Dear editor: I want to thank those many pet owners who over the past decade or so have transitioned away from letting their animal defecate throughout their neighbourhoods and now diligently pick up

The following is an edited version of a letter to NOTL library chairman Daryl Novak. The Association of Library Professionals would like to express its concern regarding the firing of Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library

Dear editor: Further to the firing of NOTL Public Library CEO Cathy Simpson, while I don’t know which books are excluded from the library collection, many of the books I peruse on library

Dear editor: Rob Bongard’s views on Niagara-on-the-Lake’s temporary patios (“Temporary patios filthy and attract vermin,” letter, March 21) are clearly not shared by the vast majority of our residents, business owners or visitors.

Dear editor: Having read about the firing of library CEO Cathy Simpson in the March 21 edition of your paper I was struck by the following. Daryl Novak, chair of the library board, says, “The

Dear editor: I’m feeling a bit of whiplash.  On Feb. 22, a half-page opinion piece headlined “Censorship and what we are allowed to read” was published. OK, I confess I gave it a

Dear editor: I read with interest, both Cathy Simpson’s original column and the letter from Matthew French. He characterizes her comments as talking points from the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism. The talking

Dear editor: I would like to voice my alarm at the firing (pun intended) of chief librarian Cathy Simpson. After rereading her op-ed and then reviewing the reasoning for the dismissal presented by

Dear editor: The only people who should have been fired over Cathy Simpson’s column about Freedom to Read Week are the members of the NOTL Library Board for not standing with her during

Dear editor: Since the library moved from the basement of the courthouse in November 2000 to its present location on Anderson Lane, two of its head librarians have been “terminated,” the most recent being Cathy

Dear editor: As a town councillor I am always open to and welcome residents to contact me by phone or email. I want to listen to their concerns, discuss ideas and find solutions

Dear editor: Thank you for publishing Kit Andre’s Letter to the editor, “Mennonites want ceasefire in Israel-Palestine conflict,” (March 14). I am both a Methodist (by tradition) and a Mennonite (on confession of

Dear editor: I read Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library CEO Cathy Simpson’s opinion piece about Freedom to Read Week, (“Censorship and what we are allowed to read,” The Lake Report, Feb. 22). Unfortunately, it was

Dear editor: Temporary restaurant patios on Queen and King streets in Old Town NOTL are filthy, ugly, unfair, unsafe and they take up valuable parking spaces, including those for people with disabilities. These

Dear editor: Your letter writer Kit Andres speaks of the Mennonite duty to condemn violence (“Mennonites want ceasefire in Israel-Palestine conflict,” (March 14). This is a duty that all of us have as

 Dear editor: As we await the publication of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s tourism strategy report, it was amusing to read about the committee members, and others, sanitizing particular sections of the report and collating the numerous

Dear editor: I just received the latest edition of The Lake Report and I am stunned beyond words. What a breathtaking photo on the front page of Niagara-on-the-Lake women celebrating International Women’s Day.

Dear editor: It has been years since I have read such a heartless letter by Beth Macdonald, “Time to change thinking about our environment,” (The Lake Report, March 7). In Ms. Macdonald’s world, the preservation

Dear editor: I have read Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library CEO Cathy Simpson’s opinion piece respecting Freedom to Read Week, (“Censorship and what we are allowed to read,” The Lake Report, Feb. 22), and the

Dear editor: As a Mennonite, my ancestors came to Canada so we could live out our cultural and spiritual values — mainly our commitment to non-violence. We commit our lives to rejecting violence

Dear editor: This is an open letter to Niagara-on-the-Lake parents. Does it make sense to you that a town with 1,000-plus teens doesn’t provide a high school (Statistics Canada, 2021) or youth programming?

Dear editor: I am reading in amazement about “messy” trees and making room in yards for completely unnecessary landfill toys (the manufacturing process and environmental impact of these items alone is shocking). All