Letter: Americans, guns and the never-ending carnage
Dear editor: I’ve written numerous letters to your newspaper, but none as important as this one. As we all know, there have been more deaths in the United States in the hands of
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Letter: Pope’s planned apology for abuse is a travesty
Dear editor: The Pope’s anticipated apology for decades of clergy abuse likely will be along the lines of: “I have tortured, raped and murdered thousands of children in my care as a holy
Letter: NOTLers need to stop with derogatory ‘Toronto people’ criticism
Dear editor: This is a call out, request or beseeching Niagara-on-the-Lake residents to stop using “Toronto people” as a derogatory term. It has sadly become accepted lingo of divisiveness in our town. I
Letter: Council’s noise bylaw change is cockamamie
Dear editor: Council’s rationale for its recent decision to allow recreational noise in all town parks defies logic. The issue of concern is not the noise made at the Stampede and other similar
Letter: Appalled by Mary Street townhouse design
Dear editor: We were appalled with the design of the townhouse project proposed for 355 Mary St., ("Townhouse project proposed for Mary Street," The Lake Report, May 19). Why in the world should
Letter: Continually caught in a voters’ list conundrum
Dear editor: The good news is I have received a voter information card. The bad news is they’ve still got my name wrong. For several elections after I moved here 26 years ago
Letter: NOTL does not yet have an approved official plan
Dear editor: In Bob Bader's response (“Town passed its new official plan and now it's up to region,” May 19) to my recent op-ed, he questions the accuracy of my observations of the town's alleged
Letter: Delighted as a visitor to read The Lake Report
Dear editor: On my recent trip to Niagara-on-the-Lake, I picked up a copy of The Lake Report from a local sub shop, and diverging from my usual online news outlets, I ended up
Letter: More criticism of NOTL winery design
Dear editor: When I read Christopher Allen’s little critique of the proposed design for the new Stone Eagle Winery in the April 14 edition of The Lake Report ("Proposed winery design is overpowering"), I laughed
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Letter: Research offers different take on planting trees and shrubs
Dear editor: I have nothing but respect and admiration for Lake Report gardening columnist Joanne Young and the work she does in and for our community. However, based on peer-reviewed research, I would
Letter: Where is due diligence for McNab four-way stop?
Dear editor: Well, I have read the article in regard to the stop sign for Church Road at McNab, “Four-way stop coming to Church and McNab,” (The Lake Report, May 12). Hmmm, where is
Letter: Those ‘no parking’ signs near Grist restaurant are unnecessary
Dear editor: I am not a patron of the Grist restaurant in St. Davids, just opposed to knee-jerk reactions by town council. I cannot agree more with Bill Plancke's comments regarding the “no
Letter: Please don’t restrict use of old railway trail
Dear editor: Since we all have the right to our own opinion, I can tell you that I rarely agree with issues regarding Rainer Hummel. However, on his opinion on the former railway
Letter: Let’s all share the old railway trail
Dear editor: Regarding the Upper Canada Heritage Trail: More than 70 years ago the railway along Concession 1 was decommissioned. Shortly afterward, dirt bike riders created a trail where tracks were once laid. I began
Letter: No real control of business signs downtown
Dear editor: After the April 21 news story in The Lake Report about the impending opening of a Dairy Queen on Queen Street (“Taylor's Bakery to reopen as a Dairy Queen“), and the accompanying image depicting the design of the
Letter: The reality is Ford is privileged, callousand inept
Dear editor: A good leader should be trustworthy and Doug Ford has failed under this metric. Under the premier's leadership, Ontarians have been subjected to a cruel neo-liberal agenda. In Ford's Ontario, longterm care homes
Letter: Design of new Marotta winery is classic
Dear editor: Thank you to the Marotta family for bringing the beautiful new Stone Eagle Winery to Niagara-on-the-Lake. The proposed winery, named after their amazing, stellar wine, will be situated on the drive into our
Letter: Congrats to The Lake Report for a job well done
Dear editor: Having recently moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake, and finding myself contemplating the prospect of retirement, I decided to start a podcast series called “BOOM! We broke it, let’s fix it,” wherein I challenge
Letter: Real estate industry should ban blind bidding
Dear editor: I have been a real estate broker for over 40 years and have witnessed the change from the occasional blind auction to it being the predominant way realtors operate today. To
Letter: A heartfelt thank you to NOTL residents for helping Ukraine
Dear editor: I want to say thank you to everyone. Ukraine has been helped because of you. Because reporter Evan Saunders and The Lake Report took the time to publish the article, “United by war,
Letter: Why does Ford insist on putting Ontarians at risk?
Dear editor: So Premier Doug Ford declared the pandemic over? Then he reduced and limited testing so the true numbers of infections would be hidden. Next, he discontinued contact tracing and vaccine and mask mandates. Finally, he
Letter: Health system needs fixing but privatization is not the answer
Dear editor: In the March 17 edition of The Lake Report, I read in your editorial that with an election on the horizon, now is the time for council to act on short-term rentals. Tackling
Letter: There is no housing supply problem. It’s a social and financial problem
Dear editor: Contrary to what Premier Doug Ford, Housing Minister Steve Clark and the real estate and development industry maintains, housing is not a supply problem. It is a societal and financial problem. In my
Letter: Yet another commercial development in Old Town
Dear editor: Saturday night, while driving down Queen Street, I was amazed at a new shopping plaza being built behind many old homes along Gate Street. As someone born and bred in Niagara-on-the-Lake, the site
Letter: Health system needs fixing but privatization is not the answer
Dear editor: In the March 17 edition of The Lake Report, I read in your editorial that with an election on the horizon, now is the time for council to act on short-term rentals. Tackling
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