‘Twas ten days before Christmas when in the Virgil Government House, Council met in secret, quiet as a sneaky little mouse. While good town residents celebrated the festive season, And the tourists licked

Dear editor: As we enter 2024 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, add Upper Canada Lodge to our growing list of lost infrastructure: the high school, the hospital, Parliament Oak, our X-ray facility and so on. Yet

Dear editor: Niagara-on-the-Lake lends itself to Christmas and generally I hope that we have all enjoyed the time with each other to celebrate, catch up and reflect. It is a joyous time. What

Dear editor: Well, 2023 has come and gone. I hope it was a good year for everyone. I am writing to thank those who played a large role in some of the work

Dear editor: Now that the holidays are over it is time to carefully consider the actions of our town staff and council in the past month. At the conclusion of an in camera

Dear editor: I felt the frustration rolling off the words of Kip Voege in his Dec. 7 letter, “Do residents have rights when neighbours build next door?” It seems the process has been

Dear editor: I want to thank Dr. William Brown for his excellent column (“Science and the gods of the 21st century,” The Lake Report, Dec. 7) and his review of scientific advances and

Dear editor: The news that the Ontario provincial government is finally living up to its promise to allow beer sales in more grocery stores is good news indeed. Perhaps we also will be

Dear editor: About a year ago we learned the house on the property that adjoins our backyard was to be torn down and replaced. In order to see if the new house would

Dear editor: NOTL Cats Rescue is very pleased to announce we’ve surpassed our fundraising goal for 2023. With the support of the community, area businesses, volunteers and our families we have raised $6,484.  

Dear editor: It may well be that Niagara-on-the-Lake needs to spend more on its infrastructure. Most residents would likely agree that having raw sewage leak from our sewers into our creeks and Lake

Dear editor: Regarding your story, “Contentious King Street condo project appealed to land tribunal,” (Nov. 30), despite all the presentations and arguments against this development to members of town council, they were unable

Dear editor: On behalf of the General Nelles Branch #124 of the Royal Canadian Legion, I would like to thank all of those who supported the Remembrance Day services on Nov. 11 at

Dear editor: Friends of Fort George president Tony Chisholm and staff stopped by to meet Sean O’Donnell at Willow Cakes & Pastries to say thanks for once again donating the time, effort, supplies,

Dear editor: I’m a longtime fan of your excellent weekly publication and I enjoy writing letters to newspaper editors. I’ve always enjoyed the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum’s “Exploring History” feature each week, probably because I’m

The following letter to the community was submitted by the board of Willowbank in Queenston. As you know, Willowbank is a unique private career college and has been on the vanguard of heritage

Dear editor: I read Peter Rusin’s Nov. 2 letter suggesting the proposed St. Davids roundabout will probably cost $10 million or more with necessary expropriations. I pass through this intersection at least twice

Dear editor: About 150 years ago, the Sioux Nation, led by Chief Sitting Bull, fled to Canada to avoid retribution by the United States’ army after the battle of the Little Big Horn. 

Dear editor: Remembrance Day services are a time of coming together, as a community, to reflect and remember the lives of the many thousands of young men and women who gave their lives

Dear editor: I was delighted to read a report in your paper describing a group investigating the need for seniors housing (“Group plans independent survey on NOTL housing needs,” Nov. 2). As the

Dera editor: I understand those feisty folk in St. Davids have put together a petition about the roundabout that Niagara Region is going to build with the support of Lord Mayor Gary Zalepa.

Dear editor: Last week’s edition of The Lake Report carried a story and photos of the gala fundraiser reception and banquet sat Queen’s Landing for the Lincoln & Welland Regiment Foundation Senate, (“Princess

Dear editor: Your front-page, above-the-fold story in The Lake Report’s Nov. 2 issue, “Leaky sewers contaminating NOTL creek with E. coli, town says,” should give every resident in Niagara-on-the-Lake not only pause for

Dear editor: I just read two letters in your Nov. 9 edition regarding traffic circles for St. Davids, (“St. Davids needs a roundabout – at York and Concession 6” and “Hold a referendum