Lakeside park could help ease traffic problems around nearby Chautauqua neighbourhood Niagara Shores Park, a natural gem on Lake Ontario with beautiful sunsets and stunning views of the Toronto skyline, could be
Erwin Wiens has big shoulders. A former police officer, turned farmer and now also a town councillor, at six foot five he is no pushover. In the two weeks since he tossed a
Who is tired of lockdowns, shutdowns, restrictions, lineups, masks, sanitizers, social distancing, physical distancing, no congregating, no socializing, etc.? Perhaps the better question is: Who isn't tired of all that – and more?
Not covered by OHIP, $30 swab test is for people with no symptoms A kinder, gentler and quicker type of COVID-19 test is now available to Niagara-on-the-Lake residents. And pharmacist Sean Simpson is
It seems like forever, people and communities have had a love-hate relationship with developers and development. Whether it was the burgeoning GTA starting in the late 1970s or downtown Toronto where highrise condos
And then there was none. Pharmacies in Niagara-on-the-Lake that had been busy inoculating patients against COVID-19 have been forced to stop. They have all run out of vaccine, with no promises yet from
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When the Shaw Festival is able to finally launch its 2021 season in July it will feature al fresco performances on a new outdoor stage. That's the plan as of now, with early performances of “Charley's Aunt” and the full
What a difference a year makes. Sort of. A year ago at this time, Premier Doug Ford was getting positive reviews in many quarters for his almost daily news briefings and apparent leadership
Finally, Premier Doug Ford can indeed honestly say he listened to the scientific and medical experts. Let's hope he was not too late in coming to that epiphany. In announcing on Wednesday that
But with 4,000 on wait list, Simpson's doesn't yet know when supply will be replenished A Niagara-on-the-Lake pharmacy began distributing 400 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine this week to some of the estimated 4,000
The water level in Lake Ontario has been falling steadily for most of the last several months, easing fears about springtime flooding, but the lower level has taken a huge toll on the
Niagara-on-the-Lake’s new parks bylaw, which among other things bans barbecuing, limits opening hours and prohibits drinking alcohol, has had a rough ride in some circles since it was passed last week. Now the
An electrical malfunction caused a massive fire last month that did more than $1 million in damage to businesses housed in three huge, repurposed former barns on Townline Road, the Ontario fire marshal says. The
Sean Simpson understands some are reluctant but advises all the vaccines will prevent serious COVID complications Sean Simpson is keen to start vaccinating the 3,500 people on his pharmacy’s growing notification list,
Life since COVID-19 has changed things for all of us. We’ve experienced hardships, heartaches and challenges, but also new and sometimes unexpected reasons to be thankful.
A former Niagara-on-the-Lake Hydro executive who has been charged with defrauding the utiliity of more than $426,000, has now repaid all the money. Hydro CEO Tim Curtis said the entire $426,992 amount was
A year into what might someday be known as the “COVID Era” everyone wishes some of our precious personal freedoms were not still being curtailed. And if you operate a small business that
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Niagara-on-the-Lake lost a literal golfing legend last week with the death of "Downtown" Jimmie Brown.
With vaccines starting to arrive in Canada, again, and the province gearing up to make it a priority to inoculate people over 80, a NOTL pharmacy has begun compiling a waiting list for those
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Celebrations and parties are verboten at this stage of the pandemic, so many milestones are passing without any acknowledgement. A group of Donna Lailey's friends decided that marking her 80th birthday was important
It's been a year now since COVID-19 entered our lives and changed … everything. In those 12 months, we've endured good, bad and everything in between. Looking back on life in the pandemic, The Lake Report
Fired Niagara Health chief executive officer Dr. Tom Stewart will receive a severance of more than $1 million, but it won't be paid by the Niagara hospital group. Stewart had been hired by Niagara through
'We really should have a military-style sense of urgency around getting this done,' says NOTL pharmcist The first of 11,000 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine were injected into PEOPLE in Niagara on
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Niagara-on-the-Lake Hydro's former vice-president of operations has been charged with fraud after more than $425,000 was stolen from the utility. Detectives from the Niagara Regional Police Service central fraud unit arrested Kazi Marouf,
Niagara Health fired its chief executive officer Wednesday, days after he admitted taking a Christmas holiday to the Caribbean in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Tom Stewart was CEO of the
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