Dear editor: A democracy is based on laws and rules being applied equally and equitably to all people, without favour. In a municipality, the rules for land use are found in the official

Dear editor: Kudos to The Lake Report for providing reasoned, detailed coverage of what to me appears to be more than just “Council rejecting input from advisory committee,” (Aug. 24). Rather it seems

Dear editor: I’m reminded of the untimely death of a young boy almost 20 years ago, who was killed by a falling branch while visiting the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton. I am

Dear editor: Forty-plus years would seem sufficient time for our prior and current council members to discuss a solution to the ever worsening Old Town and Heritage District residential parking problem. Yes, that

Dear editor: What happened to motorists’ courtesy and common sense? Recently I was driving along Mary Street toward Mississagua when I came upon waste collectors picking up bins on the curve near Dorchester

Dear editor: On behalf of Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Palliative Care Service, we are happy to report that our Shred-it fundraiser was a huge success on Saturday. We thought that with a paperless world developing

Dear editor: As a taxpaying resident of Niagara-on-the-Lake, I agree with the comments of Coun. Erwin Wiens in the Aug. 3 article “Crosswalk vandalism cleaned up quickly” and with his opinion concerning the responsibility

Dear editor: The saying, “children are our future,” is so often repeated as to have become almost banal – trite, even. Very much the worse, for that: because the stark truth and pragmatism

Dear editor: The letter in last week’s edition “NOTL needs to reject King St. apartment” highlights an issue that should have us all worried. No one living in this neighbourhood ever considered that

Dear editor: People are probably aware of Dying With Dignity Canada, an organization which led the push to get medical assistance in dying (commonly known as MAiD) legalized in 2016. My own reading

Dear editor: This is my alert to the Niagara-on-the-Lake community. Have you heard about the three-storey, 17-unit apartment/condo building coming to our neighbourhood? This is not Parliament Oak. This is not the Rand Estate. This

Dear editor: The decision to commence budget talks in the fall is a welcome step in the right direction, (“Plans for 2024 budget talks to start this fall – to avoid last year’s

Dear editor: I am greatly saddened and outraged by the hate messages repeatedly spray-painted on Niagara-on-the-Lake’s rainbow crosswalk. To add insult to injury, the comments of Coun. Erwin Wiens, who said that the

Dear editor: I respectfully disagree with Alexander Evans’ suggestion that in a previous letter to the editor I labelled developer Benny Marotta’s life as “frivolous.” I also disagree with Mr. Evans’ portrayal of

Dear editor: The concept of a “vibrant and complete community” is seen as an important goal in the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s 2022-2026 strategic plan. Strangely, planning staff and council refuse to recognize that

Dear editor: The proposed three-storey condominium building to be constructed on the backyards, severed from numbers 727 and 733 King St., came as a gut punch to neighbours who were promised a projects

Dear editor: I’m sorry to hear that letter writer Bob Bader finds developer Benny Marotta’s life “frivolous,” (” ‘Economic progress’ and the future of Niagara-on-the-Lake,” July 27). Because, and let us be absolutely

Dear editor: I read with considerable interest the July 20 article by Somer Slobodian, “Kayakers feeling pushed out of Balls Beach.” Being a kayaker myself, I cannot say I agree with that sentiment.