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Letter: Finding a path to racial equity

Dear editor: Your friends and neighbours, followers of the Baha'i faith here in Niagara-on-the-Lake and believers in the oneness of humankind, have like most of you been stirred by the recent wave of

Letter: Police need to prosecute protesters if they break law

Dear editor: To begin with, I would like to make it clear that I am not a supporter of At War for Animals Niagara. On the contrary, I am in sympathy with the

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Old Simcoe Park swings

Once military reserve land, Simcoe Park was previously leased by the Town of Niagara for the enjoyment of its residents. It was a gated park that was apparently named after John Graves Simcoe by

From Alaska to NOTL: Keeping in touch with ailing mom amid pandemic

COVID-19 has changed life for everyone. And when your mother is in long-term care, suffering from dementia, and you live thousands of kilometres away, keeping in touch means relying on technology and the

Letter: Town should listen to third party on tourism issues

Dear editor: Why must the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake and council direct the development of a tourism strategy with a third party? Simply for the benefit of the constituents you represent, here are the

Letter: Will ‘they’ remember ‘his’ and ‘her’?

Dear editor: It ain’t write. Please join me in remembrance of “his” and “her.” They were a singular couple, albeit relentlessly possessive. “They” has not passed, but is merely disoriented. When we meet “they” in a

Letter: Angry over firing of mom who defended daughter

Dear editor: I was upset after reading the article about Elizabeth Beattie getting fired after standing up to the horse carriage protesters and trying to protect her daughter (The Lake Report, Aug. 13). There are

Letter: Hyundai dealer should reinstate fired woman

Dear editor: ?I was enraged to read how Elizabeth Beattie was fired by AutoValue Hyundai (The Lake Report, Aug. 13) for inadvertently wearing a company name tag whilst defending her daughter against the actions of

Letter: We need leader with vision of Kennedy or Douglas

Dear editor: Before you think I'm crazy, let me segue into my letter by looking at two visionary leaders from the past: U.S. President John F. Kennedy and former Saskatchwan Premier Tommy Douglas. On May 25, 1961, Kennedy,

Letter: Thanks for helping Shred-It event raise $4,300

Dear editor: Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Palliative Care Service extends its sincere gratitude to Doug Martin of Meridian Credit Union for once again donating the funds to cover our Shred-it trucks and their shredding employees. The

Letter: The ‘other’ McFarland House in NOTL

Dear editor: I read with great interest the story by columnist Brian Marshall on the McFarland House, “A family legacy.” The house is one of the marvels of keeping our history alive and our

Letter: Machiavellian politics in NOTL

Dear editor: Gnothi Sophian means “Seek wisdom, know the truth,” which my peers taught me in Grade 10. “Is it the truth?” is part of the four-way test, which I was taught as

Annual Jane Austen tea party goes virtual

Cara NickersonSpecial to The Lake Report The Friends of Fort George is hosting its seventh annual Jane Austen Tea Party on Sunday, Aug. 23. The 2 p.m. event is a fundraiser for the

Letter: No public toilets for Navy Hall visitors

Dear editor: We are writing to you and copying our contacts at Parks Canada and the Niagara-on-the-Lake town council. It has always been a pleasure for us to enjoy a “front row seat” at

Letter: Help NOTL Fund help NOTL

Dear editor: In the July 23 edition of The Lake Report we read the heroic stories of nine charities in NOTL who have adapted to meet the growing demands of our community throughout the

Letter: Get head start on St. Davids pool

Dear editor: As we were made aware of last year, this was to be the final summer for the St. Davids pool as designs were being prepared for a new facility. We were

Letter: COW-VID

Niagara-on-the-Lake artitst Ross Smith has created a unique painting to encourage people to wear a mask to prevent COVID-19. Smith calls his rendering a mask-wearing bovine COW-VID and says the message is, “Join the

Letter: Please don’t change transit schedule when buses resume

Dear editor: This is an open letter to members of Niagara-on-the-Lake town council. We believe that NOTL council will be discussing resumption of transit soon at a virtual meeting, which we cannot attend

Letter: More examples of NOTL’s dwindling green space

Dear editor: While playing at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club last week I was dismayed to see a big, beautiful, healthy maple tree being cut down. We approached the workers who told us all the

Dr. Hirji: NOTL has done well curbing COVID, but can’t stop now

Dr. Mustafa Hirji Special to The Lake Report For five months, Niagara has lived with COVID-19. Fortunately, thanks to all of us working together, we have slowed the spread of infection, protecting lives

Letter: An authoritarian approach to town governance

Dear editor: Abrogating authority, as defined by Webster’s – the act of abrogating; repeal by authority – seems to be something that Lord Mayor Betty Disero is developing an expertise in during her tenure

Letter: Toastmasters is fun, open community

Dear editor: Having been a member of a Toastmasters club in Toronto in the 1960s, I considered joining the startup NOTL club when I first learned of it, but didn’t fancy trekking in

Letter: Noise bylaw would hurt way of life for NOTL residents and businesses

Dear editor: The businesses and citizens of Niagara-on-the-Lake have serious concerned about a draft noise bylaw that would affect their viability and way of life as they know it. The proposed bylaw has

Arch-i-text: A French royalist in Niagara

The politics of Revolutionary France was a battleground of conflicting philosophies and interests; as Joseph-Geneviève de Puisaye and other members of the constitutional monarchist Girondins had found to their dismay. As royalist exiles

Exploring Photos with the NOTL Museum: Farmerette

Here is a photo of a farmerette from the Second World War working on one of the local farms with her supervisor, Mr. Woods. These young women, usually aged 16 or older, were

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