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Letter: Dear Litterbug: Please pick up after yourself

Dear editor: This letter is to the Queen Street Litterbug. Dear Litterbug: On our daily walks we frequently walk along Queen Street next to the golf course and often find your neatly packed bag

Letter: Invoking the Emergencies Act was not justified, Baldinelli says

Dear editor: Over the past several weeks, we have witnessed protests and blockades take place at multiple international border crossings and in downtown Ottawa. While citizens have the right to peaceful protest, they do

Letter: After years of COVID, 1% wage hike for nurses is an insult

Dear editor: Throughout my life I have always had a tremendous respect for the front-line responders. I guess that is because my sister was a registered nurse and the police in our town were

Letter: Congrats to The Lake Report

Dear editor: Congratulations to you and The Lake Report staff on so many well-deserved journalism honours in the Ontario Community Newspapers Association's Better Newspaper Competition. From everything I have observed over time, you earned them

Letter: Angry that trucker convoy adopted flag as their motif

Dear editor: As I watched the "Freedom Convoy" trucks stop at the Husky Travel Centre here in Niagara-on-the-Lake some days ago, I felt very angry that they would adopt Canadian flags as their motif, as though their

Letter: Current gateway suits the purpose perfectly

Dear editor: Kip Voege’s letter, “Nothing wrong with existing town gateway” published in the Feb. 10 edition of The Lake Report is the most common sense I’ve seen for quite some time. You’re absolutely

Letter: Make a decision on St. Davids roundabout and let’s move on

Dear editor: CDM = constipated decision-making; the inability to make a final decision and move on to implementation. I am a resident of St. Davids and I have been following the media coverage about the

Letter: No one forced rainbow crosswalk on us, council approved it

Dear editor: I am writing in response to Jean O'Malley's letter (“Rainbow crosswalk may happen but residents deserve input on location“) in the Feb. 10 edition of The Lake Report. I agree with Ms.

Wine Thang –Three methods of producing a Rose

NOTE italics and bold below: The staff of Ravine Winery share their expertise and offer a brief explanation about an aspect of wine in this regular feature. So, whether you’re an expert

Letter: The numbers show vaccination works

Dear editor: Ontario is opening up a bit and this may give people a false sense of security, feeling that they are relatively safe, particularly if they are fully vaccinated. I checked recent Ontario

Letter: Roundabout is not needed, despite experts’ opinions

Dear editor: Thank you for the article, “Roundabout is safest alternative for St. Davids, region's expert says.” It clearly demonstrates to me what I have feared all along: So-called experts have been found/used to

Letter: Community answered when snowed-in senior needed help

Dear editor: My wife and I settled here in Niagara-on-the-Lake more than 15 years ago, accepting the advice of lifelong friends who made the move a few years earlier. We “retired” from many

Letter: Kudos to Pillar and Post for Monet garden

This letter was sent to Paul MacIntyre, vice-president of operations for Vintage Hotels. A copy was submitted to The Lake Report for publication. Dear Mr. MacIntyre: The purpose of this letter is to thank you,

Letter: Government needs to cap real estate commissions

Dear editor: A Vancouver think tank recently recommended that all homes over $1 million should have a new tax levied on their sale in order to tackle the housing crisis. Tackling our growing public debt

Letter: Charities need support more than ever

Dear editor: While Canadians are generous to charities, especially during times of crisis, it is difficult to keep that going for two years during a once-in-a-generation pandemic. There was a groundswell of

Letter: Nothing wrong with existing town gateway

The following letter was sent to members of town council: It is my understanding that the existing well-designed Queen and Mississauga street entrance was created so the floral display could be changed annually to commemorate

Letter: Rainbow crosswalk may happen but residents deserve input on location

Dear editor: I note that $15,000 has been set aside in the town's capital budget to fund the installation of a rainbow crosswalk. There has been an unofficial survey by The Lake Report asking for input

Letter: Residents shouldn’t pay for rainbow crosswalk

Dear editor: I am very disappointed that the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake seems hellbent on pushing through a rainbow crosswalk and five rainbow benches, thus singling out a specific group for special treatment, which in

Letter: Mixing truckers, vaccinations and politics

Dear editor: What probably 99 per cent of the “truckers” demonstrating for their “rights” in Ottawa are ignoring is that they have all been vaccinated and that is why they are alive and healthy

Letter: Editorial hit the mark

Dear editor: Thanks you so much for your Jan. 27 editorial, “Time to shut down maskless ‘alternative learning’ school.” I am a retired secondary school teacher and senior in the community, and it represented

Letter: Thanks for investigating maskless school

Dear editor: Thank you for your investigative journalism Jan. 27 on the operation of the Niagara Alternative Learning Alliance in Virgil, “50 children attending maskless, non-distanced 'learning pod' ” in Virgil. And thanks also for your editorial

Letter: Yes, Virgil learning pod should be shut down

Dear editor: Thank you for your forthright editorial Jan. 27 on Virgil's pod school. Yes, it should be closed down now. The children pictured may well be learning about gardening but the organizers have

Letter: Snow plows don’t need to fill in our driveways

Dear editor: This issue has no doubt been raised before. We have an aging population, a lot of us in our 70s who find it increasingly difficult to shovel windrows (ridges of snow)

Letter: Old Town residents’opposition to development is NIMBYism

Dear editor: Like most citizens of Niagara-on-the-Lake, I tend to read the newspaper and chuckle at the ridiculous comments and opinions that abound in the Old Town. Of late however, the hysterical and ludicrous

Letter: Unfair accommodation tax should be reconsidered

Dear editor: I have read the article regarding the proposed municipal accommodation tax in the Jan. 6 edition of The Lake Report, “Owner-occupied rentals cited as one solution,” and would like to provide my comments.

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