Writer’s Circle: To a fallen oak
SUBMITTED BY PAMELA NOWINA.WRITER'S CIRCLE I am sorry, old tree, that you died in my care. I wanted to love you more. I meant to put a hammock in your deep shade, And
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Writer’s Circle: A reflection on visiting Vancouver Island
SUBMITTED BY PAMELA NOWINA.WRITER'S CIRCLE I stood in an ancient forest and placed my hand on an 800-year-old tree. I felt its life. A force of peace and healing flowed into me. I
Writer’s Circle: Georgian on my mind
SUBMITTED BY BILL HAMILTON.WRITER'S CIRCLE A far-reaching bay churning waters of its discontent. A rugged coastline and islands soothe this liquid torrent. The Canadian Shield stretched, like skin with scattered pools, Keeping each
Letter to the editor: A quick thanks, and another quick thanks
Dear editor of The Lake Report, Just a quick note to thank you for printing the article about Kash Kashmeri and to commend Bill Hamilton for writing it. It was such a beautiful
Letter to the editor: I live behind illegal B&Bs, and agree with the towns crackdown
SUBMITTED BY DEBORAH SYMINGTON.OPINION As a resident living behind one of the Garrison Village short-term rentals (also called “airbnb”) I would like local residents to know that both of these properties appear to
Letter to the editor: Support for the fine work The Lake Report is doing
SUBMITTED BY JESSE LEPP.OPINION I wrote this letter to the editor of the new The Local. But since I can’t find their website, and since they’d never print it, I decided to send
Letter to the editor: New paper in NOTL shows imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
SUBMITTED BY WILLIAM L. COCHRANE SR.OPINION If “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” the staff of The Lake Report should be walking on air with puffed up egos and pride. To have
Opinion: A ‘redundant’ letter
SUBMITTED BY MAUREEN POSPIECHOPINION This letter is now so redundant to give the word redundant new redundancy! In the middle of all the celebration and hoopla over your paper’s well-deserved success (yet you
Opposed: Demands to remove protesters too much
Dear Richard, While I agree the Sentineals deserve a break, I don’t agree that the Lord Mayor and council can “get these protesters out of our town.” Whether you like it or not
Agreed: Re: Enough horsing around
Dear Richard, Thanks for your well-written editorial in support of the Sentineals and the horse carriages. Hopefully your message will be taken to heart by the powers that be. Love the paper by
Stories by Selina Appleby: Part 3 The Silver Thimble
SUBMITTED BY SELINA APPLEBY.FEATURED The heat of the summer had made playing baseball in the playground impossible. The field was so dry that the three baseball bags stood like clumps in a desert
Stories by Selina Appleby: Part 2 Rose’s Garden
SUBMITTED BY SELINA APPLEBY.FEATURED She was a divine gardener. Every day she appeared in her garden as soon as the sun settled in the sky. Slight and trim with her wispy white hair
Writer’s Circle: Lightning People
SUBMITTED BY RICHARD WEST.WRITER'S CIRCLE Backstory The following is a version of the original short story that eventually morphed into a 150-page book – The Lightning People. This piece blossomed into Chapter 1
Opinion: Doublethink education and democracy
SUBMITTED BY HERMINE STEINBERG.OPINION Disruption doesn’t necessarily mean progress, and reform doesn’t always equal improvement. What these terms do mean is change, and the next big disruption on the horizon will be in
Letter to the editor: Increased parking fees welcome
SUBMITTED BY SANDRA DAVIS.OPINION Concerns expressed by the NOTL Chamber of Commerce regarding a parking fee increase for tour buses using the lot at Fort George fail to consider three key issues: the
Letter to the editor: Snow removal needed
SUBMITTED BY SUZANNE KAVANAUGH.OPINION Dear editor, I respectfully suggest that the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake make an effort to purchase some much needed snow removal equipment. Surely with the higher fees being charged for
Opinion: Site plan approval process flawed
SUBMITTED BY TERRY DAVIS.OPINION If the garden project being built opposite the Pillar & Post is anything to go by, NOTL’s approach to urban planning is seriously flawed. At the public meeting held
Cartoon: A very expensive Christmas
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Letter to the editor: To the lord mayor and council members
SUBMITTED BY SCOTT GAULD.OPINION I have been following closely all of the events of council since your new terms began, and I am getting very concerned. What I am seeing is a council
Letter to the editor: NOTL horses demand the right to work
SUBMITTED BY ANN HANDELS (on behalf of local working horses).OPINION It has come to our attention, the gainfully employed horses of NOTL, that there is a movement afoot to challenge our right to
A tree bylaw on private property? Disappointing!
SUBMITTED BY CLAIRE CRONIER.OPINION I was quite disappointed to read in The Lake Report that a tree bylaw was passed by council on Dec. 5, 2018. How is it that a topic of
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