
Letter: A rainbow garden instead of a rainbow crosswalk
Dear editor: We are writing to express our thoughts around what we read in your paper several weeks about a proposal for a rainbow crosswalk in Old Town. We understand that this is a

Dear editor: We are writing to express our thoughts around what we read in your paper several weeks about a proposal for a rainbow crosswalk in Old Town. We understand that this is a

Dear editor: Every time we turn on our TVs or pick up a newspaper we are reminded of the way our early governments treated the Indigenous people. Our present government leaders cannot undo

Dear editor: In a letter to the editor last fall I stressed that the District School Board of Niagara's policy of closing schools in NOTL and putting students on buses to larger schools in NOTL

Dear editor: Growing up on a fruit farm with every type of peaches, plums, pears, cherries, strawberries and whatever Mom and Grandma grew in their gardens, we were truly blessed. It’s so sad to

Dear editor: Further to Brian Marshall's July 8 Arch-i-text column, “NOTL must take control of development,” the former Parliament Oak school should be a school and the old NOTL hospital should be a new

Dear editor: On my way in to Virgil this past Sunday morning, I witnessed a near-miss that, had it happened, would have been catastrophic. A car came zipping out of a driveway on

Dear editor: Lukas Smith, who died after being hit by a car last weekend, built and owned a house on Wilberforce Avenue in the Chautauqua neighbourhood. He ran it as an Airbnb and

Dear editor: All residents of Niagara-on-the-Lake and, indeed, the Niagara region benefit from open borders with the United States. It is probably correct to say that our economy depends a great deal on

Dear editor: I am infuriated that a resident from Virgil in NOTL was condemned by the LGBTQ community for displaying a sign showing he was in a “traditional marriage” (ie. male/female). The newspaper
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J. Richard WrightSpecial to The Lake Report Most of us have probably heard of Dick Turpin, a notorious British highwayman who cashed in his chips in 1739 after being found guilty of appropriating

Dear editor: In 1986, Ontario designated the Queen/Picton area of Niagara-on-the-Lake as a heritage conservation district and in 2003 the area was designated a hational historic district, the first in Ontario. As well, this

Dear editor: I saw the article on the review of the Commons' off-leash dog area in the latest edition of The Lake Report. This is the first indication I have had that such a review

Dear editor: The following was sent to Lisa Curtis of Parks Canada in response to the story, “Commons off-leash dog park is under review,” The Lake Report, July 1. It is unfortunate that

Dear editor: Regarding your July 8 news story (” ‘Traditional marriage’ sign decried as homophobic, hateful“) and editorial (“A shameful sign of the times“) about a man who posted a lawn sign celebrating his “traditional marriage.” This is a

Dear editor: I recently returned from a visit to Vancouver to find The Lake Report in my mail with the story on Rudi Koller's lawn sign, (” ‘Traditional marriage’ sign decried as homophobic,” hateful, July

Dear editior: Further to your story about the off-leash area at the Commons and the “several dozen” letters or calls in support of keeping the area leash free, I would like to bring

Dear editor: I have just finished reading Brian Marshall’s July 1 Arch-i-text column twice, concerning the Parliament Oak site and what is proposed for its development, “Parliament Oak questions.” I hope many people make a point to

Dear editor: I have spent hours studying the various reports and submissions for the proposal for the Parliament Oak site. Thousands of words, trying to convince me and the town that this proposal is

Dear editor: Most of the right things about the inhuman atrocity that were the residential schools are being said in the media. But often writers and commentators, very carefully it seems, “skate” around

Dear editor: The Pillar and Post “Monet” gardens are an emotional delight to the senses. While absorbing the visual impact, my mood lifted and I thought of future visits to drink in the

Dear editor: Not sure where this town is going, but this sign “celebrating traditional marriage” is definitely not the right way. I was on my way to work on Monday morning when my husband

Dear editor: What is civilization? From the dictionary, “a civilization is a complex human society, usually made up of different cities, with certain characteristics of cultural and technological development.” In many parts of

Dear editor: I have read with interest the opinions of several readers who are upset that statues are being removed at various public sites and institutions. Cries of “we can't undo history” and

Now that more and more people are getting vaccinated and there is finally a clear pathway out of this pandemic, we will periodically check in with different Niagara-on-the-Lake residents to see how COVID-19 has affected their

Dear editor: During the early days of the pedophile priest scandals, what we all thought were isolated cases turned out to be, and continues to this day, a systemic issue and scab within the

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