Plans to buy Strewn Winery and build a 58-room hotel on the site are being met with skepticism from some who argue the project could open the floodgates to a hotel being built on every winery in town.
Big changes are coming to Strewny Winery: after almost 30 years in business, the small winery is being sold and may become home to a new hotel with 58 rooms.
The Town of NOTL is asking the Ontario government to give it three more years to finish designating as many heritage properties as it can before it’s too late.
About 390 metres of concrete sewer pipe will be replaced as part of Mississagua Street’s reconstruction starting later this year. Town staff said the additional work will not extend the project’s timeline.
The developer behind a new St. Davids subdivision came to town with a request to change its plans for a new block of townhouses and was met with disapproval from half of council, with questions about the proposal will impact St. Davids’ already-strained stormwater system.
Life is busier than ever these days in this part of the province, but for Felicia Izaguirre Werner, the hustle and bustle of Niagara is a welcome sign of how much the place she’s from has grown.
Summer officially begins on June 21, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. A gathering is set to take place that evening at Ryerson Park, featuring yoga and handpan drumming.
The new study will examine issues with flooding and erosion, potentially caused by development and more severe rainstorms as a result of climate change.
Shooting for the film adaptation of the romantic novel “Beach Read” begins this week in Old Town and is set to continue until mid-to-late June.
The organization behind the ongoing revitalization of a historic plot of land in Old Town is inviting the public to have a look at the work it’s done so far to transform a forest that’s seen better days into an urban oasis.
Tony Hendriks is marking 36 years since he began working at the only grocery store that lives in Niagara-on-the-Lake’s busy downtown core — his longtime efforts have not gone unnoticed.
As American wine, beer and spirits remain absent from LCBO shelves, the company has expanded its offering of Ontario craft wines and plans to continue doing so amid growing popularity for local brands over the past year.
After a developer demolished part of a nearly 200-year-old schoolhouse without the tonw’s approval last month, the municipality says it’s figuring out its next steps to keep any more destruction from taking place.
Eat, Pink, Drink! Comedy returns Friday, May 15, featuring comedians Frank Spadone, Leonard Chan and Ali Hassan, for an evening of live entertainment in support of the national charitable organization.
Goettler, a longtime entrepreneur turned philanthropist who calls NOTL home, ran in the town’s 2022 municipal election for lord mayor opposing the threat of Niagara’s amalgamation as one of his key platform points.
A prominent developer was expected to take the matter of its rejected plan for a development on a historic property in Niagara-on-the-Lake to the highest court in Ontario last month — however, the advocacy group involved in the case says the developer has withdrawn its appeal.
The lord mayor’s last-gasp attempt to bring outdoor patios back to the downtown core this season failed on Tuesday night. It would’ve allowed some temporary patios to reopen on Queen Street.
Sisters Marcy and Melissa Mussari put their building and designing prowess to the test as contestants on the new season of Home Network’s “Renovation Resort.”
For Sophie Clattenburg, a Grade 8 student from Virgil with a passion for chemistry, microplastics are a topic of great interest to her: “They’re ubiquitous.”
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum is among a dozen historical organizations up for a $50,000 prize in a national competition — which the museum plans to use to turn a 115-year-old house into its own research centre.
It was a surreal moment for Steffanie Bjorgan, to be surrounded by, as she described it, “some of Canada’s best and brightest people,” all gathered inside the country’s most famous home.
As the sisters continue a way of life for their family that started four decades ago, they hope to encourage a new generation of winemakers and grape-growers, especially fellow women, to forge their own paths.
Coun. Erwin Wiens shared online Thursday that Niagara Region Chair Bob Gale’s latest letter was not “reviewed, discussed or approved by” the lord mayor or council before it was sent to the province.
The region needs more time to consider the implications of amalgamating Niagara and closely examine the issues with Niagara Region’s governance before making a decision, several councillors said.
When asked to characterize the story of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Sarah Kaufman says it is one of people who step up to make a change for the better: “It can be very inspiring history to learn from.”
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