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,
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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. 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
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
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
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
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
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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Steve Ferley Special to The Lake Report Almost 90 per cent of Niagara-on-the-Lake residents are comfortable wearing mandatory protective face masks, according to a survey of readers of The Lake Report. The poll, conducted
Dear editor: This is an open letter to Niagara-on-the-Lake town council. This letter contains partial quotes from an article written by Carolyn Kury de Castillo of Global News. I recommend that the council and all residents
David LevesqueSpecial to The Lake Report The NOTL Tourism Advisory Working Group is becoming an official entity under the auspices of Tourism Niagara-on-the-Lake, with a clear goal and vision to work in collaboration
This is a late 19th-century image of the former Sandham Carriage Shop in Virgil. Robert Sandham, likely the man posing with the carriage, built and painted wagons and carriages here from the late 1800s
Dear editor: This letter is in response to the article “Developers Marotta, Hummel have no plans to settle law suits,” (The Lake Report, July 23), and reflects as a local resident my interest and concern with
Dear editor: This is an open letter to Regional Coun. Gary Zalepa. As a senior and a longtime resident of Niagara-on-the-Lake, can you please explain to me why you would fail to support
Dear editor: Something I don’t hear much discussed in the Great Mask Debate is the most important reason, I think, for wearing masks in stores: to protect the people who have to work
Dear editor: This letter is to NOTL town council on behalf of the Dock Area residents. As you may not be aware, the level of Lake Ontario is now at elevation 246.65 feet
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