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

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

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

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)

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

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.

Dear editor: When Niagara-on-the-Lake residents speak out about development plans that they find inappropriate, it's not because they are scared of progress. We once were a town of multigenerational families. For instance, my

Dear editor: In order for your readers to appreciate your published survey in its full context, (“Residents split on idea of rainbow crosswalk, Lake Report survey finds,” Jan. 6), I think that a couple of issues

Dear editor: I respectfully disagree with the dismissive and cavalier attitude of John Buchanan in his Dec. 16 letter, “Gateway bump out is no cause for concern,” describing the bump out at the intersection of Queen and

Dear editor: In early November, Lake Report columnist Ross Robinson, wrote a totally compelling article in your paper advocating the installation of a Canadian flag in Queen's Royal Park. His reasons for asking this

Dear editor: For someone like me, at age 80, the instructions were to wait six months after the second shot of COVID vaccine and then “get the booster.” Dutifully, I waited six months but seeing

Dear editor: Why is it that an adult cannot receive a booster shot in the Niagara region, unless they are lucky enough to book one with a local pharmacy? After all the promotion

Dear editor: From reading our community newspapers I see that there are issues over whether the rainbow colours should be painted on an Old Town street for a crosswalk to show solidarity with

Dear editor: Ironically, Samuel Young's letter published Dec. 9, (“Gateway bump out is going to cause accidents,”) illustrates why the three-way stop and bump out is necessary at the intersection of Queen and Mississagua streets. In fact,

Dear editor: Your very frequent correspondent, Samuel Young, has surpassed himself with his comments regarding the now three-way stop signs at the corner of Queen  and Mississagua streets, (“Gateway bump out is going

Dear editor: When information about a rainbow crosswalk for Old Town first surfaced, we were delighted to see that some of those who are leaders in the town, both elected and otherwise, were

Dear editor: In all my years this is the first time I have written a letter to the editor. I am writing about Derek Collins's Dec. 2 letter, “Argument for Old Town rainbow

Dear editor: I believe that one or two brief corrections and further comment are needed in reference to the letter, Objection to a simple crosswalk speaks volumes (Dec. 9). Contrary to what the writer has

Dear editor: Throughout my life I have always had a tremendous respect for front-line responders. I guess it's because my sister was a nurse (RN) and the police in our town were my buddies

Dear editor: I have just read Derek Collins's Dec. 2 letter re: a rainbow crosswalk and see you published it with an editor's note, qualifying your newspaper's stand on the issue. It's a bit

Bill GarriockSpecial to The Lake Report When did it become the role of town council to “provide leadership” to encourage businesses in the private sector to pay what anti-poverty groups advocate is a

Dear editor: I just read Evan Saunders' article on council’s Chautauqua parking debate (“Chautauqua parking debate causes councillor confrontation,” Dec. 2) and all I can say is that councillors Cameron, Burroughs and Cheropita continue