and any
MPP Wayne GatesSpecial to Niagara Now/The Lake Report COVID-19 has shaken our entire country to its core. However, it's during this time that we've seen our community rally together to take care of
Even though the town has shut down short-term rentals due to COVID-19, there are continuing public concerns that some rentals are still operating illegally. A post on a NOTL-focused Facebook group said a resident in
This story is the first in a series, profiling all three of Niagara-on-the-Lake's nurse practitioners. This week's profile, Erin Jarvis, is the sole nurse practitioner at Niagara North Family Health Team's NOTL site.
Where do we start when it comes to thanking NOTL’s volunteers? There are so many — thousands, as noted this week by our lord mayor — and each plays an important role in
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The water level in Lake Ontario is not expected match the record high of 2019, according to Brett Ruck, environmental services supervisor for the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. But things could change. “I know some
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Specifics on pandemic cases would help town handle response, Disero says The Region of Niagara is still not releasing numbers of cases of COVID-19 by municipality, and Niagara-on-the-Lake Lord Mayor Betty Disero said she’s hoping
Public health officials investigating a “respiratory outbreak” at Niagara Long Term Care (formerly Chartwell) in Niagara-on-the-Lake say the virus is neither COVID-19 nor the flu. The virus in the NOTL facility was confirmed not to be COVID-19 on Thursday,
Almost all of NOTL’s major annual summer festivals and events are a no-go as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The strawberry, cherry and peach festivals, Rotary Canada Day celebrations and the NOTL
New technology shaping performances during pandemic In these new times, all of us have had to adapt to changing situations. The TD Niagara Jazz Festival is no exception. Festival director Juliet Dunn has been working
Smile, love and stay calm — those are just a few of the messages circulating in one Niagara-on-the-Lake neighbourhood after someone started leaving out stones with notes of positivity.
Whether we’re sick or not, we’re all feeling the global symptoms of COVID-19. We’re all cooped up, nobody really knows when this will end, and it’s easy to get worried about just about
The community group Save Our Rand Estate has been reprimanded for violating confidentiality rules set out by the Conservation Review Board during settlement proceedings in a dispute with developer Benny Marotta. Members of SORE met
After a lot of uncertainty, and nearly $3,500, Connor Crickmore is back home from Nepal. The 29-year-old NOTL resident and world-traveller had been stuck in Kathmandu as a result of COVID-19 travel restrictions,
Some of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s front-line workers got an extra special delivery from the town’s volunteer firefighters on Saturday — chocolate bunnies.
Simpson’s Pharmasave staff are feeling a little safer at work thanks to the efforts of Calhoun Sportswear in St. Catharines. Pharmacy owner Sean Simpson said he ordered about 60 masks from Calhoun after
With COVID-19 emergency measures in place across the country, it’s a time for wineries to rethink and reinvent, and Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Stratus Vineyards is doing just that. For the last few weeks, the winery’s retail
Amid pandemic panic, people and businesses in town have been taking extra measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but a few businesses have been doing so in ways that constitute racial profiling of
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