As autumn blows in, the golf season is winding down for another year. The Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club’s popular Thursday men’s league wrapped up its season last week with its annual dinner and prize
Migrant farm workers are the backbone of Canada’s – and Niagara’s – agricultural sector. Without the men and women who leave their families behind and travel from their home countries, the agricultural industry
Who wants an indoor swimming pool in Niagara-on-the-Lake? Perhaps the better question is: Who doesn’t want an indoor swimming pool in Niagara-on-the-Lake? The idea has been batted about in NOTL for many years, because,
Police have charged a 37-year-old man in the fatal hit-and-run collision that killed a Niagara-on-the-Lake cyclist in July. Niagara Regional Police detectives arrested a man Tuesday in the death of 84-year-old Nestor Chemerika. He had
There are many memorable sights and landmarks around Niagara-on-the-Lake. In an area with so numerous links to important historical events, we are fortunate to have many monuments and reminders of that past. But
Niagara-on-the-Lake is a town steeped in history. In fact, we honestly wonder if any other community of similar size can boast nearly as many connections to significant historical events and individuals. We
Nearly 50 members of the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club’s nine- and 18-hole women’s leagues turned out to wrap up their season Tuesday. Besides their golf game, lunch and prizes, the women raised $145 for
Blue skies and low humidity made for perfect tennis weather and an exciting finish to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Tennis Club’s season on Saturday. An enthusiastic crowd at Memorial Park cheered on the competitors as
It has been a sad week for Canadian journalism. The bad news started quietly Sept. 12 with word the Glengarry News, a 131-year-old family-owned newspaper in Alexandria, Ont., north of Cornwall, was closing.
It was a frenzied NOTL-focused scavenger hunt on four wheels. Unsuspecting Niagara-on-the-Lake residents, visitors and business operators encountered a non-military invasion Saturday morning as nearly 100 road rally participants scurried around town trying
Had he lived, Terry Fox would now be 65 years old, a pensioner. His landmark birthday fell about six weeks ago, on July 28. But it’s impossible to see him as a senior citizen.
Despite retiring from civic life after decades of community work in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Jim Collard knew he wasn’t quite done. Born and bred in NOTL, he spent 30 years on town council, served on numerous
Niagara New Democrat MPP Wayne Gates is reintroducing legislation to cancel the basic tax charged on Ontario wines, a move the wine industry has been aggressively lobbying the Doug Ford government to make.
NOTL’s Kaleb Dietsch knew that every new step on his hockey career path would be a learning experience. Having just completed the week-long training camp of the Ottawa 67’s of the Ontario Hockey
Yolanda Henry’s hot putter worked its magic as she shot 85 to lead all competitors in the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club’s 18-hole women’s league on Tuesday. She needed only 28 putts on her round
It’s September and that means a lot of things, but especially it means that children are back at school. You’d think that as a society – and since we were all kids ourselves
One of the toughest and most stressful competitions returned to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club on Friday as couples flailed away in the annual Matrimonial Cup tournament. The tourney pairs couples in what is
Swimming the Niagara River from Queenston to Queen’s Royal Beach is a daunting prospect at the best of times. Those waters can be swift-moving and tricky. The 12-kilometre journey is not for the
And thanks to Sailor for the Sea Clean Regatta protocols, the event generated just two bags of garbage after hundreds of meals over the week After almost a week of racing on
Before we get into this week’s Arch-i-text, I want to correct an inadvertent error in last week’s column about the role of the town’s urban design committee. When I submitted my overly long
A great week of doubles tennis culminated on the weekend with the crowning of men’s and women’s champions and consolation winners at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Tennis Club. The women’s championship ended when Coral MacKenzie
The annual Chautauqua Open golf tournament last week attracted 60 players, its biggest turnout ever, and raised about $700 for the community association. “Sixty golfers is the most we have ever had,” organizer
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Pickleball Club will soon triple the number of indoor courts its members can play on, thanks to a pilot project in conjunction with the Central Community Centre on York Road. The
Completing 14 out of 15 tasks would generally inspire compliments. In sport, winning 14 of 15 games, stopping 14 of 15 shots, hitting 14 of 15 from the floor … all exceptional efforts.
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