Defenceman chosen 46th overall in Friday night’s major junior draft Niagara-on-the-Lake native Kaleb Dietsch realized his hockey dream Friday night and was drafted to the Ontario Hockey League. Dietsch, 16, was chosen 46th
Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Kaleb Dietsch was one of just 24 elite defencemen invited to the Ontario Hockey League’s annual pre-draft development combine last weekend in Oshawa. In all, 76 of the top U16 players
Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Chad Thorpe led the Niagara Rangers U19 men’s basketball team to two wins in their first weekend of the 2023 season. Teams travelled to George Brown College in Toronto on Saturday to
In the aftermath of a controversial incident in which a developer gave a town councillor an envelope containing $10,000 in cash, The Lake Report posed a detailed series of questions to all members
As far as coach Joe Pagnotta is concerned, every one of his team’s 13 players is a winner. “They’re all champions,” he said after the U11 Niagara-on-the-Lake Wolves rep team took the silver
When you’re able-bodied, whether young or older, almost nothing can stand in your way. Literally. However, not everyone is so lucky and that doesn’t mean they effectively should be shut out of places,
Elite 6-foot-2 defenceman ‘can do it all,’ his Niagara coach says It’s been a remarkable year for Niagara-on-the-Lake hockey player Kaleb Dietsch. The 6-foot-2 defenceman earned an invitation to Team Ontario’s tryout camp
A massive, 835-page town planning report rejects most of Solmar’s requests to demolish or make substantial changes to buildings and other heritage assets on the historic Rand Estate property. The report, by the
UPDATE #2, Sunday, April 9: The Cinderella run of the Niagara-on-the-Lake U11 Wolves rep team at the provincial hockey championships ended with a second-place finish in Sunday’s finale. The Wolves lost a 6-2 decision to
UPDATE #2, Sunday, April 9: The Cinderella run of the Niagara-on-the-Lake U11 Wolves rep team at the provincial hockey championships ended with a second-place finish in Sunday’s finale. The Wolves lost a 6-2 decision to
UPDATE #2, Sunday, April 9: The Cinderella run of the Niagara-on-the-Lake U11 Wolves rep team at the provincial hockey championships ended with a second-place finish in Sunday’s finale. The Wolves lost a 6-2 decision to
In the wake of a senseless tragedy, such as the death of Louise Leyland, struck by a cyclist on a Queenston residential street on a clear, bright spring day, demands for action and
An 81-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a cyclist near Willowbank in Queenston on Saturday afternoon. Louise Leyland, who was active in community organizations in both Queenston and Old Town, died
The Meridian arena in Niagara-on-the-Lake was rocking Saturday night as the NOTL Wolves U18 rep team staved off elimination in the Niagara District hockey finals. They’d lost game 1 of their best-of-three series
Niagara-on-the-Lake figure skater Ashleen Hale won gold in the STAR 9 O14 women’s competition at the Ontario championships in Stratford on the weekend. The teenager, representing the NOTL Skating Club, also took a
As playoff hockey goes, it had just about everything. High-energy, end-to-end action, big saves, a late-game comeback, three periods of overtime – including a penalty shot, a shootout, then a joyful celebration for
Richard Harley and Kevin MacLean Editors A week ago now, we reported in great detail about an incident in which Niagara-on-the-Lake developer Benny Marotta gave Coun. Gary Burroughs an envelope containing $10,000 in
A dozen core members of the NOTL Wolves U18 rep hockey team are wrapping up their minor hockey careers in the next two weeks – but first they have some unfinished business. The
It’s spring – finally, thankfully – and that means warmer weather. It also means that winter sports seasons are coming to an end – and this year, as often in years past, there
‘We don’t want to see the old hospital’s future use become mired in studies and reports and indecision’ There are a lot of important issues facing the new Niagara-on-the-Lake town council. Councillors
Three members of the NOTL Skating Club have qualified to compete in the Skate Ontario provincial championships. Ashleen Hale, Samantha Frydryk and Ophelia Xie will skate in the competition set for the Stratford Rotary
As fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Bills well know, the playoffs are make or break time, no matter what you do during the regular season. On Sunday morning, when it
It was all over in just 15 minutes. But we hope the result will be remembered for a long time to come. More than 100 Niagara-on-the-Lake women (105 to be exact) ventured out
A Niagara-on-the-Lake man was among eight people arrested after police seized more than 1,000 allegedly fraudulent artworks purported to have been painted by Norval Morrisseau. Morrisseau was a prolific Indigenous artist from the
The women of Niagara-on-the-Lake are a force. That’s not news to anyone who is paying attention to what gets done in town, but it IS worthy of note. And celebration. Over the past
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